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Mining ETFs: Eight Ways To Play

By: ETFdb
Commodities have been one of the hottest corners of the ETF market, exploding on to the scene in recent years as investors have rushed to gain access to a suddenly democratized asset class that has been shown to add valuable diversification benefits to traditional stock-and-bond portfolios [see Rethinking Commodity ETFs]. But some investors have been frustrated by the nuances of the futures-based investment strategies implemented by commodity ETFs, watching stiff headwinds in the form of contangoed markets erode returns. That has led some to take another approach to establishing commodity exposure: investing in equities of companies engaged in the discovery and extraction of the resources. This strategy is nothing new–investors have been betting on oil prices through Exxon for decades–but the rise of the ETF industry has made it easy to establish diversified exposure to a group of companies whose operations revolve around a particular commodity [see What Every Investor [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Stories: ETF First From First Trust: Platinum, Copper Miner ETFs Mining ETFs: Ready To Rally? Global X Launches Silver, Copper Miner ETFs (SIL, COPX)
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