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Commodity etfs
2 guides in Finabase Learn
- Commodities explained: energy, metals, crops and how to own them What commodities are, how energy, metals and agricultural markets differ, the ways to get exposure, and what 20 years of DBC prices show against stocks and the CPI.
- Contango, backwardation and roll yield: why USO lags oil What contango and backwardation are, how rolling futures creates roll yield, and why the USO oil fund ended 2006–2026 far below spot crude, with real data.
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