Last Update: 28 February 2023

The best Commodity in the last 30 years is Palladium, that granded a +8.91% annualized return.

The worst is Natural Gas, with a -10.87% annualized return in the last 5 years.

The main Commodities can be easily replicated by ETFs.

Commodity ETF Historical Returns

Commodity ETF Returns, for last 1,3,6 Months and 1,3,5,10,30 years.

Columns are sortable, Commodities are pre-ordered by 30 year return.

COMMODITY - HISTORICAL RETURNS (%)
Last Update: 28 February 2023
Cells with red background indicate returns lower than the US Inflation recorded in the same period. US Inflation is updated to Feb 2023. Current inflation (annualized) is 1Y: 6.04% , 3Y: 5.16% , 5Y: 3.86% , 10Y: 2.63% , 30Y: 2.51%
ETF 1M 3M 6M 1Y 3Y(*) 5Y(*) 10Y(*) 30Y(*)
Palladium
PALL
-14.29 -24.89 -31.90 -43.81 -18.36 5.70 6.25 8.91
Silver
SLV
-11.96 -5.92 15.92 -15.03 7.36 4.45 -3.53 5.76
Gold
GLD
-5.37 3.02 6.60 -4.82 4.59 6.32 1.05 5.62
Brent Oil
BNO
-2.20 -3.94 -8.08 1.40 19.40 9.18 -4.07 5.08
Copper
CPER
-3.12 8.85 17.56 -9.34 16.08 4.47 0.00 4.42
Platinum
PPLT
-5.90 -7.99 12.66 -9.29 2.81 -1.17 -5.52 3.17
WTI Crude Oil
USO
-3.04 -4.30 -8.07 -0.40 -3.85 -7.45 -12.80 -2.40
Natural Gas
UNG
-2.15 -57.02 -71.18 -41.01 -11.37 -16.35 -19.18 -10.87
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(*) annualized

For further information about the seasonality, check the Asset Class and Commodity Seasonality page.

Commodity ETF Yearly Returns

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COMMODITY - YEARLY RETURNS (%)
Last Update: 28 February 2023
Cells with red background indicate returns lower than the US Inflation recorded in the same period. US Inflation is updated to Feb 2023.
ETF 2023(*) 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Palladium
PALL
-20.54 -6.28 -23.26 25.26 53.94 17.23
Silver
SLV
-12.72 2.37 -12.45 47.30 14.88 -9.19
Gold
GLD
0.08 -0.77 -4.15 24.81 17.86 -1.94
Brent Oil
BNO
-2.62 35.25 62.34 -38.23 36.01 -15.30
Copper
CPER
7.58 -15.14 25.22 23.89 6.69 -21.94
Platinum
PPLT
-11.19 10.43 -10.75 10.78 20.85 -14.95
WTI Crude Oil
USO
-4.14 28.97 64.68 -67.79 32.61 -19.57
Natural Gas
UNG
-35.32 12.89 35.76 -45.43 -31.77 5.96
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(*)YTD - 28 February 2023

Commodity ETF Drawdowns

Commodity ETF Maximum Drawdowns, in last 5,10,30 years.

The following table represents Commodity ETF total returns and maximum drawdown in the same period. Columns are sortable.

COMMODITY - TOTAL RETURNS vs DRAWDOWNS (%)
Return: Total Return (%) - DD: Maximum Drawdown (%)
Last Update: 28 February 2023
5Y
10Y
30Y
ETF Return DD Return DD Return DD
Palladium
PALL
+31.97 -52.23 +83.37 -52.23 +1194.07 -85.34
Silver
SLV
+24.32 -36.79 -30.21 -52.61 +436.65 -72.16
Gold
GLD
+35.82 -18.08 +10.97 -34.31 +415.41 -42.91
Brent Oil
BNO
+55.16 -69.90 -34.00 -84.53 +341.69 -84.77
Copper
CPER
+24.45 -30.56 +0.04 -45.15 +266.03 -64.54
Platinum
PPLT
-5.73 -30.16 -43.30 -56.34 +155.38 -68.49
WTI Crude Oil
USO
-32.08 -84.60 -74.59 -93.85 -51.75 -97.90
Natural Gas
UNG
-59.03 -75.56 -88.11 -91.41 -96.83 -99.58
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