Invesco DB Base Metals Fund
DBB NYSE Arca
The Invesco DB Base Metals seeks to track changes, whether positive or negative, in the level of the DBIQ Optimum Yield Industrial Metals Index Excess Return™ plus the interest income from the Fund's holdings of primarily US Treasury securities and money market income less the Fund's expenses. The...
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- Fund size
- 101M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.80% per year
- Dividend yield
- 0.00% Trailing 12 months
- Volatility · 1Y
- 19.4% Above Average
- Beta
- 0.42 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 20.3126.63
How DBB has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 12Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, DBB returned +22.3% with dividends reinvested — dividends added 0.0 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±19% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −11.0% on Mar 20, 2026 — 50 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 29% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.42 means DBB has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average25.21 −0.2%
- 26-day average25.34 −0.8%
- 50-day average25.34 −0.7%
- 200-day average24.29 +3.5%
The price is above 1 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Commodities (Metals) · Commodity Pools — tracking the BIQ Optimum Yield Industrial Metals Index Excess Return™.
- Assets under management101MUSD
- Expense ratio0.80%per year
- Holdings13
- Risk score4.5Medium
Launched January 2007. Listed options available. Fund data as of Feb 27, 2020.
Where DBB shows up
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About Invesco DB Base Metals Fund
The Invesco DB Base Metals seeks to track changes, whether positive or negative, in the level of the DBIQ Optimum Yield Industrial Metals Index Excess Return™ plus the interest income from the Fund's holdings of primarily US Treasury securities and money market income less the Fund's expenses. The Fund is designed for investors who want a cost-effective and convenient way to invest in commodity futures. The Index is a rules-based index composed of futures contracts on some of the most liquid and widely used base metals — aluminum, zinc and copper (grade A)
- Featured in 2 curated themes
- 13 holdings
- Ticker
- DBB
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US46140H7008
- CUSIP
- 46140H700
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Commodities (Metals)
- Industry
- Commodity Pools
- Benchmark
- BIQ Optimum Yield Industrial Metals Index Excess Return™
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Feb 27, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.