Managed Futures Funds Gain in Popularity and Performance

Excellent article from MarketWatch.  Of course to us it’s just preaching to the choir ... of negative performance. Managed Futures funds (also referred to as Commodity Trading Advisors or CTAs ... , commodity futures and currency markets. Managers who have done well to- date this quarter have generally [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 23:09:12

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How to trade commodities?

In my last post, I discussed how commodities have became more and more traded by both institutional and individual investors ... to set up such accounts though, especially through discount brokers such as Interactive Brokers ... much only done through futures. Now of course, it’s still possible to trade commodities doing [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 10:00:14

THE GLOBAL MARKET PORTFOLIO'S BRUISED, BUT VERY MUCH ALIVE

Mr. Market is hurting these days, but what exactly does that mean? The world's capital and commodity markets are comprised of multiple asset classes, of course ... : global stocks, global bonds and global REITs plus commodities--based on U.S. futures— [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 17:23:02

The Property Market in Greece

by Mary Bush The property market in Greece has seen some decline in demand in 2008, however the prices are not likely to crash, ... for people who have bought property recently of course and is better news for future investors ... . Construction costs are rising, as they are everywhere due to the rise in commodity prices although [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 22:04:57

Damien Hirst and Critic Robert Hughes Begin to do Battle

A little war going on in the art world between two big names ... Living, the British artist's formaldehyde tiger shark, is a "tacky commodity" and "the world's most ... if they were alive." All of this, of course, will result in Hirst receiving more money at future [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 11:01:56

Stuck on stupid

What with the current high jinks in the financial markets we are of course hearing the usual calls for re-regulation of said markets ... . For example, they never actually take delivery of those commodities: meaning that when it comes to delivery time, the moment when the futures price meets the spot price, they are in fact sellers [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 05:18:42

Apple Rally Stalls, and Stuff

In the course of performing my technical analysis of AAPL day-to-day price movements, I never do it with blinders on ... with an examination of market futures and pre-market economic reports. And includes a broad analysis ... to one another, from airlines to utilities, from health care to commodities, to energy and financials [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 04:51:12

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