Comments on: ETF funds – Are you aware of the risks? http://www.moneyhoneyblog.com/etf-funs-are-you-aware-of-the-risks/ Aspiring to Spark an Informed Debate on Stock Market Investing, Trading, Financial Spread Betting, World Finance and Economy Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:27:04 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Petra http://www.moneyhoneyblog.com/etf-funs-are-you-aware-of-the-risks/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Petra Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:20:40 +0000 http://www.moneyhoneyblog.com/?p=372#comment-312 Although RJA is the most diversified, there are in fact a number of agricultural commodity ETFs and ETNs. Do the research on following tickers: DBA, JJA, JJG, UAG, GRU, FUD, JJS, FUE, MOO, etc. There are also others that track a single commodity. Although RJA is the most diversified, there are in fact a number of agricultural commodity ETFs and ETNs. Do the research on following tickers: DBA, JJA, JJG, UAG, GRU, FUD, JJS, FUE, MOO, etc. There are also others that track a single commodity.

]]> By: Petra http://www.moneyhoneyblog.com/etf-funs-are-you-aware-of-the-risks/comment-page-1/#comment-302 Petra Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:59:00 +0000 http://www.moneyhoneyblog.com/?p=372#comment-302 There are several ETFs that track various commodity indices, but for a pure agricultural play the only fund I know of is Elements Rogers International Commodity Index - Agriculture (RJA). It tracks Jim Rogers' index and is well diversified (20 agr. commodities). Note it's an ETN - exchange traded note. As far as I know it's issued by the Swedish Export Credit Corporation which is owned by the Swedish government. Other than that one can buy shares of agricultural companies of course. Also worth considering are fertilizer companies (e.g. Potash etc). There are several ETFs that track various commodity indices, but for a pure agricultural play the only fund I know of is Elements Rogers International Commodity Index – Agriculture (RJA). It tracks Jim Rogers’ index and is well diversified (20 agr. commodities). Note it’s an ETN – exchange traded note. As far as I know it’s issued by the Swedish Export Credit Corporation which is owned by the Swedish government.

Other than that one can buy shares of agricultural companies of course. Also worth considering are fertilizer companies (e.g. Potash etc).

]]> By: goldstandard http://www.moneyhoneyblog.com/etf-funs-are-you-aware-of-the-risks/comment-page-1/#comment-289 goldstandard Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:18:37 +0000 http://www.moneyhoneyblog.com/?p=372#comment-289 Hi Petra, any suggestions on how to meaningfully play agricultural comodities, maybe through ETFs? Difficult through stocks, as they are expensive now. Moreover, cooperatives usually do not issue shares :-) Hi Petra, any suggestions on how to meaningfully play agricultural comodities, maybe through ETFs? Difficult through stocks, as they are expensive now. Moreover, cooperatives usually do not issue shares :-)

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