BUILDING A BETTER ETF

摘要

There's ample opportunity for traders who want to speculate in the construction market. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded notes (ETNs) on construction materials include the United States Copper ETF (CPER), iRath Bloomberg Copper SubTR ETN (JJC), Guggenheim Timber ETF (CUT), iShares Global Timber & Forestry ETF (WOOD), iPath Bloomberg Aluminum SubTR ETN (JJU) and Market Vectors Steel Index ETF (SLX). CUT and WOOD ETFs track different indexes, each based on approximately 30 securities connected with timber and lumber products with holdings in the United States and globally. For WOOD this is the S&P Global Timber & Forestry Index and for CUT the Beacon Global Timber Index.