Top Five Commodity ETFs Of 2010

As we put the finishing touches on 2010, the year has shaped up to be one of the most eventful in recent memory for global markets as a number of important events impacted the world economy. Among the events that dominated financial headlines this year were an (ongoing) sovereign debt crisis, the flash crash, a violent volcanic eruption that grounded air traffic for some time in Europe, a major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and another wave of quantitative easing aimed to get the U.S. back on track. Equities have struggled to fall into a pattern, as the S&P 500 started the year off around 1,132, and has managed to fight through uncertainty to gain around 100 points on the year. Overall, a 100 point gain seems solid from the outside looking in, but halfway through 2010, the S&P was down 100 points from its opening level, showing [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Stories: Commodity ETFs Skyrocket As Dollar Slides, Inflation Fears Mount Commodity ETF Gamechanger: U.S. Commodity Index Fund (USCI) Launches USCF Files For Three New Commodity ETFs