Discover how commodity prices impact inflation and your investments. Understand economic factors and risks shaping this relationship for better financial decisions.

Commodities are naturally occurring items ranging from basics such as sugar, wheat and coffee to materials including cotton, precious metals, crude oil and natural gas. It is unrealistic for ...

President Donald Trump's auto and retaliatory tariffs on key U.S. trading partners are contributing to market volatility. Trump also recently noted he will impose 25% tariffs on imports from countries ...

A defining feature of CMCITR is its greater allocation to industrial metals and reduced allocation to precious metals ...

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 ...

Most of us don’t spend much time thinking about commodities, but they touch nearly every aspect of our lives. Almost everything we use, work with, watch, eat, or wear was made with a commodity or used ...

Commodity money is a form of money that derives an intrinsic value from its underlying commodity and the supply and demand dynamics. Gold and silver have been accepted as commodity money for centuries ...

My previous column – “The Inflation Scare Does Not Match Reality” – drew a lot of pushback from readers who cited recent large price increases for a wide range of basic commodities, as a sign of ...

One of the words you'll hear most when talking with experts about investing in commodities is "hedging." First, commodities, or agricultural products and raw materials that can be easily bought and ...

A commodity ETF is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to track the price of a commodity, or a basket of commodities, less expenses. Commodity ETFs provide investors with indirect exposure to the price ...

J.B. Maverick is an active trader, commodity futures broker, and stock market analyst 17+ years of experience, in addition to 10+ years of experience as a finance writer and book editor. Andy Smith is ...