be careful with commodity funds. If you are referring to the ETF futures, these are fund that based on commodities and is not mean to keep long term. 9 t6 g9 D# ^; e/ S& r 8 s0 w* L9 T5 E4 A# x6 dIf you want to invest in energy, it would be best to invest into companies that produce these commodities, not the future of these actual commodities..