Oily, Day Two

Day two and the feeling of being dunked in oil hasn't lifted. In fact, given the financial news rocking Wall Street and the soaring price of oil futures, I'm ... , "If It Isn't Boring, It Isn't Green," Friedman quotes [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 15:32:08

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Maryland’s Gensler finds a spot in Obama administration

Some Marylanders’ names have been tossed around as possibilities for posts in the Obama administration (i.e. former Rep. Wayne Gilchrest and Dr ... as his pick to head up the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The CFTC oversees $5 trillion in futures and options trading — oil and other commodities prices have been hot-button issues there this year [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 18:11:06

Democratic Energy Bill Defeated; Republicans Show Some Stones

—Gabriel Malor Harry Reid's attempt to interfere in the commodities exchanges failed this morning along mostly partisan lines. Democrats are blaming high gasoline prices on "excessive" speculation in oil and gas futures. This is typical of Democrats, who would rather blame hedge funds (framed as "fat cats", but who serve [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 18:45:08

Exxon Mobil Corporation Valuation As Of 9 January 2009

Note: You can click through on any of the graphs to see a larger image ... to share price. The NYMEX WTI Oil Futures curve has shifted downwards. February, March and April [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 19:43:57

Gold prices falter as dollar strengthens

Gold prices declined Friday, as the dollar gained further strength against other major currencies, including the euro and the British pound. Energy prices recovered some, while agriculture futures fell. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 22:55:55

thinking like an analyst

Randomly surfing news channels yesterday, I saw an economic analyst from a leading investment bank talk about his thoughts on surging oil ... to play the oil futures market, or are just care about when the price of your daily commute is going to come down, there's a specialist who provides this data, for a fee. Posted by Ed Cotton Tags [more...]

Date: 2008-06-11 16:03:04

Option Trading - Straddles - Delta Neutral Strategies

The great thing about a straddle is that it’s non-directional. This means that you can make money without forecasting market direction. In other words, it doesn’t matter whether the stock price goes up or down in the near future - you can still make money either way - as long as it moves somewhere. The idea [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 00:37:57

Historic Home Sales Predict Future Path - Astounding!

Having just experienced the toughest year in real estate brokerage since before 1991, my thoughts have already turned to 2009 and beyond, wondering what the future has in store for this battered real estate market. As the eternal ... , and I have presented proof that Tallahassee home prices are dropping in a previous blog. The Future [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 11:52:02

Shanghai copper falls to 5-yr low on weak outlook

Copper futures prices in Shanghai fell to a five-year low on Friday, as traders built up short positions on expectations that prices would fall further amid a deepening global downturn. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 09:17:17

60 Minutes: Did Speculation Fuel Oil Price Swings?

60 Minutes: Did Speculation Fuel Oil Price Swings? (CBS) ... , a commodity that was theoretically priced according to supply and demand doubled from $69 a barrel ... at a certain price at some date in the future. Read more... January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:59:56

Gas Price Deflation: Should It Affect What Automobiles We Purchase?

... when it comes to the future price of such a vital commodity with so many different fingers in the pool [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 20:00:02

monday watch

Monday, January 5 2009ESH9 FUTURE (March Contract)S1 901.75S2 878S3 862.5R1 941R2 956.5R3 980.25PIVOT917 ... its double top around 920 on the March SP futures Friday, which should signal higher prices ... it is the commodities leading the market higher. Unfortunately this looks like an oversold bounce rather [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 20:12:00

THE SPIN STOPS HERE

Aubie Baltin CFA, CTA, CFP, PhD. June 21, 2008 THE PRICING OF OIL: ... the price is determined in either the Futures or Spot markets. ECONOMICS 501: There are two primary [more...]

