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A DAILY round-up of economic news: The bailout saga continues to turn ... for oil yesterday. Traders buying October oil futures to cover earlier sales of the contract briefly ... by resurgent commodities prices and a tangled global financial situation. [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 14:18:14

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a wise man spoke…

Back in the long gone days of Summer 2008, our gas prices were in the $4.00 range. Congress was looking in to the price of oil and why it had risen ... futures market, in which investors buy and sell promises to deliver oil at a later date, and claimed ... commodity futures — “is almost equal to the increase in demand from China.” Many economists scoffed [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 04:13:22

Loading Up on PBR

A little over a month ago, as a result of the dramatic fall in the market capitalizations of oil companies, I opened up a brokerage account with Ameritrade to take advantage of the fire sale. Besides ... up with the risk, you could buy oil futures. But I don't like that kind of risk. Better I think is investing [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 06:13:00

Guilty, until proven innocent

There's a new website available for those who prefer to "shoot first and ask questions later" when it comes to speculation in crude oil futures markets. Like many other complex issues ... are increasingly buying and selling commodities such as oil to sell again, rather than to use. As largely [more...]

Date: 2008-07-13 19:01:00

Energy Storage in Short Supply

Last Summer, we were reminded over and over how we were running out of oil ... just buy tanker futures. Despite the latest jump, they are roughly a third of where they were six ... ) More volatility coming and more ETF options Bill Ackman: Pershing Square Q3 2008 Letter World Markets [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 07:33:28

Buffett On Investing In Metals As Inflation Protection

We would not necessarily view metals investing as protection against inflation ... do better than most businesses. Buffett On Commodities We have no opinion on commodities. If we’re ... up, we could buy oil futures, which we did once. We think the South Korean Posco (PKX [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 07:43:00

China fuel price hike may not sap demand

SHANGHAI, China (AP) — The jump in China’s state-controlled fuel prices will inevitably squeeze consumers at both filling stations and grocery ... the oil market may have overreacted to the news from China, with some traders buying oil futures [more...]

Date: 2008-06-20 16:15:11

Paul Krugman Critiques Guillermo Calvo on Commodity Prices

The fact that somebody has bought an oil futures contract means that somebody else has sold one--hence no effect on demand without real storage ... , as far as I can tell, online. Why isn’t Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv on JSTOR?). Speculation can affect ... institutions that buy commodity futures as an investment — are responsible for the price surge. The [more...]

Date: 2008-06-22 15:35:07

Changing BRIC for BRAC: A new look for global investors

Changing BRIC for BRAC: A new look for global investors Posted Jul 25th 2008 10:35AM by Steven Halpern Filed under: International markets, India, China, Brazil, Russia, Newsletters, Canada, Commodities, Oil, Agriculture, Stocks to Buy ... economies and still face exceptional futures. "But their major resources are cheap labor, which [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 10:35:00

Technical Picture - Follow Through

The U.S. markets opened with a gap up following President Elect Obama's comments on Meet the Press regarding big stimulus to get the economy moving ... % drop in the $USD sparked buying interest in commodities . Oil rose 8% to $44.05 per barrel ... guidance TXN, BRCM, and ALTR. Futures trading just modestly lower. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 02:06:00

Kevin Duffy on the dreaded "speculator"

Ah, the dreaded “speculator,” the perennial whipping boy of anti-capitalists. What is so evil about the speculator? ... where your mouth is - buy a futures contract.” And I reminded them I was doing the same, taking ... and bid up inflation hedges - not just crude oil, but grains, precious metals, and other commodities [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 05:40:00

Crude Oil Finds Longterm Support and Buy Signal at $40

We’ve witnessed absolute destruction in the price of crude oil and in other commodities in such a short period of time ... before making any trading or investing decisions. If you don’t trade futures, you might want to see [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 15:42:00

Oil Ready For Another Big Bull Run?

Bolling: Oil Should Be in the $70-$85 Range, Buy the DipsPosted Jan 07, 2009 11:53am EST by Aaron Task in Investing, CommoditiesRelated: USO, DUG, ... futures contracts expire each month.Bolling said he will add to the USO position if/when spot crude falls ... from the different brokerage houses areall over the place. The parameters they are looking at [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 21:15:00

Latest News In Stock Market Investment Research - Dec 19, 2008

Dassault Aviation buys Alcatel-Lucent’s Thales stake 19 Dec 2008 at 2:14am LONDON (MarketWatch) ... trading on Friday, pulled down by more losses from oil majors as crude futures continued to hover [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 09:40:48

Financial Spreads: Oil Slick, Bonds Stick And Pounding Sterling

SPREAD Watch: Anorak’s look at the financial spread markets BUY much last month? The Office For National Statistics ( ... on this year’s highs. Meanwhile, US regulators at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission allege ... s civil complaint, traders said they would “hammer” [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 09:34:38

Samuelson on Why We Should (Not) Shoot the Speculators

Who are these offensive souls? Well, they often don’t fit the stereotype of sleazy high rollers: ... and producers of commodities to hedge. Airlines can lock in fuel prices by buying oil futures; farmers can lock ... generally don’t buy the physical goods, whether oil or corn. Instead, they trade “futures contracts,” [more...]

Date: 2008-07-01 15:26:38

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