Barclays ETNs access 'pure beta' commodity returns

The 18 ETNs track Barclays' Pure Beta indices, providing exposure to single commodities, broad access to industrial and precious metals, as well as livestock and agriculture. The notes also offer benchmark exposure to the Barclays Capital Pure Beta Series-2 TR index and the Barclays Capital Commodity Index Pure Beta TR. Rather than tracking the front-month futures contract like most benchmark commodity indices, Barclays Capital's Pure Beta indices use a methodology that selects a futures contract which is more representative of the average price of the underlying. "It is really abo...