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Jim Rogers International Commodity index has outperformed the DJ-AIG Commodity Index handily over the past five years, delivering 21.63% compound returns against 15.19% for the better-known DJ-AIG.


The Rogers International Commodity Index (RJI)
ELEMENTS Rogers Intl Commodity Agric ETN (RJA)
ELEMENTS Rogers Intl Commodity Enrgy ETN (RJN)
ELEMENTS Rogers Intl Commodity Metal ETN (RJZ)


Rogers Commodity Index Components and Weights
Agriculture (34.90%)
Energy (44.00%)
Grain (21.10%)
Wheat
20.06%
Crude Oil
47.73%
Aluminum
18.96%
Corn
13.61%
ICE Brent Oil
31.82%
Copper
18.89%
Cotton
11.60%
RBOB Gas
6.82%
Gold
14.22%
Soybeans
8.60%
Natural Gas
6.82%
Zinc
9.48%
Sugar
5.73%
Heating Oil
4.09%
Silver
9.48%
Soybean oil
5.73%
ICE Gas Oil
2.73%
Lead
9.48%
Live Cattle
5.73%


Platinum
8.53%
Coffee
5.73%


Tin
4.74%
Rubber
2.87%


Nickel
4.74%
Lumber
2.87%


Palladium
1.42%
Lean Hogs
2.87%




Cocoa
2.87%




Soybean Meal
2.15%




Canola
1.92%




Orange Juice
1.89%




Adzuki Beans
1.43%




Rice
1.43%




Oats
1.43%




Barley
0.77%




Greasy Wool
0.72%






Market Vectors Steel ETF (SLX)
Claymore/Clear Global Timber Index ETF (CUT)
iPath DJ AIG Livestock TR Sub-Idx ETN (COW)
iPath DJ AIG Nickel TR Sub-Idx ETN (JJN)
iPath DJ AIG Copper TR Sub-Idx ETN (JJC)
iPath S&P GSCI Crude Oil Tot Ret Idx ETN (OIL)
iPath DJ AIG Natural Gas TR Sub-Idx ETN (GAZ)
By GordonGekko at 2007-12-04 04:01 | Stocks | GordonGekko's blog


Jim Rogers Sources on world’s commodity consumption data


Jim Rogers Sources on world’s commodity consumption data:

- Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook, United Nations (New York)
- Commodity Trade Statistics Database, United Nations Statistics Division (New York)
- Copper Bulletin Yearbook, International Copper Study Group (Lisbon)
- Foreign Agricultural Service's Production, Supply and Distribution Database, U.S.
Department of Agriculture (Washington, D.C.)
- Manufactured Fiber Review, Fiber Economics Bureau, Inc. (U.S.A.)
- Monthly Bulletin, International Lead and Zinc Study Group (London)
- Quarterly Bulletin of Cocoa Statistics, International Cocoa Organization (London)
- Rubber Statistical Bulletin, International Rubber Study Group (London)
- Statistical Bulletin Volumes, Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
- Sugar Yearbook, International Sugar Organization (ISO), (London)
- World Agriculture Assessments of Intergovernmental Groups, Food & Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (Rome)
- World Commodity Forecasts, Economist Intelligence Unit (London)
- World Cotton Statistics, International Cotton Advisory Committee (Washington)
- World Metals Statistics, World Bureau of Metal Statistics (London)

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