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Other than oil, what are commodities? Are gold, silver, etc. considered commodities in the world of investment
Commodities are items which are both produced and consumed. Grain, pork bellies, lumber. Silver largely gets consumed (film uses silver nitrate, for example), gold largely does not.
Gold, SIlver, Copper, Wheat, Soybeans, Soybean Meal, Soybean Oil, Corn, Cattle, Coffee, Cocoa, Cotton, Hogs, Lumber, Heating Oil, Natural Gas, Rice, Sugar, and many, many more. Some commodities have very liquid contracts, like Crude & Wheat. Others, like Aluminum, which only trades in London, do not.
Commodities are basically ‘real, tangible’ goods. Many are bought and sold in the cash or spot market (meaning you go to a farmer and buy his cows), and also through Futures contracts, meaning you buy a contract of cattle and hold it until the delivery date, and you in turn are given 40,000 pounds of cattle.
Yes, silver and gold are commodities. There are many exchange traded commodities. Just a few include, coffee, orange juice, lumber, corn, soybeans, wheat, cattle, hogs, platinum, cotton, cocoa, many of the world’s currencies and many others.
Commodities are items which are both produced and consumed. Grain, pork bellies, lumber. Silver largely gets consumed (film uses silver nitrate, for example), gold largely does not.
Gold, SIlver, Copper, Wheat, Soybeans, Soybean Meal, Soybean Oil, Corn, Cattle, Coffee, Cocoa, Cotton, Hogs, Lumber, Heating Oil, Natural Gas, Rice, Sugar, and many, many more. Some commodities have very liquid contracts, like Crude & Wheat. Others, like Aluminum, which only trades in London, do not.
Commodities are basically ‘real, tangible’ goods. Many are bought and sold in the cash or spot market (meaning you go to a farmer and buy his cows), and also through Futures contracts, meaning you buy a contract of cattle and hold it until the delivery date, and you in turn are given 40,000 pounds of cattle.
Except for the currencies, financials and indexes these are commodities.
Yes, silver and gold are commodities. There are many exchange traded commodities. Just a few include, coffee, orange juice, lumber, corn, soybeans, wheat, cattle, hogs, platinum, cotton, cocoa, many of the world’s currencies and many others.