Commodity ETF Breakdown: Oil Booms, Gold Bleeds

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Weekly Channel Summary

The Commodity ETF channel presently holds a Total AUM of $403.44B distributed across 72 ETFs and managed by 29 distinct issuers. Over the past 5 days, the channel recorded net flows of ($1.61B), which brings the Year-To-Date (YTD) net flows to $4.51B.

This Week’s Performance Leaders and Laggards

Energy was the top-performing category this week with a return of 7.61%, followed by Multi-Sector at 2.90%. Conversely, Carbon Credits and Precious Metals lagged the group, posting weekly returns of -2.23% and -1.19% respectively.

Category Performance Snapshot

Category WTD 1 Month 3 Month 6 Month YTD 1 Year
Energy 7.61% 33.21% 42.59% 35.11% 42.80% 34.37%
Multi-Sector 2.90% 14.71% 23.38% 27.94% 22.26% 33.31%
Agriculture 1.10% 6.80% 6.55% 3.72% 7.74% -0.88%
Shipping Freight 0.66% 21.90% 75.63% 156.72% 112.53% 252.25%
Industrial Metals -1.06% 2.02% 13.02% 27.80% 5.27% 27.15%
Precious Metals -1.19% 1.71% 17.62% 48.27% 13.96% 86.90%
Carbon Credits -2.23% -4.00% -15.78% -12.14% -17.77% -1.89%

Top & Bottom 5 ETFs by Weekly Performance

The single best-performing ETF this week was DBO, advancing 12.97%. The worst performers were CTWO and OUNZ, which declined by -3.37% and -2.61% respectively.

Ticker Fund Name WTD Performance
Top Performers
DBO Invesco DB Oil Fund 12.97%
BNO United States Brent Oil Fund LP 11.33%
USL United States 12 Month Oil Fund LP 11.13%
DBE Invesco DB Energy Fund 10.89%
UGA United States Gasoline Fund LP 10.79%
Bottom Performers
CTWO COtwo Advisors Physical European Carbon Allowance Trust ETF -3.37%
OUNZ VanEck Merk Gold ETF -2.61%
DBP Invesco DB Precious Metals Fund -2.26%
KRBN KraneShares Global Carbon Strategy ETF -2.20%
UNL United States 12 Month Natural Gas Fund LP -2.13%

Analyzing the Weekly Flows

The commodity channel saw total net flows of ($1,610M) this week. Energy led category inflows, attracting $737M. Significant outflows were concentrated in Precious Metals, which shed ($2,910M).

Category Flows Summary

Category Fund Count AUM 5 Day 30 Day 90 Day YTD 1 Year
Energy 11 $4.45B $737M $1,107M $1,143M $1,114M $1,511M
Multi-Sector 27 $23.22B $332M $748M $2,397M $2,052M $3,676M
Agriculture 8 $1.34B $209M $259M $243M $267M $219M
Industrial Metals 4 $1.20B $24M ($41M) $593M $503M $784M
Shipping Freight 2 $0.06B ($1M) $11M $11M $13M ($39M)
Carbon Credits 3 $0.24B ($1M) ($5M) ($15M) ($15M) ($39M)
Precious Metals 16 $372.92B ($2,910M) ($4,685M) $5,351M $577M $47,224M

Top & Bottom 5 ETFs by 5-Day Flow

The top ETF for weekly inflows was USO, bringing in $700M. The heaviest outflows were seen in IAU and SLV, losing ($1,168M) and ($835M) respectively.

Ticker Fund Name 5-Day Flow
Inflows
USO United States Oil Fund LP $700M
BNO United States Brent Oil Fund LP $92M
HGER Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF $85M
CORN Teucrium Corn Fund $68M
COMT iShares U.S. ETF Trust iShares GSCI Commodity Dynamic Roll $60M
Outflows
IAU iShares Gold Trust ($1,168M)
SLV iShares Silver Trust ($835M)
GLDM SPDR Gold Minishares Trust ($284M)
SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF ($248M)
GLD SPDR Gold Shares ($232M)

Issuer League Table Update

SPDR and iShares remain the dominant issuers by market share, holding 52.21% and 33.26% respectively. US Commodity Funds gathered the most weekly inflows across all issuers.

Top 5 Issuers by AUM

Brand Fund Count AUM AUM Market Share
SPDR 3 $210.64B 52.21%
iShares 7 $134.18B 33.26%
aberdeen 7 $25.11B 6.22%
Invesco 9 $10.04B 2.49%
US Commodity Funds 8 $5.00B 1.24%

Top & Bottom 3 Issuers by 5-Day Flow

Brand 5-Day Flow
Inflows
US Commodity Funds $768M
Invesco $147M
Teucrium $141M
Outflows
iShares ($1,856M)
SPDR ($515M)
aberdeen ($429M)

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Disclosures

This material is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice. All investments, including ETFs, involve risk, including the possible loss of principal. Investors should consider their investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses carefully before investing.

This analysis was developed by the team at ETF Action. We leverage advanced AI tools to assist in the drafting and refinement of our content, based on our expert prompts, direction, and final review.