Commodity Producers Equities Category Report
Last modified: February 3, 2011
The Commodity Producers Equities ETFdb Category contains 15 ETFs with a total market capitalization of approximately $9.6 billion (as of February 2010)
The following are the three largest ETFs in this ETFdb Category by market capitalization (as of February 2010):
| Ticker | ETF | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|
| GDX | Market Vectors TR Gold Miners | $5.09 billion |
| MOO | Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF | $2.03 billion |
| XME | SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF | $859 million |
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The Commodity Producers Equities ETFdb Category includes funds offering exposure to stocks of companies engaged in commodity-intensive businesses. Because the profitability of component companies often depends significantly on the prices of underlying commodities, these equities tend to exhibit a strong correlation with natural resource prices. Many investors elect to achieve exposure to commodity prices through equities as opposed to futures-based products, since funds that employ futures-based strategies can be impacted (sometimes significantly) by degree of contango or backwardation present in futures markets.
ETFs in this ETFdb Category include broad-based funds offering exposure to a diversified group of commodities (such as HAP, GRES, and CRBQ), as well as more focused funds targeting specific corners of the commodity producer market, including:
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