UBS E-TRACS CMCI Food Total Return ETN (NYSE Arca: FUD)
UBS E-TRACS CMCI Agriculture TR ETN (NYSE Arca: UAG)
UBS E-TRACS CMCI Livestock TR ETN (NYSE Arca: UBC)
UBS E-TRACS CMCI Agriculture TR ETN (NYSE Arca: UAG)
iPath DJ-UBS Agriculture TR Sub-Idx ETN (NYSE Arca: JJA)
iPath DJ-UBS Softs TR Sub-Idx ETN (NYSE Arca: JJS)
iPath DJ-UBS Cocoa TR Sub-Idx ETN (NYSE Arca: NIB)
iPath DJ-UBS Coffee TR Sub-Idx ETN (NYSE Arca: JO)
iPath DJ-UBS Cotton TR Sub-Idx ETN (NYSE Arca: BAL)
iPath Dow Jones-UBS Sugar Sub-Idx Total Return SM ETN (NYSE Arca: SGG)
iPath DJ-UBS Livestock TR Sub-Idx ETN (NYSE Arca: COW)
iPath DJ-UBS Grains TR Sub-Idx ETN (NYSE Arca: JJG)
ELEMENTS MLCX Grains Index TR ETN (NYSE Arca: GRU)
ELEMENTS MLCX Biofuels Index TR ETN (NYSE Arca: FUE)
ELEMENTS Rogers Intl Commodity Agri ETN (NYSE Arca: RJA)
Things To Consider
Tax implications are different for ETFs that hold futures; they often generate a K-1 form instead of a Form 1099 at tax time. Doing your due diligence on this is necessary.
Investing in agriculture and commodities is mainly a pure bet on prices based on basic supply and demand models, whereas stocks and bonds are income-generating investments.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is continually looking at limiting speculation in order to temper prices through position limits in the futures market.
With the choice of commodity ETFs available, advisors have many more options today in an asset class that was quite limited just five years ago.
Tom Lydon is editor and publisher of ETF Trends, a Web site with daily news and commentary about the fast-changing trends in the exchange-traded-fund (ETF) industry. Lydon is also president of Global Trends Investments, an investment advisory firm specializing in the creation of customized portfolios for high-net-worth individuals. Disclosure: At the time of publishing, Mr. Lydon's clients owned IndexIQ Agribusiness Small Cap ETF (NYSEArca: CROP).