GSP In Depth: The Five Minute Guide To The S&P GSCI Total Return Index ETN
The rapid development of the ETF industry has cracked the world of commodity investing wide-open, allowing average investors to gain cheap and easy access to a previously hard-to-reach asset class. And while some choose to focus on a single commodity, many investors are looking for more diversified exposure to the whole space. Enter iPath’s S&P GSCI Total Return Index ETN, GSP, one of the oldest commodity-basket ETPs on the market. Since inception in 2006, the fund has accumulated more than $113 million in total assets and remains as one of investors’ top picks for broad-based commodity investing [for more commodity ETF news and analysis subscribe to our free newsletter].
How to Build an Energy Bull ETF Portfolio
Establishing exposure to the energy sector is by no means for the faint of heart. Positions in this corner of the commodity universe are ripe with risk and are often times associated with high volatility. But for those who can stomach the risk, allocations to energy can certainly pay off as demand continues to grow across developed and emerging markets alike. Investments in this sector can also be used as tactical tool to hedge against inflation, since increases in the price of commodities like oil and gas prices tend to ripple across the economy. For those who wish to establish a tactical tilt towards the energy sector, we outline an all ETF portfolio that is designed to give well rounded exposure to multiple segments of the energy market [for more energy allocation ideas subscribe to our free newsletter].
How Balanced Is Your Commodity ETF?
This article originally appeared on ETFdb.com As natural resource prices have climbed skyward, interest in exchange-traded products that offer exposure to commodities has accelerated as well. While some investors prefer to achieve targeted access through resource-specific funds–such as those focusing on corn (CORN), sugar (SGG), or copper (JJC)–the most popular commodity ETPs are those that include a variety of types of resources. And while these products are similar in that they employ a broad-based technique to delivering commodity exposure, they are far from identical.
