By Jared Cummans

It used to be that commodity investing was left for active traders who were savvy enough to navigate the complex futures world. But the introduction of commodity ETFs changed all that, as it was suddenly possible for retail investors to gain exposure to hard assets of all kinds with a single ticker. As the industry began to grow, investors quickly flocked to their favorites and left other funds out in the dust. In the spirit of “bigger is not always better,” we outlined three solid commodity ETFs whose size may have caused them to go unnoticed by many investors.

Teucrium Corn Fund (CORN)

This fund is the only ETF that solely offers exposure to corn futures. But rather than using a front-month strategy that could easily fall prey to contango, this product invests in multiple contracts at the same time. Its roll process is not forced to

By Jared Cummans

After being declared one of the worst investments of the last few years, natural gas seemed to finally find its footing in 2012. The fossil fuel surged through the end of summer, marking a 70% jump in just a few short months, only to watch its price cool back down during August. From there, it has been nothing short of a roller coaster ride for this asset and its traders, as NG has been all over the place in the last two months.

Over the past few weeks, it has not been uncommon to watch NG move by 3% or more in a single trading session, as yesterday saw losses fall just shy of the

My first article demonstrated clearly that the crash in the natural gas market (UNG, GASZ, GAZ, UNL, NAGS, BOIL, etc...) experienced in the spring, summer, and fall of 2012 was certain to not be sustained. In the discussions following that article, it became clear that there is some confusion about the relationship between wind power (FAN, PWND) and natural gas (NG) demand in the power sector. There seems to be a widespread belief that higher natural gas prices are good for wind power, and vice versa. Nothing could be further from the truth. The reality is that high wind penetration in some cases will result in higher natural gas prices. By spring of 2013, this is certain to be the case.

Natural Gas is crucial to have as the "balance power" (dispatchable backup) for wind power - which would otherwise be curtailed if there is too much reliance on baseload