Prospects for 2009

At first blush, prospects in 2009 look pretty grim. Unemployment is predicted to top 9%, massive retrenchment in the stock market industry, ... in the north, the government got tough on futures commodities, bursting the bubble by taking the energy out of energy futures gambling. Investor abuse in futures was circumvented for the short term [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 13:50:35

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Stocks Among Undecideds Ahead of Election

FUTURES SAY MARKET UNCERTAIN ABOUT DIRECTION Equity investors head to the polls Monday with the choice: ... of the more-recent past. And the indications out of the futures market suggested that investors aren’t sure ... in valuations stocks have fallen to. Of course, those futures themselves have proved [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 14:10:19

CFD TRADER Rules- Ten little Gems

by Singapore Trader Reports A well fact amongst the trading community is that 90 percent of investors lose money in futures and Forex tradin! ... , it is all the more important for investors to approach futures and forex trading in the right manner [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 20:15:04

CFD TRADER Rules- Ten little Gems

by Singapore Trader Reports A well fact amongst the trading community is that 90 percent of investors lose money in futures and Forex tradin! ... , it is all the more important for investors to approach futures and forex trading in the right manner [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 22:37:02

CFD TRADER Rules- Ten little Gems

by Singapore Trader Reports A well fact amongst the trading community is that 90 percent of investors lose money in futures and Forex tradin! ... , it is all the more important for investors to approach futures and forex trading in the right manner [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 20:13:05

SPECULATORS ARE NOT DRIVING UP OIL PRICES, REPORT SAYS

As Congress debates how to curtail the role of speculators and rein in rising oil prices, ... report by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with help from six other agencies, including ... offer investors a future return linked to commodity markets, were roughly balanced between purchases [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 13:21:56

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

Naughty and nice in the oil markets

It’s an iconic scene, playing out in many movies from Trading Places and Wall Street to A Good Year (below) ... that hedging, rather than speculation, is at fault.  Refiner SemGroup overinvested in oil futures ... investors tend to hold long positions in commodities as inflation hedges. Losses in stocks forced [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 20:17:00

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

Learn About Commodity Trading

Have you ever heard investors mention speculating in futures of the commodity market and wondered what it they are talking about? While most of us are familiar with investing in stocks, commodities can be an interesting way to have your money make money for you. But first, you might ask what is a commodity? commodities [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 17:43:07

Oil recovers with Dow rally

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The daily survey from motorist group price of oil on Monday reversed AAA. Prices peaked at $4 ... , have already started cutting back founder of commodities brokerage on oil use, said Cordier ... has already taken investors sold off crude futures place, and it's going to take a as stock indexes around [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 17:17:35

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

Inc Magazine Individual Investors Email List

42,430 Total Investors The Inc. Magazine Individual Investors Email list consists of entrepreneurs who play an active role in their personal ... for their financial futures. These savvy investors spread their investments across a wide spectrum in order to diversify their portfolios. Stocks, bonds, CDs, mutual funds, real estate, commodities [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 08:36:15

Renaissance Waives Management Fee

Investors in Renaissance Institutional Futures, a $3 billion futures fund managed by Renaissance Technologies, rang in the New Year with some good news for its investors. read more [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 15:33:43

Belief Still in Ascendancy

Good Evening: Today’s action in the capital markets did not appear very remarkable on the surface, but it did reveal once again that investors are ( ... futures had a modest bid prior to this morning’s open, and the major averages popped for gains [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 06:04:03

Buffett boosts Goldman Sachs with $5-billion investment

Warren Buffett to the rescue: His Berkshire Hathaway Inc. agreed today to invest $5 billion in Goldman Sachs Group via a purchase of preferred stock ... banking titan, at a time when investors remain spooked about the future of Wall Street. "Goldman Sachs ... Buffett’s capital infusion "a strong validation of our client franchise and future prospects." [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 01:12:43

Asian markets rebound

MAJOR Asian stock markets rebounded on Tuesday after several days of steep declines as investors snapped up shares like Honda and Samsung and that ... investors following the biggest rate cut ever by the central bank on Monday, analysts said, even ... on Tuesday. ‘Korean domestic investors are buying stocks and futures’, said Mr Shim Jae Youb [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 08:24:50

Intraday Sentiment and a Little Update

* Intraday Sentiment - Here's a look at the equity put/call ratio on a five minute basis (bottom chart) and a comparable chart for the ES futures ( ... job of providing information to individual investors (as opposed to short-term traders); hence ... milestone, note that I posted one of the historical trading patterns in a Twitter "tweet" yesterday. I'll [more...]

