Explore the four types of tradable commodities, their market roles, risks, and how futures contracts govern trading in energy, metals, livestock, and agriculture.

Futures are financial contracts obligating the buyer to purchase an asset or the seller to sell an asset at a predetermined ...

Commodities are a vital part of the global economy and are essential in the production of goods and services. The term "commodities" refers to raw materials such as metals, energy, agricultural ...

This review shows how commodities fared against asset classes in 2025, using BCOM data to examine volatility spikes, tariff effects, metal-market divergence, laggard mean reversion, and supply ...

Front Month Nymex Crude for January delivery settled 1.1% lower at $68 a barrel. In the month, the contract lost 1.8%. Global commodity prices are expected to soften this year and next but remain ...

Commodity derivatives are central to global markets, but the systems that support them are still built for yesterday’s world. Exchanges like the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and Intercontinental ...

Long-term demand for copper will rise, tariffs or not. Gold and other precious metals have climbed as investors look for stores of value. Commodities can offer diversification for a portfolio. Greg ...

Tailwinds for the commodities asset class persisted through the third quarter and there is renewed interest from a broad base of market participants looking for not only diversification but also an ...

A panel set up by India's market regulator will recommend easing curbs on commodity derivatives and suggest steps to make it ...

PDBC offers diversified, actively managed exposure to major commodity futures, aiming to outperform its benchmark through flexible weighting and roll yield strategies. The ETF's structure avoids K-1 ...

The second leg of the commodities bull supercycle is just getting started. You can feel it—not just in the charts, but also in the subtle shifts happening across the global economy. Energy costs that ...