Earning income from commodity investments typically requires some work and creativity on the part of investors. After all, gold bars and barrels of oil don’t pay out any income in and of themselves. That means that investors who want yield from their commodity investments need to either periodically sell part of their position to replicate income, or they need to invest in shares of commodity-related companies that do pay dividends . See the full story here → Related Posts: Kings Of Commodity Dividends: ETF Style 10 Commodity ETFs with Monster Inflows in 2012 How QE3 Shakes Up Gold: Q&A With Nick Barisheff 10 Gold Miners That Pay a Dividend How to Play $10,000 Gold