Date: 2008-06-22 18:00:31

Bombay Stock Exchange gets SEBI nod for currency derivatives

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has received “in-principle approval” from market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) ... Committee on Exchange Traded Currency Futures, released by the Reserve Bank of India and SEBI May 29 ... currency futures contracts facilitate easy access, increased transparency, efficient price discovery [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 07:29:46

Recession adds uncertainty to 2009 farmland leases

No business partnership seems unaffected by the recession, including one of agriculture’s most common, said Craig Dobbins, ... .     “In September if you used the futures market to give you an idea of what prices might ... , soybeans and wheat had dropped that margin to about $200 an acre.”     Prices are still falling, lowering [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:19:08

What's Up, What's Down: Higher Gold, Lower Copper

A new recent high for gold and silver on Monday while lower for copper. Looking ahead to today's price action, gold futures made little changed ahead of the Fed's interest-rate decision. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 21:18:13

Speculators not to blame

In certain quarters people keep arguing that the surging oil and food prices are caused by speculative international investments in these commodities. People who understand how the market is working have always maintained that the principle effect of commodity futures is beneficial because they smooth extreme swings of prices [more...]

Date: 2008-07-11 05:22:11

Oil Traders Seek Another 10 Tankers for Storage, Frontline Says

Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Frontline Ltd., the world’s biggest owner of supertankers, ... it for delivery later, profiting from a futures market situation called contango where prices are higher [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 16:59:00

An Economic Sea Change

With all the doom in the markets, it's essential to get a bird's eye reading of economic conditions when expectations suddenly change ... in all markets - stocks, housing, financial, political - will be with us for the foreseeable future ... out of the blocks to recovery. Lower oil/commodity prices also contribute the dollar's rise. VIABILITY [more...]

Date: 2008-09-07 13:20:56

Manhattan Apartment Prices Whacked In 4Q08

Manhattan apartment prices fall, will drop further by Reuters - snips: ... Manhattan market in the first quarter 2009... A telling sign of further future price declines is Miller's [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 23:28:00

Remember Last Week When I Commented On How the Price of Oil in the Futures Market fell After the Lifting of the Exectuive Ban on Off-Shore Drilling?

Posted by WLS: If you have forgotten you can read it again here ... their rivals, thereby creating a mini-price war, as they sacrafice a few cents a gallon in order to increase [more...]

Date: 2008-07-24 01:35:17

YORGOO Goals for 2009

YORGOO Goals for 2009 0 Comments Published December 27th, 2008 in Yorgo, publishing, Blog, Nestoridis, money, Best, price, make, Free, Leads, ... to raise cash for future developments and to expand our business. It also needs to find a structure where the continuation of the non profit idea is assured for the future to allow YORGOO [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 23:53:14

Food Prices Will Rise, Causing Export Bans, Riots: Chart of Day

By Mark Gilbert Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) — Food prices will rise next year, ... physical stockpiling and futures contracts, new food unrest is even conceivable in the second half ... compiled by UBS AG and Bloomberg that tracks at least 13 foodstuffs, including wheat, soybeans, sugar [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 02:11:33

Refineries Paying Record Premiums for Top Grade Crude

The Financial Times reports today that refiners are paying prices higher than those indicated by the futures market for the lightest, meaning best, grades of crude oil. This points to an issue raised [more...]

Date: 2008-06-12 21:49:35

Mission Viejo home market’s bottomed, Insider Q&A told

Zetland Zetland David Zetland is now a postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley and a former Mission Viejo real estate broker ... and sellers will expect lower prices in the future [more...]

Date: 2008-10-11 07:29:24

[IMG Plasma TV]

'Energy-guzzling' plasma TVs face ban Giant energy-guzzling flatscreens are expected to be banned under legislation due to be agreed by ... : Like-for-like sales Raw material prices IMF bailouts Capital ratios Black Swan Theory Oil futures A to Z of all 30-second guides LATEST ON... shares and dice Summary of the financial cr [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 10:16:52

The USD and Backwardation.

