Oil Nears $100 — On the Way Down.

For a time, it looked as if the next round number of significance for oil was $200 a barrel, but unless something quite spectacular occurs, ... Consumers started to change their habits a bit,” says Scott Magnuson, commodity trading advisor at MF Global. David Aleman, senior trade analyst with Grand Central Trading Co. in Newport Beach, Calif., [more...]

Date: 2008-09-09 16:13:40

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Flawed system

Stories by HILARY CHIEW Activists are calling for a re-examination of the capitalist system to overcome the social and economic ills of the world ... are traded in the futures markets where investors do not buy or sell a physical commodity like rice or crude ... about 60% of the wheat traded on the global commodity markets. So lucrative is this business [more...]

Date: 2008-11-10 23:15:00

Remember $50 a Barrel Oil? It Has Returned.

Remember $50 a Barrel Oil? It Has Returned. Posted by David Gaffen ... , falling to one-third of that price in recent trading. Scott Magnuson, commodity trading advisor at MF Global, says oil could eventually settle into a trading range in the $45 to $50 area, but to date [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 15:03:47

Four at Four: OPEC Gets Burned

This is a situation the market has not witnessed in some time: declines in oil, the dollar, bond yields and stocks ... Scott Magnuson, commodity trading advisor at MF Global. “The perception of another six to seven ... Paul Brigandi, vice president of trading at Direxion Funds. macys_art_160_20081217161108.jpg [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 12:26:00

Four at Four: OPEC Gets Burned

This is a situation the market has not witnessed in some time: declines in oil, the dollar, bond yields and stocks ... Scott Magnuson, commodity trading advisor at MF Global. “The perception of another six to seven ... Paul Brigandi, vice president of trading at Direxion Funds. macys_art_160_20081217161108.jpg [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 12:26:00

Market Monopoly

A bonus Friday afternoon guest post via Macro Man -- a portfolio manager at a London-based hedge fund, he trades global currencies, equities, fixed income, and commodities. Over a long and varied career, Macro Man has been an international economist, a sell-side currency strategist, and a currency options market-maker. His amusing Friday [more...]

Date: 2008-08-29 18:30:00

Friday morning links

TOP STORIES Rate cut from Japan, Barclays seeks funding - Reuters Nevada, Michigan, Florida lead 'underwater' list - AP Housing plunge: ... Drop as Demand Declines - Bloomberg 'Gold will trade at $1650. Gold has buying power' - Commodity ... 'global player' role - BBC New Anxiety Grips Russia’s Economy - NY Times Traders warn of Italy [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 13:20:00

Monday links: brash market calls

“For the first time in a couple of decades, stocks are now relatively cheap (US, developed markets, emerging) ... system is like a “stagnant, smelly swamp.”  (Global Investing) Commodity trading advisors (CTAs [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 16:22:34

Waiting for Gustav

Investors in energy markets are nervously watching the path of Gustav, ... , commodity trading advisor at MF Global. “Now, markets are nervous, so it’s a reason to buy ... at Alaron Trading. “With demand already being poor [more...]

Date: 2008-08-27 17:30:06

Managed Futures Shine in 2008 Massacre

Managed futures funds or Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) ... , trade over 100 highly liquid global futures contracts, including stock indexes, bond indexes ... compared to a 15.6% gain for the CSFB/Tremont Managed Futures Index. Only dedicated short-sellers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 19:38:44

Oh, and Oil Is Rallying Again

The surest path to an oil-market rally is through the road that leads from Tehran to Jerusalem, with perhaps a side trip to Lagos. [ ... once again,” says Scott Magnuson, commodity trading advisor at MF Global. Nigeria is in the mix [more...]

Date: 2008-07-11 14:28:03

Bloomberg: Soros and Citadel Building up Coal Stakes

I'm still a fan of coal - this is why as I've dumped much of my global growth/commodity plays as hedge funds collapse - I've keep fertilizer and coal ... new buildings. But that is sense, and the market does not use sense - it's all pack trading and every commodity is either bad, or good. Program trading does not seem to discern between coffee, copper [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 17:57:50

A blast from the past

Niall Ferguson imagined what a repeat of the sequence of events which led to the collapse of the first era of globalization would look like if ... in the crisis. Most U.S. commodity markets had to suspend trading, as did most European foreign ... in 1773. The New York market reopened for limited trading (bonds for cash only) on November 28 [more...]

