My portfolio consists of a wide variety of stocks and commodity ETFs. I would like to add some uranium to my portfolio but can't afford the stocks. Is there a uranium ETF available, because I'm turning up nothing in my search.

Commodity ETFs (exchange traded funds) have been around for long enough that investors are well aware of their presence now, but a newcomer to the market is making some waves. Natural gas ETFs have been on the market for just over a year and have done pretty well so far.

With today's economy, commodity ETFs (exchange traded funds) are the investment to watch. Energy ETFs are among the most popular of the commodities. Energy exchange traded funds include crude oil, coal, natural gas, and even gasoline. Alternative energy ETFs are now making their way into our hearts.

Commodity ETFs (exchange traded funds) seem to be doing well, but agriculture ETFs are doing better than well. Over all of the exchange traded funds on the market one in particular is flying high. PowerShares DBA ETF has shown more than 50% return since January, 2007, when this ETF was introduced. During the same period S&P 500 was down more than 5%.

Of all of the commodity ETFs (exchange traded funds) oil is probably the most exciting, as well as the most frustrating. Until very recently, the market price of oil ETFs has been steadily rising for quite some time. Is this a direct result of the increasing price of crude oil?

Over the past couple of years Commodity ETFs (exchange traded funds) have literally become a money game. It wasn't very long ago that commodity ETFs were made up only of things that could be derived naturally from the planet. This included energy, metals, and agriculture. A few years ago currency ETFs made their appearance in the commodities market.

What is going on with the declining dollar these days? Commodity ETFs are rising, that's what. This could be because investors are coming to the realization that when the dollar goes down, precious metal commodity exchange traded funds (ETFs) won't be going anywhere.

Commodity ETFs (exchange traded funds) are made up predominantly of things derived or cultivated from the Earth. These include energies, such as oil and natural gas, agriculture, which includes crops and livestock, and metals, like silver and gold.

In November of 2004 streetTRACKS Gold Shares Commodity ETFs made their way to the market. This commodity ETF was such a hit that it turned into 1.5 billion dollars in assets in just a few weeks of its launch. The name changed SPDR Gold Shares in May of 2008; just a few short months after the NYSE Arca took over the commodity ETF.

Understanding commodity ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) is actually easier than it sounds. The first commodity ETFs were introduced in 2004 and skyrocketed in the first year. Commodities are things found in nature, like corn, gold, silver, natural gas, and even cattle.