(Chart from SharpCharts - Click on image to enlarge) The USD has had a great run, but now it looks very toppy to me ... . Backwardation in basic commodities happens frequently, but this is the first time since 1999, briefly ... of Gold is higher than the nearest futures contract. Some would define “backwardation” as the cash price [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 04:09:13

Silver fixes lower, gold steady in Europe

* Silver fixes at 1,306.00 U.S. cents, below its previous fix of 1,318.00 cents. * Spot silver falls to $12.90/12.98 by 1117 GMT from $13 ... /Asia prices CBOT 100 oz gold futures RELATED NEWS AND OTHER TOPICS Precious metals news [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 12:53:39

Bush Ends Executive Ban on Off-Shore Drilling and Oil Prices Drop 7% in two trading sessions

June 20, 2008 — USA Today: Democrat Barack Obama’s campaign released remarks he plans to make at the start of a news conference in ... of futures trading in commodities. – WLS ... on July 14 — $145.18. Price of oil at close on July 16 — $134.60. “Crude-oil futures tumbled $4.14 [more...]

Date: 2008-07-17 00:34:34

[IMG Newspapers]

Newspapers A to Z of the Sunday newspapers Here's our summary of what the business papers are reporting from the financial world this Sunday | ... Raw material prices IMF bailouts Capital ratios Black Swan Theory Oil futures A to Z of all 30-second guides LATEST ON... shares and dice Summary of the financial crisis And the latest [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 10:16:52

Closing Enron Loophole Would Drop Oil Prices 25% - 50% Overnight

The way Republicans tell it, the minute we start drilling off the coasts of California, Florida and elsewhere, the price of gas will go down ... for the Commodities Future Trading Commission (CFTC), the government board that oversees commodities markets: “Yes ... follows.) The Enron Loophole is the nickname for a provision written into the [more...]

Date: 2008-06-22 18:55:04

12-12-08 AgriCharts Midday Ag Market Commentary…

Posted by brianallmerradionetwork on December 12, 2008 AgriCharts Market Commentary (Courtesy of www.agricharts.com) ... in box beef cuts put pressure on cattle futures. With recent gains and steady prices in CBOT corn futu [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 18:03:55

The Case of the Telltale Hoax

The Case of the Telltale Hoax Who was behind the Mumbai massacre? ... commodities, including energy and agriculture futures, also ... commodities tumble NEW YORK (AP) — Gold prices continued their descent Friday as a troubling [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 13:24:10

SWA's Gary Kelly named finalist for 2008 MarketWatch CEO of the Year

Storm clouds gather, but Southwest CEO has a plan With a head for numbers and strategy, ... crushed by a 54% price jump, fuel contracts secured in the futures markets helped save Southwest [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 20:35:43

Blame the Speculators

Blame the Speculators In Washington, some high prices are deemed better than others. Stocks should go up, and so should home prices ... regulators to set strict limits on how many futures contracts could be owned by financial types [more...]

Date: 2008-06-19 16:07:37

Weekly Futures Positions Review - December 14, 2008

Top posts from the past week:Marc Faber: The 2009 Global Economy Will Be A "Total Disaster"US Bailout Price Tag Heading for $10+ Trillion(!) ... review of my futures trades from the previous week:Covered my British Pound short. British Pound futures have been trading sideways over the last few weeks. And it looks like the US dollar rally [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 00:26:00

A look back at 2007 housing predictions

#fullpost{display:inline;}In looking back at material from a year ago as part of doing the normal year-end things around here, ... shill.Interestingly, futures based on the Case-Shiller Home Price Index got the 2007 decline mostly correct [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 16:13:00

Interesting articles you might have missed during the week

The pace of change for the world has accelerated.  Perhaps a glance at these stories can help keep your Orientation current! ... to the Caribbean. Futures contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade show {the price of} wheat ... harvests and worsen a food crisis for developing countries. Global production of wheat, the most [more...]

Date: 2008-11-01 12:00:27

Global central banks hold 29,783 tones of Gold!

