The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index has seesawed since it plunged from its June 2008 peak, and is trending downward at the moment.
The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index is down 2.62% for the first half of the year, said John Prestbo, editor and executive director of the Dow Jones Indexes.
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Following a buoyant start to the year, many stock indexes around the world are near multi-year highs and the Dow Jones index is not far off its all-time record.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index has fallen nearly 17% over the past year, compared with a nearly 13% drop in the broader Dow Jones Asia-Pacific index over the same period.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average, more commonly known as the Dow Jones is an index based on 30 large-cap stocks.
One of the best ways to trade copper prices besides futures contracts is the iPath Dow Jones-UBS Copper Sub-Index Total Return ETN ( JJC).
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The note consists of futures of contracts of seven agricultural commodities (soybeans, corn, wheat, cotton, soybean oil, coffee and sugar) and tracks the return of the Dow Jones-UBS Agriculture Total Return Sub-Index.
The Russell 2000 index of small-capitalization stocks also declined, while the Dow Jones Transportation Average an index of 20 shipping, railroad and airline stocks that is considered a bellwether of economic activity dropped 1.2%.
The ETF that has the largest percentage of its holdings in Goldman Sachs is the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers Index Fund with more 10% of its holdings in Goldman.
The iShares Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers Index Fund (IAI) is seeing unusually high volume in afternoon trading Wednesday, with over 258, 000 shares traded versus three month average volume of about 86, 000.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, GHL makes up 3.34% of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers Index Fund ETF ( AMEX: IAI )which is trading relatively unchanged on the day Wednesday.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, RJF makes up 4.95% of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers Index Fund ETF ( AMEX: IAI )which is trading higher by about 0.4% on the day Monday.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, NDAQ makes up 4.78% of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers Index Fund ETF ( AMEX: IAI )which is trading up by about 0.3% on the day Friday.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, AMP makes up 6.31% of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers Index Fund ETF ( AMEX: IAI) which is trading up by about 2.3% on the day Wednesday.
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According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, SCHW makes up 6.53% of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers Index Fund ETF ( AMEX: IAI )which is trading lower by about 0.9% on the day Monday.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, AMP makes up 5.46% of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers Index Fund ETF ( AMEX: IAI )which is trading higher by about 0.5% on the day Tuesday.
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According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, IBKR makes up 2.37% of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers Index Fund ETF ( AMEX: IAI )which is trading higher by about 1.4% on the day Friday.
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According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, CBOE makes up 4.06% of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers Index Fund ETF ( AMEX: IAI )which is trading higher by about 0.4% on the day Wednesday.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, CME makes up 6.17% of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers Index Fund ETF ( AMEX: IAI )which is trading lower by about 0.2% on the day Monday.
According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, CBOE makes up 4.24% of the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Broker-Dealers Index Fund ETF ( AMEX: IAI )which is trading up by about 0.3% on the day Monday.
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If you've been distracted by whether the Dow Jones stock index will stay in record-setting territory, there's a less-noticed but raging debate about the future of commodities.
The Dow Jones Transportation Average a 20-member index of airlines, railroads and trucking companies slumped 5.9% this week, the largest weekly decline since November 2011, and is down 2.2% this year.
Select Sector SPDR-Financial (XLF) has 81 cap-weighted holdings, Vanguard Financial Index Fund (VFH) has 492 cap-weighted holdings, iShares Dow Jones US Financial Sector (IYF) has 258 cap-weighted holdings and , iShares Dow Jones US Financial Services (IYG) has 119 cap-weighted holdings.
Two popular funds are the Dow Jones Select Dividend Index (amex: DVY - news - people ), with a 2.95% yield, and the PowerShares Dividend Achievers 50 Index (amex: PEY - news - people ), with a 2.94% yield.
Compare that to the Dow Jones Germany Index, which is down about 2% year-to-date.
Wall Street shares plunge, with the Dow Jones index slumping 7% or 770 points, a record one-day point fall.
Average dividend payments for companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Index (DJIA) are at least 100% higher than average one-year CD rates.
They sold completely out of UltraShort Health Care ProShares, an exchange-traded fund that moves double in the opposite direction of the Dow Jones U.S. Health Care Index.
Other companies in the home-building sector also have seen some recent volatility, though the Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction Index, which tracks public home builders, has risen 61.5% over the past 12 months.
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