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The target weights for the Dow Jones - AIG Commodity IndexSM (DJ-AIGCISM) to be implemented in January 2008 and originally published on August 3, 2007 are repeated below. The 2008 target weights were originally approved by the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index Supervisory Committee in August 2007.
Natural
Gas
12.2370840%
Crude
Oil 13.1565920%
Gasoline
3.7837980%
Heating
Oil
3.8225250%
Live
Cattle
4.8874000%
Lean
Hogs
2.5481230%
Wheat
4.7034060%
Corn
5.6634570%
Soybeans
7.6285410%
Soybean
Oil
2.8119330%
Aluminum
7.1079710%
Copper
7.0405160%
Zinc
3.0330160%
Nickel
2.7917080%
Gold
7.3961900%
Silver
2.7214230%
Sugar
3.1851450%
Cotton
2.4795880%
These weights will be used to determine the new Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index Multipliers for 2008 after the close of business on January 7, 2008. These multipliers are computed once a year and represent factors used to express the percentage weights in U.S. dollar-denominated terms for each commodity. The 2008 Multipliers are implemented in the calculation of the Index over five days, starting before the opening of trade on January 9, 2008. For a complete description of the Index calculations, please refer to the DJ-AIGCI Handbook available at www.djindexes.com.
The Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index, a diversified and highly liquid benchmark for the commodities markets, is composed of futures contracts on physical commodities and was introduced in 1998. The DJ-AIGCI is composed of futures contracts on 19 physical commodities. The DJ-AIGCI family of indexes includes nine sector sub-indexes, multiple forward month indexes, sub-indexes for each individual commodity in the original DJ-AIGCI, Euro-, Yen-, Swiss Franc-, and British Pound-denominated versions of the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Index, and the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Spot IndexSM. Also available are total return versions of each of the excess return indexes and sub-indexes. Currently, there is an estimated $42 billion invested in financial products that track the Dow Jones-AIG Commodity Indexes on a global basis.
