According to estimates by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), about $15 billion was invested in commodity indexes in 2003. By mid-2008, that figure had grown to $200 billion, a thirteenfold increase.
Levin highlights the dramatic growth in commodity index investments over five years.
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