Date: 2008-06-11 09:11:13

OIL PRICE SHOCKS - THE REAL CULPRITS

It is clear as to who is driving up the prices of Crude and Commodities. It is not the producers or the demand supply gap that is making the lives of billions of people horrible. It is the traders, hedge funds and banking giants and large investors in Futures Commodity [more...]

Date: 2008-06-18 01:27:37

U.S. Payrolls Post Biggest Annual Drop Since 1945

Source: BloombergThe U.S. lost more jobs in 2008 than any year since 1945 as employers fired another 524,000 people in December, ... Stock-index futures rose and Treasuries fell amid relief among some investors that the drop in payrolls wasn’t even bigger. Futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index rose 0.4 percent [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 22:53:00

U.S. Loses 524,000 Jobs; 2008 Losses Most Since 1945

By Shobhana Chandra Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. lost 524,000 jobs in December, ... will be dismal.” Stock-index futures rose and Treasuries fell amid relief among some investors the drop in payrolls wasn’t even bigger. Futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index rose 0.6 percent [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 14:07:20

Speculation vs Investment

Investment or Value Investing is which I believe is the most abusive word in using money to make money.A speculator is someone that buys something only because he/she thinks someone else will pay more for it in the near future, as opposed to an investor, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 04:06:00

Bogle's Six Lessons for Investors

Below is my edited version of Jan 8, 2008 John Bogle editorial in The Wall Street Journal “Six Lessons for Investors ... and earnings of the Standard and Poor's 500 Stock Index. On average, the forecast was for a year-end price ... stock returns a sound guide to future returns. Virtually all investors should keep some "dry powder [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 00:32:00

Investors Brighten After Wrenching Sell-Off

Storm After Monday’s meltdown, investors are tiptoeing back into futures Tuesday, suggesting an early rally for markets ... and Nasdaq Composite gave up nearly 9%. The Chicago Board Options Exchange’s volatility index, or the VIX [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 14:19:06

Closing Down Early in 2008

December is usually a slow month in the markets, and volume tends to dry up around the middle of the month as investors, ... as one of the worst years in history for the major equity averages. Trading volume in futures, stocks and options has declined as investors have reduced risk after a trying year that left much [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 18:27:07

1. RISK JUNKIES

People often wonder what it is that makes someone a trader rather than an investor ... to protect themselves from future increases in the price of raw materials such as oil, copper [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 03:37:00

Precious metals slide with commodities on risk reduction & dollar strength

London, 03 October 2008 - Selling was seen across the commodity spectrum yesterday with the CRB & GSC Indexes losing around 4.5% as dollar strength, record borrowing rates and risk reduction prompted fund and investor liquidation. NYMEX crude futures finished down $4.56 at $93.97/barrel and have weakened further overnight [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 07:43:59

Swinger

In reply to Frozen Summer: 1913: Hey, thanks Ole Cooter, for that bit of knowledge on old time batting styles ... out he became quite wealthy, as in millions, as an early investor in Coca Cola shares and cotton futures amongst other things. [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 16:12:00

CFD TRADER Rules- Ten little Gems

CFD TRADER Rules- Ten little Gems SingaporeTraderReports Writes: ... of investors lose money in futures and Forex tradin! This leaves 10%, which is then broken down to 4-6 ... and forex trading in the right manner. So we have put together some rules that hopefully help you become [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 17:25:11

Wall Street signals quiet start to 2009

(AP:NEW YORK) Wall Street expected to start the new year with quiet trading Friday. Stock futures showed little direction as most investors appeared to be waiting until Monday to begin 2009 trading in earnest. The final session of a holiday-shortened week follows a terrible year [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 15:02:53

Crude oil price goes down

The report suggesting demand for energy will continue to erode; pressurized crude oil prices to move down ... , leading to growing stockpiles of gasoline and eroding demand for motor fuel. Gasoline futures plummeted below 80 cents a gallon. Investors expecting more evidence of slowing U.S. energy demand got a bit [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 07:24:42

Soaring Soybeans

I believe that more investors are beginning to bet on future inflation by returning to the commodity markets. This is one reason why the price of gold has continued bouyant despite soft prices [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 19:03:00

Commodity Futures Trading Is Glamorous But Not For Average Investor

Trading Commodities for a living is not what it seems ... trading commodity futures contracts. There’s a well known saying amongst commodity traders: “It’s really easy to make a small fortune trading commodities… You just have to start with a large fortune!” [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 21:08:04

Wall Street is buying the Detroit Bridge…..

