We run the latest numbers on the gold vs. gold stocks question.

• What the GLD/GDX ratio tells us right now
• Which GDX miner has the lowest beta?
• Gold or gold stocks?

How has the new commodities-heavy alternative strategies ETP fared in its first 48 days?

• Why ALT's composition matters
• Has it met its objectives?
• GCC vs. ALT

Are we headed toward inflation or deflation? HAI's managing editor revisits the question with the latest data.

• Why core inflation has remained stable
• What happens when reserves are drained?
• How unemployment matters

How have DBA's recent composition tweaks affected the fund's recent trajectory?

• Equities beat futures in 2009
• How DBA's lineup has changed
• Why future backwardation isn't a given

As we head toward 2010, we take one last look back at the year's best-performing commodities—and its worst.

• Why do returns between ETFs, ETNs and trusts differ?
• Rankings of 12 different commodities
• What a difference contango makes

As 2009 draws to a close, we take a second look at the year's best-performing ag stocks.

• Why ag stocks missed out on 2009's equity market low
• Which ag stocks have outperformed this year
• Could DBA outperform MOO in 2010?

Can the relationship between gold and oil, two traditional bellwethers of inflation, give us any clues about our future economic prospects?

• What drives the gold/oil ratio?
• The influence of retail vs. institutional investors
• Are we heading back to normal?

Of the various ways you can invest in commodities, which did best over the past year?

• Should you have bought MOO, DBA or stock?
• How momentum is shifting
• Could futures-based funds soon overtake equity-funds?

Gold has a reputation as a dollar play—but now it's starting to perform well against other currencies, too.

• Which reserve currencies struck new highs?
• Why the Swissie buckled, but the yen refused to yield
• Why you shouldn't count the dollar out yet