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PART 1 COMMODITIES: JUST THE FACTS |
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Chapter 1 Investors, Start Your Engines! An Overview of Commodities |
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Defining Commodities and Their Investment Characteristics |
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Going for a Spin: Choosing the Right Investment Vehicle |
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Physical commodity purchases |
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Checking Out What's on the Menu |
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Chapter 2 Earn, Baby, Earn! Why You Should Invest in Commodities |
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You Can't Argue with Success |
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Why the 21st Century Is the Century of Commodities |
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Ka-boom! Capitalizing on the global population explosion |
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Brick by brick: Profiting from urbanization |
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Full steam ahead! Benefiting from industrialization |
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What Makes Commodities Unique |
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Gaining from inelasticity |
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Hedging against inflation |
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Taking time to bring new sources online |
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Sell in May and go away? Definitely nay! |
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Time to Get Down to Business: Commodities and the Business Cycle |
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Chapter 3 Investing in Commodities: Only for the Brave? |
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Biting Off More Than You Can Chew: The Pitfalls of Using Leverage |
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Watch Your Step: Understanding the Real Risks behind Commodities |
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Sovereign government risk |
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Corporate governance risk |
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Tracking Commodities from 2008 through the 2020 Global Pandemic |
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Origins of the 2008 crisis |
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Due diligence: Just do it |
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Diversify, diversify, diversify |
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Chapter 4 Feel the Love: Welcoming Commodities into Your Portfolio |
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The Color of Money: Taking Control of Your Financial Life |
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Looking Ahead: Creating a Financial Road Map |
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Figuring out your net worth |
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Identifying your tax bracket |
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Determining your appetite for risk |
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Making Room in Your Portfolio for Commodities |
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Fully Exposed: The Top Ways to Get Exposure to Commodities |
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Looking toward the future with commodity futures |
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Funding your account with commodity funds |
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You're in good company: Investing in commodity companies |
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PART 2 GETTING STARTED WITH TYPES OF INVESTMENT VEHICLES |
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Chapter 5 Benefiting from Exchange-Traded Funds |
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Accessing a Variety of Commodity Markets through ETFs |
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Taking a Look at Leveraged ETFs |
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Chapter 6 Making a Splash: Investing in Liquid Commodity Instruments |
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Checking Out Commodity Indexes |
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How to make money by using an index |
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From Head to Toe: Uncovering the Anatomy of a Commodity Index |
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Cataloguing the Five Major Indexes |
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The S&P Goldman Sachs Commodity Index |
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Reuters/Jefferies Commodity Research Bureau Index |
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Dow Jones Commodity Index |
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Rogers International Commodities Index |
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Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index |
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Determining Which Index to Use |
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Chapter 7 Show Me the Money! Choosing the Right Manager |
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Mutually Beneficial: Investing in Commodity Mutual Funds |
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Riddle me this, riddle me that: Asking the right questions |
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Taking a look at what's out there |
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The nuts and bolts of MLP investing |
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Relying on a Commodity Trading Advisor |
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Jumping into a Commodity Pool |
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Chapter 8 Exploring Commodity Exchanges and Digital Assets |
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Why Do We Have Commodities Exchanges Anyway? |
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Identifying the Major Commodity Exchanges |
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Ready, Set, Invest: Opening an Account and Placing Orders |
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Choosing the right account |
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Tracking your order from start to finish |
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Keeping up at the exchange |
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Owning a Piece of an Exchange |
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What Are Digital Assets Anyway? |
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Chapter 9 Back to the Future: Getting a Grip on Futures and Options |
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Taking the Mystery out of Futures and Options |
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The Future Looks Bright: How to Trade Futures Contracts |
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The competition: Who trades futures? |
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Contract specs: Keeping track of all the moving pieces |
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For a Few Dollars Less: Trading Futures on Margin |
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Taking a Pulse: Figuring Out Where the Futures Market Is Heading |
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Contango: It takes two to tango |
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Backwardation: One step forward, two steps back |
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Keeping Your Options Open: Trading with Options |
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Following options in action |
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Understanding trader talk |
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Selecting option characteristics |
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PART 3 THE POWER HOUSE: HOW TO MAKE MONEY IN ENERGY |
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Chapter 10 Keeping It Natural: Investing in Renewable Energy |
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Always Brand-Spanking New: Getting to Know Renewable Energy |
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Sunny Delight: Investing in Solar Energy |
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Fast and Furious: Trading in Wind Energy |
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Chapter 11 It's a Crude, Crude World: Investing in Crude Oil |
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Seeing the Crude Realities |
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No need for a reservation: Examining global reserve estimates |
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Staying busy and productive: Looking at production figures |
