PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fun

SUMMARY

We rate PowerShares DB Commodity Idx Track at D-. Negative factors that influence this rating include a short term portfolio management tenure. The fund may be considered for investors seeking a Growth - Domestic strategy.

POSITIVES AND RISKS

Total return ranks well below peers over the last three years. The PowerShares DB Commodity Idx Track has returned an annual rate of -4.35% since inception. More recently, the fund has generated a total return of -13.25% in the last five years, -18.58% in the last three years, and -5.39% in the last year. How does that compare to other equity funds? In the last five years, it has outperformed 8% of them. It has also outpaced 6% of its competitors on a three year basis and 11% of them over the last year for the period ending 8/31/2016. On a year to date basis, DBC has returned 7.71%.

Downside risk has been above average. DBC has a draw down risk of -52.18%, which is the largest price decline experienced over the last three years. This fund has a three year standard deviation of 17.3%. This fund has had moderate volatility in its monthly performance over the last 36 months. As of 8/31/2016, the fund was trading at a price of $14.39, which is 5.3% below its 52-week high of $15.20 and 3.1% above its 52-week low of $13.96.

High expense ratio hinders performance. On total assets of $5.00 billion, DBC maintains a high expense ratio compared to its Growth - Domestic peers of 0.90% to cover all operating costs. Brokerage costs for the fund to buy and sell shares are not included in the expense ratio. As DBC is an exchange traded fund, it has no front end or back end load.

The PowerShares DB Commodity Idx Track is managed by James T. Anderson at Invesco Powershares Capital Mgmt LL. This fund is one of 128 Invesco Powershares Capital Mgmt LL exchange-traded funds launched since 5/1/2003 that we track.