Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Sirio Aramonte
Author-X-Name-First: Sirio
Author-X-Name-Last: Aramonte
Author-Name: Karamfil Todorov
Author-X-Name-First: Karamfil
Author-X-Name-Last: Todorov
Title: Futures-based commodity ETFs when storage is constrained
Abstract: Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that hold futures contracts on commodities are an important link between commodity markets and financial markets. When commodity storage capacity is constrained, investor flows into ETFs holding futures can lower, instead of raise, commodity prices due to potentially high costs of physical storage. April 2020 briefly witnessed negative prices for the nearest-maturity futures contract on WTI oil, possibly due to such a combination of storage constraints and investor flows into ETFs.
Length: 9 pages
Creation-Date: 2021-04-12
File-URL: https://www.bis.org/publ/bisbull41.pdf
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File-URL: https://www.bis.org/publ/bisbull41.htm
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Number: 41
Handle: RePEc:bis:bisblt:41