Commodities Fund

meinnit

Can anyone recommend a good fund that invests in general commodities?

Aegis

Recommendations would be against the rules of the forum, but if you wanted to research further you could search for 'commodity ETF' or 'MFM iFunds Commodity' in the search box to see a few discussions (probably!)

Good luck deciding!

meinnit

Can't seem to find what exactly the general ETF's invest in which is why I was looking for a fund that would do the same. Also fancy receiving some dividends.

tradetime

meinnit wrote: »

Can't seem to find what exactly the general ETF's invest in which is why I was looking for a fund that would do the same. Also fancy receiving some dividends.

Try this one
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=DBC
also here
http://www.etfsecurities.com/en/welcome.asp

meinnit

tradetime wrote: »

Try this one
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=DBC
also here
http://www.etfsecurities.com/en/welcome.asp

Thanks for that. I cant seem to find out what exactly PowerShares DB Commodity invests in.

I suppose ETF is the easiest way to invest in general commodities.

meester

meinnit wrote: »

Thanks for that. I cant seem to find out what exactly PowerShares DB Commodity invests in.

I suppose ETF is the easiest way to invest in general commodities.

well, an ETC technically.

Have a look at these

http://www.etfsecurities.com/en/welcome.asp

All the commodities you could wish for (mostly)

tradetime

meinnit wrote: »

Thanks for that. I cant seem to find out what exactly PowerShares DB Commodity invests in.

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hl?s=DBC

http://dbfunds.db.com/dbc/index.aspx

BTW, this is not a recommendation on my part, I have no connection to Deutsche Bank, and I have no holdings in this security, or any immediate plans to aquire a holding in this security. It was simply a suggestion for your review, and a follow on to your subsequent question. Anyone without knowledge of commodities trading/investing should always seek professional advice before commiting money. Hope it's of help.

tradetime

meester wrote: »

well, an ETC technically.

I believe that DBC is actually an etf

meinnit

tradetime wrote: »

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hl?s=DBC

http://dbfunds.db.com/dbc/index.aspx

BTW, this is not a recommendation on my part, I have no connection to Deutsche Bank, and I have no holdings in this security, or any immediate plans to aquire a holding in this security. It was simply a suggestion for your review, and a follow on to your subsequent question. Anyone without knowledge of commodities trading/investing should always seek professional advice before commiting money. Hope it's of help.

Ahhh thanks for that! Not sure how I missed it!

I understand thats it's just a suggestion which is why I wanted to see the current holdings to make my own decision.

Thanks for the suggestion! I think its quite diverse..not sure if it's what I'm looking for though. I also want something that I can invest in GBP £

tradetime

Yes on a quick look it does appear to be reasonably diverse, as far as commodities go, but remember that is just one asset class that has already been on quite a bull run for some time now, and I strongly suspect much of it not on fundamentals.

purch

I also want something that I can invest in GBP £

Virtually all commodity's are traded in USD, so whatever vehicle you use to Invest, be it ETF(c), Managed Fund of ETF's etc etc you will have an exchange rate exposure at some stage of the process, and thus an exchange rate risk.