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 ...

Agricultural futures contracts are standardized agreements to buy or sell a particular quantity of a commodity at a predetermined price at a particular date in the future. Contracts are traded on ...

Commodities are split into two broad categories: hard and soft commodities. Hard commodities include natural resources that must be mined or extracted, such as gold, rubber, and oil, while soft ...

You've got stocks, bonds, ETFs and cash in your portfolio - but what about commodities? Do they belong alongside your other investments, and if so, how much money should you allocate to them? This can ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Commodity trading is a niche area in the finance world that in recent years has been gaining more interest among individuals who are seeking alternative trading instruments from the usual stocks and ...

Significant volatility across the commodities complex has created relative opportunities for hedge funds. A multiyear bear market in commodities has led investors to explore more active opportunities ...