Not Even a Hill of Beans As Crisis Weighs on Commodities
Agro commodities slump Corn, wheat, pork, soybeans, ethanol and cattle futures all ended lower Thursday while rice prices edged up slightly, according to the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Newsletter published with Dow Jones. Jitters over ... to commodity hedging. Ethanol contracts for December fell 3.3 cents to $2.125 per gallon, and CBOT [more...]
Date: 2008-09-18 13:12:00
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Financial institutions play a key role in matching primary market players who need money with those who have extra funds, ... ), the Chicago Board of Trade (the CBOT trades futures and options), and the Tokyo Stock Exchange ... of an outcry auction is the CBOT, where traders actually meet in a pit and sellers and buyers [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 00:53:36
Dr Mahathir happy Pak Lah step down.
Tun Dr Mahathir said he was glad he had been wrong when he wrote in his blog www.chedet.com that Abdullah would not step down ... of Trustees (CBOT) is believed to have been submitted by the party treasurer-general Lau Yin Pin.The ... leader of being interested in the CBOT chairman’s job, giving him control over the party’s enormous [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 00:19:00
Transworld Park Jam: Chicago
CHICAGO PARK JAM SESSIONS With Transworld, Osiris, and Ball Park When out-of-towner pros come to Chicago, ... -famous Beez were buzzing about. On the ones and twos was DJ CBOT who—for the very first time at a skate ... along to grill up. When he wasn’t shocking with such musical prowess, CBOT even went above and beyond [more...]
Date: 2008-09-30 23:48:08
These Robots are on the House
Cbot I, for one, welcome our new wall-climbing robot overlords. Happened to see a wonderful compilation of wall-climbing robots from all over the web. I think the CBot here is pretty cool. Currently, it's a design concept that uses an adhesion technology [more...]
Date: 2008-08-08 14:00:00
Commodities plunge further in India; Consistent food safety standards a must for trade
Commodities plunge further in IndiaMaize prices remained stable at the market yard this week at Rs.7900 per MT ... down by 3.8% to Rs.9790 per MT at Jaipur.Corn on CBOT bounced back and gained about 22% closing ... for Mar delivery. For may delivery, corn on CBOT closed at %151.41 per MT. Fob prices (US Gulf) were [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 04:42:00
CBOT Limits Ag Receipts Held by Non-Grain Companies to Improve Performance of Hedging
In response to pressure over the last year, the CBOT has responded to requests from its regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, ... are the parameters below:Commodity - LimitCorn shipping certificates - 600*Soybean shipping [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 02:59:00
Ask an Infantryman: Pining in Madison
Uncle Jimbo writes: Oh and yes I am totally hot for Kathy, I know she is anti-religion, I'm not but if you can get in touch with her let her know ... out there, my friendships would be analogous any other commodity, to be bought and sold on the CBOT ... . Should I risk burning up the expected future value of this friend -- we'll call him "July Soybeans [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 02:14:10
12-26-08 AgriCharts Midday Market Commentary…
Posted by Brian Allmer on December 26, 2008 AgriCharts Market Commentary (www.agricharts.com) ... , up $6.3. Jan soy oil at 33.32, up 2.01.Wheat CBOT, KCBT & MGEX wheat are trading higher coming ... of Christmas holiday. March CBOT wheat at 5.98 1/2, up 16 1/4 cents. March KCBT at 6.17, up 17 cents [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 17:52:45
Next SEC boss had CBOT spat - Chicago Sun-Times
Boston GlobeNext SEC boss had CBOT spat Chicago Sun-Times - 1 hour ago BY DAVID ROEDER droeder@suntimes.com In picking Mary Schapiro as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, President [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 10:06:24
Is COMEX running low on physical gold?..
