DBBINVESCO DB BASE METALS FUND
Seeks to track changes in the level of the DBIQ Optimum Yield Industrial Metals Index Excess Return, reflecting the base metals sector, plus interest income over fund expenses.
By Invesco · Launched 2007
Annual Cost
0.75%
#3,918 of 5,854 · average
Fund Size
$355M
#1,860 of 5,854 · large
Return (1Y)Goal
+33.5%
Track Record
19 years
#391 of 5,854 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$12,950+29.5%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
CommodityIndex tracked
DBIQ Optimum Yield Industrial Metals Index Excess Return
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 1 holdings = 44.5% of fundmoderately concentrated
Invesco Shrt-Trm Inv Gov&Agcy InstlAGPXX
44.5%
Asset allocation
Cash
50.2%
Other
49.8%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
18.8%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-37.0%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.73Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.06Good downside protection
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks to track changes in the level of the DBIQ Optimum Yield Industrial Metals Index Excess Return, reflecting the base metals sector, plus interest income over fund expenses.
- Strategy
- The Fund's principal investment strategy involves investing in a portfolio of exchange-traded futures on commodities in the base metals sector, specifically targeting futures contracts on Aluminum, Zinc, Lead, Nickel, Comex Copper, and Copper - Grade A. The Fund aims to track the Index by trading these futures contracts while also holding Treasury Securities and money market mutual funds for margin and cash management purposes.
- Inception date
- January 5, 2007
- Fund family
- Invesco
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Data updated on 2026-08-04