Meanwhile, crude oil commodities shrunk to 21% from 29% a month earlier; gold ETFs like the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) held steady in July at 19% of the asset category’s traffic. While heavy inflationary pressures may be easing as we head into the fall, investors remain eager to learn about commodities ETFs, particularly as war in Ukraine persists. “Natural gas prices sold off in mid-June on news of an extended outage at the Freeport LNG export terminal, which resulted in lower demand,” explained Stacey Morris, head of energy research at VettaFi.