Prospect of auto-industry aid lifts stocks Stock futures indicate a reversal from Tuesday’s retreat as investors cheer progress toward a $15 billion bridge loan for the car makers. MarketWatch.com: Stock Market Quotes - Business News - Financial News. This is an example of the emotion that is in place in today’s market.   The Dow [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 15:35:53

Interest Rate Risk Exposure

Interest rate exposure refers to the interest rate differential between the two countries' currencies in a foreign exchange contract ... conditions:* 2 pips spread on six currency pairs.* Providing online trading services without maintenance ... or futures contract. As a side note, arbitragers are investors that take advantage when interest [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 19:58:00

Carbon Trading Index Rebounds in December

The accompanying table includes 19 companies in the ETF Innovators ... . With the launch of AirShares Carbon Fund (ASO) in mid-December, investors have another option ... Coal Futures (NYMEX: QL) declined by about 8% in the past month and 56% over the past six months [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 22:02:21

Red Sox Find a Bull Market

When a group of investors led by futures trader John Henry took over the Boston Red Sox, it didn't take them long to realize that the marketing principles applied to the Sox could easily [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 13:27:03

The Petro-Manipulators

The Petro-Manipulators Anyone who lived on the West Coast during the phony energy crisis of 2000 and 2001 cannot help thinking of Texas and two of ... used to tread. Big investors are free to run up oil futures contracts thanks in part to former Senator [more...]

Date: 2008-06-25 22:43:51

Hamilton ~ Negative real rates drive Gold bull

by Adam Hamilton It's been a tough year for gold investors ... futures. Since gold has been the financial-panic asset of choice for centuries, its lackluster trading [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 23:36:22

Another Sign of the Dollar's Diminished Standing?

In past times of geopolitical stress, the dollar has generally rallies as investors move to safer havens ... Management in Evanston, Illinois. Gold futures for February delivery climbed $23.20, or 2.7 percent ... retreated. So where did investors go? To gold, apparently. From Bloomberg: Gold prices rose the most [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 05:36:19

Nuclear warning to taxpayers, investors, part 2

By Joseph Romm Part 1 presented a new study that puts the generation costs for power from new nuclear plants at from 25 to 30 cents per ... investors:In its 2003 study "The Future of Nuclear Power", MIT included a 3% risk premium [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 12:44:19

Speculators Fixing Oil Prices? Don't Bet On It!

I explain why Michael Masters misses the benefits of investors in commodities futures in this new IER piece. [more...]

Date: 2008-06-23 21:41:34

Australia CFD Trading- Find a Broker

by TRADERREPORTS As the name suggests, Contracts for difference (CFD) ... , one is more like a traditional spread better where you are trading with the CFD provider and have to trade ... allow investors to take long or short positions, and unlike futures contracts have no fixed expiry [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 18:52:22

CFD Report Australia- Find a Broker

by TRADERREPORTS As the name suggests, Contracts for difference (CFD) ... allow investors to take long or short positions, and unlike futures contracts have no fixed expiry ... are now mostly online and use electronic platforms, which makes the trading routine a lot faster. CFDs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 00:00:09

CFD Broker Australia- Find A Broker

by TRADERREPORTS As the name suggests, Contracts for difference (CFD) ... allow investors to take long or short positions, and unlike futures contracts have no fixed expiry ... are now mostly online and use electronic platforms, which makes the trading routine a lot faster. CFDs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 18:52:59

BEST CFD BROKER- CFD Trading Rules

by TRADERREPORTS As the name suggests, Contracts for difference (CFD) ... allow investors to take long or short positions, and unlike futures contracts have no fixed expiry ... are now mostly online and use electronic platforms, which makes the trading routine a lot faster. CFDs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 15:43:49

CFD Report- Contracts for Difference Report

As the name suggests, Contracts for difference (CFD) ... trading strategies and are the preferred vehicle amongst hedge funds and professional traders. You should ... allow investors to take long or short positions, and unlike futures contracts have no fixed expiry [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 16:02:12

CFD Trading Australia

by TRADERREPORTS As the name suggests, Contracts for difference (CFD) ... ) can be traded on equities (shares), index trades, FOREX and commodities. Contracts for difference allow investors to take long or short positions, and unlike futures contracts have no fixed expiry [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 16:06:34

CFD Trading- Contracts for Difference

by TRADERREPORTS As the name suggests, Contracts for difference (CFD) ... allow investors to take long or short positions, and unlike futures contracts have no fixed expiry ... are now mostly online and use electronic platforms, which makes the trading routine a lot faster. CFDs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 23:54:04

Reader Mailbag

We have a few more questions about our portfolio strategy today ... the portfolio with futures as necessary. My goal is something that many investors don’t understand [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 20:42:03

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