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Complete List Of New 2011 Commodity ETFs

Posted on December 26, 2011 at 07:00 AM EST

This year saw a surge in popularity for commodity investing. As the years have passed, investors have seen the benefits of investing in the risky, but lucrative asset class. Commodities provide a protection against inflation as well as a low correlation to equities. One of the biggest problems within the industry was the lack of options available to investors just a few years ago. It used to be that only those with a complex futures account were able to add these securities to their portfolios. Now, there are hundreds of products to help even the smallest investor gain access to their favorite commodity investment. Below, we outline all of the commodity exchange traded products that hit the market this year [see also 12 High-Yielding Commodities For 2012].

Commodity ETFs

The commodity space continued its surge as investors have shown their large appetite for this asset class:

Name	Ticker	ETFdb Category	Inception Date
United States Copper Index Fund	CPER	Metals	11/15/2011
3x Inverse Gold ETN	DGLD	Leveraged Commodities	10/17/2011
3x Inverse Silver ETN	DSLV	Leveraged Commodities	10/17/2011
2x Inverse Palladium ETN	IPAL	Leveraged Commodities	10/17/2011
2x Inverse Platinum ETN	IPLT	Leveraged Commodities	10/17/2011
2x Long Palladium ETN	LPAL	Leveraged Commodities	10/17/2011
2x Long Platinum ETN	LPLT	Leveraged Commodities	10/17/2011
3x Long Gold ETN	UGLD	Leveraged Commodities	10/17/2011
3x Long Silver ETN	USLV	Leveraged Commodities	10/17/2011
Ultra DJ-UBS Natural Gas	BOIL	Leveraged Commodities	10/6/2011
UltraShort DJ-UBS Natural Gas	KOLD	Leveraged Commodities	10/6/2011
Sugar Fund	CANE	Agricultural Commodities	9/19/2011
Soybean Fund	SOYB	Agricultural Commodities	9/19/2011
Wheat Fund	WEAT	Agricultural Commodities	9/19/2011
Oil Trendpilot ETN	TWTI	Oil & Gas	9/15/2011
E-TRACS Natural Gas Futures Contango ETN	GASZ	Oil & Gas	6/16/2011
E-TRACS Oil Futures Contango ETN	OILZ	Oil & Gas	6/16/2011
Pure Beta Broad Commodity ETN	BCM	Commodities	4/21/2011
Pure Beta Precious Metals ETN	BLNG	Precious Metals	4/21/2011
Pure Beta Coffee ETN	CAFE	Agricultural Commodities	4/21/2011
Pure Beta Cocoa ETN	CHOC	Agricultural Commodities	4/21/2011
Pure Beta Cotton ETN	CTNN	Agricultural Commodities	4/21/2011
Pure Beta Copper ETN	CUPM	Metals	4/21/2011
Seasonal Natural Gas ETN	DCNG	Oil & Gas	4/21/2011
Pure Beta Agriculture ETN	DIRT	Agricultural Commodities	4/21/2011
Pure Beta Aluminum ETN	FOIL	Metals	4/21/2011
Pure Beta Softs ETN	GRWN	Agricultural Commodities	4/21/2011
Pure Beta Industrial Metals ETN	HEVY	Metals	4/21/2011
Pure Beta Lead ETN	LEDD	Metals	4/20/2011
Pure Beta Livestock ETN	LSTK	Agricultural Commodities	4/20/2011
Pure Beta Nickel ETN	NINI	Metals	4/20/2011
Pure Beta Crude Oil ETN	OLEM	Oil & Gas	4/20/2011
Pure Beta Energy ETN	ONG	Oil & Gas	4/20/2011
Pure Beta S&P GSCI-Weighted ETN	SBV	Commodities	4/20/2011
Pure Beta Sugar ETN	SGAR	Agricultural Commodities	4/20/2011
Pure Beta Grains ETN	WEET	Agricultural Commodities	4/20/2011
2x Oil Bull/S&P 500 Bear	FOL	Leveraged Commodities	2/24/2011
2x Gold Bull/S&P 500 Bear	FSG	Leveraged Commodities	2/24/2011
WTI Crude Oil Fund	CRUD	Oil & Gas	2/23/2011
Gold Trendpilot ETN	TBAR	Precious Metals	2/22/2011
Natural Gas Fund	NAGS	Oil & Gas	2/1/2011
Physical Asian Gold Shares	AGOL	Precious Metals	1/14/2011

Commodity Producers ETFs

These funds will offer a more indirect play, but still make for an interesting way to make a play on some of the most popular commodities in the world:

Name	Ticker	ETFdb Category	Inception Date
Morningstar Global Upstream Natural Resources Index Fund	GUNR	Commodity Producers Equities	9/22/2011
Farming ETF	BARN	Commodity Producers Equities	6/2/2011
Fertilizers/Potash ETF	SOIL	Commodity Producers Equities	5/26/2011
IQ Global Agribusiness Small Cap ETF	CROP	Commodity Producers Equities	3/22/2011
S&P/TSX Venture 30 Canada ETF	TSXV	Commodity Producers Equities	3/17/2011
Pure Gold Miners ETF	GGGG	Commodity Producers Equities	3/15/2011
Aluminum ETF	ALUM	Commodity Producers Equities	1/4/2011

MLP ETFs

MLPs have long been investor favorites for their high yields and volumes. This year saw just one new MLP-based ETN:

Name	Ticker	ETFdb Category	Inception Date
Cushing MLP High Income Index ETN	MLPY	MLPs	3/16/2011

Disclosure: No positions at time of writing.

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