2009-01-02 Commodity Online As we analyze the possible reasons behind future directional move in gold prices in 2009, ... in 2008. The Rest… Commodity Online.com [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 13:36:55

Keeping things simple in your trading

Beanieville posted Don’t Let All Those Technical Analysis Gurus Confuse You on Tuesday with the primary suggestion being that one should keep things ... : “If you’ve been to some options or futures trading sites most of you probably feel like you don’ ... part - what prices are doing. Now, having said that, the idea that options and futures traders [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 12:59:49

Overnight markets: Commodities gloom

Asian stocks fell to a two-week low on Wednesday, following US and European markets overnight, as commodity prices slumped, pointing to a worsening outlook for global economies. Futures on the S&P 500 Index rose 0.5%, however, after losing 2.2% Tuesday as General Motors sank to the lowest price since 1943 amid [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 05:23:21

Olbermann Blames McCain for Bipartisan Clinton-signed 'Enron Loophole'

Almost two years ago, NewsBusters wondered when media would begin reporting Enron's ties to higher oil and gas prices ... "Enron Loophole" created by the enactment of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000. Though ... trading, deregulation that lets speculators overwhelm trading in oil futures, those complicated [more...]

Date: 2008-06-20 14:38:34

Daily Forex Overview

Previous session overview On Monday, the dollar declined across the board Monday, taking its cue from a drop in U.S. stock markets as financial shares sold off. The dollar was also feeling the heat from oil prices that crept back up toward USD125 a barrel on futures markets, indicating that any measurable relief [more...]

Date: 2008-07-29 07:20:34

Gold gains in broad-based commodities surge

Gold and other metals futures rallied Monday, getting a boost from soaring oil prices, weakness in the U.S. dollar and President-elect Barack Obama's pledge of a massive new infrastructure investment [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 22:11:22

In his blog post, Mustard Seeds of Hope, which mega-investor did Larry Kudlow quote?

#fullpost{display:inline;}CNBC Bonus Bucks Trivia AnswersCNBC Million Dollar Portfolio ChallengeThe CallIn his blog post, Mustard Seeds of Hope, ... inflation spread continues to fall.The second positive is the collapse of oil prices and the end ... , to $3.04 from $4.11. The futures market suggests [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 16:13:00

Commodities and currencies should continue mixed and sidelined

Overview Turmoil in the credit markets and the ECB adds to woes by suggesting it will raise its key rate by 25 basis points at July’s meeting. Euribor interest rate futures promptly dropped 25 points, with the December 2008 contract pricing three-month Libor at 5.525%, dragging Sterling, Swiss and US money market contracts down too [more...]

Date: 2008-06-12 06:52:54

Medvedev Grows a Pair?

The Financial Times reports, yesterday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev took another apparent swipe at predecessor and future supreme leader ... and a sharp drop in global commodities prices that has hit the resource-based economy hard.Although [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 16:41:00

2009 Stimulus Package Buoys US Dollar

Rising against the Euro, Yen and Swiss Franc, the greenback sought strength in the release of preliminary plans for the Obama administration’s ... as supported, yet tepid growth, could be expected for the future.   In addition, helping the greenback gain ... percent on falling commodity prices and thin consumer spending.  The figure is significantly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 22:42:06

Technical Analysis

by Walter Fox A technique used to forecast the movement of stock prices based on past market data is called technical analysis ... the future of the markets and trading against those predictions. Fundamental Analysis does the same ... such as this, serve as graphic indicators by which an analyst will make trading decisions. Critics argue [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 19:10:02

A Surge in Bicyclists Appears to Be Waiting

After a summer of their dreams, bicycle store owners are facing a grim reality this winter. ... . Business skyrocketed last summer along with gasoline prices, Mr. Graves said, especially sales ... 14 percent, products upStock index futures point to rebound ahead of dataRetail Sales Plummet [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 22:29:01

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