The PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund (Ticker: DBC) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Deutsche Bank Liquid Commodity Index - Optimum Yield Excess Return Index. The index enters into long futures contracts and collateralizing those contracts with U.S. 3-month Treasury bills. The index is composed of futures contracts on fourteen commodities and weighted as such: Light, Sweet Crude Oil (WTI) (12.375%),
Heating Oil (12.375%), RBOB Gasoline (12.375%), Natural Gas (5.500%), Brent Crude (12.375%), Gold (8.000%), Silver (2.000%), Aluminum (4.167%), Zinc (4.167%), Copper Grade A (4.167%), Corn (5.625%), Wheat (5.625%), Soybeans (5.625%), Sugar (5.625%). Throughout the year the precise weighting of each commodity in the index will change based upon price changes. The index is rebalanced annually to the base weights every November. The index provides a rules-based formula for replacing an expiring futures contract with a new contract having the highest implied roll yield.