S&P Dow Jones Indices

Long-time investors in products linked to the S&P GSCI remain keenly aware of the outsized role oil has in broad commodity performance. Reviewing the projected weights of the 2024 S&P GSCI rebala...

https://www.indexologyblog.com/2023/11/02/previewing-the-2024-sp-gsci-rebalance-big-oils-mojo-is-back/

Commodities, as represented by the S&P GSCI, rose over 4% in September and 16% in Q3 2023. This highlighted the potential diversification qualities of this asset class, as equities and fixed inco...

https://www.indexologyblog.com/2023/10/02/diversifying-commodities-rise-16-in-q3-2023-as-equities-drop/

The S&P GSCI, the broad commodities benchmark, started the second half of the year in a blistering heat wave and rose 11% on the back of petroleum commodities, which all increased by more than 14...

https://www.indexologyblog.com/2023/08/01/hot-temperatures-and-a-hot-start-to-the-second-half-of-2023-for-commodities/

The S&P GSCI fell 0.8% in April as the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation, Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE), fell slightly on a year-over-year basis to 4.6%. Continued elevated reading...

https://www.indexologyblog.com/2023/05/01/the-sp-gsci-cooled-in-april-as-inflation-cooled/

The 24 individual commodities comprising the S&P GSCI finished the first month of 2023 with divergent performance. This echoed the uncertain path forward regarding inflation expectations. Half ou...

https://www.indexologyblog.com/2023/02/01/commodities-flat-in-january-after-second-best-yearly-performance-in-two-decades/

The market standard commodities benchmark, the S&P GSCI, performed admirably in 2022, rising 26%, outpacing other commodities indices and asset classes, as well as defying higher interest rates a...

https://www.indexologyblog.com/2023/01/03/commodities-outperform-for-the-second-year-in-a-row/

Commodities, represented by the broad-based S&P GSCI, fell 1.7% in November on the back of weakness in the petroleum and grains complexes. Global commodities markets were particularly hit this mo...

https://www.indexologyblog.com/2022/12/01/commodities-challenged-by-slowing-global-growth-in-november/

Commodities, represented by the broad-based S&P GSCI, rose 6.7% in October on the back of strength in the petroleum complex. During the month, the director of the International Energy Agency said...

https://www.indexologyblog.com/2022/11/04/petroleum-helped-the-sp-gsci-gain-6-7-in-october/

U.S. dollar strength caught up with commodities in September, with the benchmark S&P GSCI falling 7.8%. Almost all physical commodities are priced in USD, and a stronger USD has historically corr...

https://www.indexologyblog.com/2022/10/04/u-s-dollar-strength-catches-up-with-commodities/

The S&P GSCI fell 2.7% in August; renewed strength in agricultural commodities and the continued rally in natural gas were not sufficient to overcome a late-month decline in oil prices. After eig...

https://www.indexologyblog.com/2022/09/01/commodities-take-a-break-over-the-northern-hemisphere-summer/