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If's a demanding field: Checking out demand figures |
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Going in and out: Eyeing imports and exports |
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Making Big Bucks with Big Oil |
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Oil companies: Lubricated and firing on all cylinders |
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Get your passport ready: Investing overseas |
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Chapter 12 Welcome to Gas Vegas, Baby! Trading Natural Gas |
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What's the Use? Looking at Natural Gas Applications |
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Calling all captains of industry: Industrial uses of natural gas |
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If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen! Natural gas in your home |
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Going commercial: Natural gas's commercial uses |
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Truly electrifying! Generating electricity with natural gas |
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Getting from here to there: Natural gas and transportation |
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Liquefied Natural Gas: Getting Liquid without Getting Wet |
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Natural selection: Trading nat gas futures |
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Nat gas companies: The natural choice |
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Chapter 13 Fuel for Thought: Looking at Alternative Energy Sources |
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Digging Up New Energy Sources |
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Reexamining King Coal: Not As Scary As You Think |
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Investing in Nuclear Power: Going Nuclear without Going Ballistic |
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You've Been Zapped! Trading Electricity |
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Brushing up on current affairs |
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Investing in the power industry |
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Chapter 14 Totally Energized: Investing in Energy Companies |
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Bull's-Eye! Profiting from Oil Exploration and Production |
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Oh My, You're So Refined! Investing in Refineries |
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Becoming an Oil Shipping Magnate |
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Swimming in oil: Transportation supply and demand |
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Masters of the sea: Petroleum shipping companies |
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Swimming with sharks: Avoiding industry risk |
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The New Kids on the Block: EV Transportation Companies |
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PART 4 PEDAL TO THE METAL: INVESTING IN METALS |
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Chapter 15 All That Glitters: Investing in Gold, Silver, and Platinum |
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Getting to know the gold standard |
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Good as gold: Finding ways to invest in gold |
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Get the Tableware Ready: Investing in Silver |
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Checking out the big picture on the silver screen |
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Getting a Sliver of Silver in Your Portfolio |
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Bling Bling: Investing in Platinum |
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Gathering platinum facts and figures |
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Chapter 16 Metals That Prove Their Mettle: Steel, Aluminum, and Copper |
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Building a Portfolio That's as Strong as Steel |
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Investing in steel companies |
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Aluminum: Illuminating the Details |
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Paying a Visit to Dr. Copper |
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Chapter 17 Weighing Investments in Heavy and Not-So-Heavy Metals |
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Palladium: Metal for the New Millennium |
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You Won't Get Nickel and Dimed by Investing in Nickel |
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Chapter 18 Mine Your Own Business: Unearthing the Top Mining Companies |
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Considering Diversified Mining Companies |
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Checking Out Specialized Mining Companies |
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Wheaton Precious Metals: Silver |
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Making Money during the Mining Merger Mania |
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PART 5 GOING DOWN TO THE FARM: TRADING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS |
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Chapter 19 Breakfast of Champions: Profiting from Coffee, Cocoa, Sugar, and Orange Juice |
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Giving Your Portfolio a Buzz by Investing in Coffee |
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Coffee: It's time for your big break |
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The coffee futures contract: It may be your cup of tea |
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Ordering up investments in gourmet coffee shops |
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Investing in Sugar: Such a Sweet Move! |
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Orange Juice: Refreshingly Good for Your Bottom Line |
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Chapter 20 How to Gain from Grains: Trading Corn, Wheat, and Soybeans |
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Field of Dreams: Investing in Corn |
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Welcome to the Breadbasket: Investing in Wheat |
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Ifs Not Just Peanuts: Trading Soybeans |
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Chapter 21 Alive and Kicking! Making Money Trading Livestock |
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Holy Cow! Investing in Cattle |
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Lean and Mean: Checking Out Lean Hogs |
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You Want Bacon with That? Trading Frozen Pork Bellies |
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Chapter 22 Ten Investing Resources You Can't Do Without |
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Commodities-lnvestors.com |
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
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The Energy Information Administration |
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Stocks & Commodities Magazine |
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National Futures Association |
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Chapter 23 Top Ten Market Indicators You Should Monitor |
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Purchasing Managers Index |
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Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index |
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Chapter 24 Top Ten Commodity ETFs |
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PowerShares DB Commodity Index |
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Ipath DJ-UBS Commodity Index |
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United States Natural Gas |
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Ipath DJ-UBS Aluminum TR Sub-Index |
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PowerShares DB Agriculture Long Index |
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Ipath DJ-UBS Coffee TR Subindex |
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Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy |
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Chapter 25 Top Ten Investment Vehicles for Commodities |
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Futures Commission Merchant |
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Commodity Trading Advisor |
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Integrated Commodity Companies |
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Specialized Commodity Companies |
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Master Limited Partnerships |
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