Date: 2008-10-18 14:49:47

Recent Views On Malaysia

Growth forecasts revised down: 2008: 5.7% (IMF), 5.6% (ADB), 5.5%(WB) 5%(Govt), 4.8-7.2%(I-banks). Forecast for 2009: 4.8% (IMF), 4.5% (ADB); 0.5-5 ... % (Q208: +20%)In Oct, exports fell 2.6% yoy due to low global demand for electronics and commodities ... fell 5.3% from a year ago; Trade Surplus in Oct was RM9.62bnGovt. unveiled its RM7Bn stimulus package [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:12:00

Impetus ranks among Top 15 in GSMA 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition - APAC Tournament

/India PRwire/ - Impetus Technologies (www.impetus.com) ... commodity trading application which is its flagship offering in the Indian Rural VAS market. The application is targeted towards farmers and agricultural commodity traders who need updated information [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 13:15:39

The Contribution of SAP In Today Economy

By Dave TorresBack in the day when computers were infants, an engineer or IT tech ( ... not be so unexpected; dealing that for the past 30 yrs, 80% of every consumer commodities came from this country. India, on the other hand has been just a blip on the map of global trade; til now. Walk down any big [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:23:00

Opinion: Kiwi to struggle above 60 USc this week

By BNZ Currency Strategist Danica Hampton The NZD/USD was a bit of a side-show on Friday night, trading within 0.5880-0 ... , CPI and industrial production). Any further losses in global equities or commodity prices should see [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 21:19:19

Ship Industry Hits Skids

An investment adviser points out that the world-wide shipping industry is taking an economic pounding here: ... ocean-going cargo vessel available for shipping dry bulk commodities. Six months later that same tanker ... : Ocean shipping costs have plunged to 22-year lows, skewing global grain-trading patterns to the point [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 13:22:56

“Saturday Seminars” - Keep It Simple Stupid: Trading with the Elliott Wave

Using Elliott Wave successfully means using it simply ... . Along with the basics, Mark shares several trading approaches to the Elliott Wave sequence ... -time commentary on dozens of global equity, bond, currency, and commodity markets for professional [more...]

Date: 2008-07-26 10:00:40

Four at Four: Fear, Loathing, and Algorithms

Another late-day spiral turned a garden-variety selloff into another equity rout, ... to sell to meet redemptions,” says Brent Hoffman, commodity broker at MF Global. “You have to stay ... and algorithms and electronic programs,” says Joseph Saluzzi, co-head of equity trading at Themis Trading [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 11:55:00

Energy Vs. Financials Trade — Gone for Good?

For months investors reaped the rewards of long positions in energy-related stocks while simultaneously going short financial names ... any time soon, while they don’t consider the global demand destruction in commodities to be as severe [more...]

Date: 2008-08-08 15:38:32

Will globalization be reversed?

OK, I am re-reading The Economist (even a broken clock shows the correct time twice a day, right?) ... exports of key commodities and, in India’s case, restricting futures trading. Concern about food [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 20:07:05

Global mismanagement

While European Union member states, individually and collectively, ... trading scheme and higher energy costs, top-loaded by diverse climate change levies – threatening ... of 22 commodity analysts around the world carried out over the past month. It shows the 41-million-ton [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 16:34:43

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (Dec 29, 2008 – Jan 4, 2009)

Changing the digits on the calendar from ’08 to ’09 may not have transformed the dire outlook for the global economy, ... : There was no point in 2008 where the indices were up for the year at the close of a trading day. Since 1900 ... launch of single currency in 1999) Commodities [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 18:31:28

Mining Exploration Result, Demand and Trade Review : Metal Demand May Be Slow Hope Runs High for Gold

By now the global financial crisis has hopefully taught investors that just like property prices, metal prices do not always go up ... , often a year or so apart. Last year bulk commodities such as iron ore, coal and manganese proved ... agreed, advising investors to go long on gold and short on bulk commodities and base metals. Boom times [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 16:52:18

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