A weaker dollar index and a slight decline in the long-term bond prices were competing bullish and bearish factors for commodities in March. The June dollar index moved 3.04% lower, while the May U.S.

a new record—marking the eighth straight session that front-month gold futures settled higher, climbing 5% over that span. Traders remain risk adverse, says Alex Ebkarian of Allegiance Gold.

Commodities are one ... term oil market without getting into futures trading yourself. It has an expense ratio of 0.6%. USO tracks the performance of near-month West Texas Intermediate crude ...