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%
#4,069 of 6,040 · expensive
Fund Size
$364M
#1,903 of 6,040 · large
Return (1Y)
+28.6%
Track Record
19 years
#398 of 6,040 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$12,859+28.6%
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
Holdings
By weightConcentration
Top 1 holdings = 46.5% of fundmoderately concentrated
Invesco Shrt-Trm Inv Gov&Agcy InstlAGPXX
46.5%
Asset allocation
Other
51.3%
Cash
48.7%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
19.3%Moderate
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-37.0%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.77Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.11Good 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 2026-09-18