Investments in commodities may have greater volatility than investments in traditional securities, particularly if the instruments involve leverage. The value of commodity-linked derivative instruments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and international economic, political and regulatory developments.
The Bloomberg Commodity Index is a broadly diversified index that tracks the commodities markets through commodity futures contracts. You cannot invest directly in an index.
The MSCI World ex USA Index captures large- and mid-cap representation across 22 of 23 developed markets countries—excluding the United States. With 1,022 constituents, the index covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in each country. You cannot invest directly in an index.
Standard and Poor’s 500 Index is a capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks. The index is designed to measure performance of the broad domestic economy through changes in the aggregate market value of 500 stocks representing all major industries. The index was developed with a base level of 10 for the 1941–43 base period.
The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) is a benchmark index that measures the value of the US dollar against a weighted basket of six major foreign currencies: the Euro (EUR), Japanese Yen (JPY), British Pound (GBP), Canadian Dollar (CAD), Swedish Krona (SEK), and Swiss Franc (CHF). It indicates the strength of the dollar globally, with a rising index signaling a stronger USD and a falling index indicating a weaker USD.
