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USCI · United States Commodity Index Fund
Over the last 15 years (2011-10 to 2026-10), $10,000 invested in USCI with dividends reinvested grew to $19,145, 4.40% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -59.43%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
Growth of $10,000 · 2011-10 to 2026-10 · dividends reinvested
How USCI held up in past market crashes
USCI has been through 3 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 28.1% in the 2020 COVID crash, when the S&P 500 fell 34.1%. It took 11 months from the bottom to get back to its high. No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.
| Crash | USCI deepest fall | S&P 500 (SPY) | Peak to bottom | Back to peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 fourth-quarter selloff | -13.0% | -20.2% | Oct 2018 to Dec 2018 | 2.8 years |
| 2020 COVID crash | -28.1% | -34.1% | Feb 2020 to Mar 2020 | 11 months |
| 2022 bear market | -18.8% | -25.4% | Jun 2022 to Sep 2022 | 18 months |
Price declines in the fund's listing currency, dividends not included, inside each crash's S&P 500 peak-to-bottom window. See how 50 popular ETFs compare in the crash study.
About USCI
United States Commodity Index Fund is a commodities exchange-traded fund that seeks to provide exposure to a diversified basket of commodity futures through the SummerHaven Dynamic Commodity Index Total Return. The fund is designed to track the daily changes in that benchmark before fees and expenses, using a rules-based approach that selects and rebalances futures contracts across major commodity sectors.
Fund description from our market-data provider.
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