For traders comfortable with volatility and willing to take on the emotional load of rapid market swings, outrights offer clearer potential for outsized returns. But that upside comes with the cost of ...

For retirees (or soon-to-be retirees), futures contracts can offer an additional avenue for diversification and hedging opportunities, helping to manage market volatility. However, there are a few ...

The iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust offers diversified exposure to commodities futures, with significant weighting in energy, metals, and some agriculture. GSG is best suited for tactical, ...

As commodities have become increasingly correlated with the broader equity markets, at least one fund is making an effort help commodities maintain their portfolio diversification capabilities.

Silver futures trading involves an agreement between a buyer and a seller in which physical silver will be bought by the buyer and delivered by the seller for a fixed price at a date set in the future ...

This article was written by Jim Wiederhold, Commodity Indices Product Manager at Bloomberg. Although gold is the largest single commodity futures contract, crude oil reaches the 15% single commodity ...