…or maybe they’re just applying “Fractional Reserve” depositing in their gold reserves? This note is from a small precious metals fund:“…We accumulated 3 emini gold contracts on CBOT for December delivery and we had been given serial numbers and weights last week for the 3 bars we were [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 21:32:54
3. THE FIRST $2 MILLION IS THE TOUGHEST
Trade with an edge, manage risk, be consistent, and keep it simple. The entire Turtle training, and indeed the basis for all successfultrading, can be summed up in these four core principles.The Turtle training sessions were held in a conference room at the Union League Club in Chicago, two blocks east of the CBOT [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 23:53:00
Comic Relief: Life Imitates Art
From the Chicago Tribune's 'Blago and Me' pictorial:Yes, that's one of his 2006 campaign signs... leading right into the shitter.Runners up:This one was submitted with the note: "My wife met the Governor at work at the CBOT and got his autograph. Pretty prophetic message, eh?"This one had the caption: "The Gov's neighbor [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 07:48:00
Former CBOT chief Dan joins MF Global
(Crain’s) — Bernard Dan, the Chicago Board of Trade’s CEO until it was bought by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. last July, has been made chief operating officer of MF Global Ltd.’s North American unit, the company said Thursday. MF Global, one of the world’s biggest ... [more...]
Date: 2008-06-12 16:05:00
Next SEC boss had CBOT spat - Batavia Sun
In picking Mary Schapiro as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, President-elect Barack Obama found a nominee with a background that prepares her for leading major changes in the nation's system of market regulation. She could butt ... [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 11:46:37
CME Group: Long Call Spread Idea (pfblogs.org)
Daniel Jones submits:CME Group (CME) operates self-regulatory futures exchanges, CME, NYMEX and CBOT ... facilities consist of its CME Globex electronic trading platform and open outcry trading floors, as well ... . The company offers an array of products available across various asset classes, including futures [more...]
Date: 2008-09-10 12:36:26
Profitultimate - Profitultimate.info
Competence in financial Management We offer a consistent capital growth in the largest global financial market by combining professional account management, superior analytical technology, 24-hour FOREX, CBOT market access and online transaction execution Hourly Plan ($ 1- $100 ) 4.5% profit after one hour ($101 - $500 ) 6.5% profit after [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 02:26:51
Indicators I like to follow
Most market pros look for hints on where the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P are going from signals within individual sectors. These are some I follow ( ... stocks. CBOT VIX: The celebrated “fear index” can be useful in the context of a sustained bull market [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 17:57:59
Focus on Fuels 12-22-08
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog OPEC cut its oil production quota, but some members will cheat on that agreement, according to DTN’s Man on the Floor of the CBOT and CME. Renewables Developer GreenShift Names Carroll President EIA Sees Marginal Growth in US Oil Demand Through 2030 GreenShift Gets $38M for Corn [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 17:30:01
12-15-08 AgriCharts Closing Comments…
Posted by brianallmerradionetwork on December 15, 2008 AgriCharts Market Commentary (www.agricharts.com) ... T corn futures higher. Private firms are estimating several million acres swing away from corn. US ... er in the front month. Wheat futures were boosted by higher CBOT corn and a weaker dollar. De [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 21:56:02
Chicago Business News, Analysis & Articles | Art and finance meet …
(Crain’s) — An upcoming art exhibition at ARC Gallery couldn’t be timelier. “Money, Money, Money” features contemporary work by more than 30 artists, including a former Treasury trader who worked the CBOT pits in the early 90s. [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 19:02:46
FOMC Alert: Traders Now Looking At Possible Rate Cuts
Today wasn't just a bad day for financial stocks nor for the markets in general. It may have been a real game changer ... FOMC meeting. You will want to check your own math hereon the CBOT Fed Fund Futures Page [more...]
Date: 2008-09-15 23:30:34
Barbara Lorenzen Named Associate
Securities and Exchange Commission announced the appointment of Barbara Lorenzen as an associate regional director for examinations in its Chicago ... standards. She worked for 28 years with the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and held positions [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 17:32:31
CME permits limited AIG block trades
NEW YORK (Reuters) - CME Group said on Tuesday that it took emergency action on Tuesday permitting limited block trades by American International Group Inc in certain CME and CBOT commodity future products to help protect orderly functioning of the market. [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 01:53:02
Gold Backwardation, what does it mean?
Backwardation is a commodity term that is used to describe a situation where the spot price (the ‘right now’ price) ... to moving it from the COMEX to to CBOT warehouse). Gold is seen as a true preserver of wealth [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 13:14:05
Focus on Fuels 12-15-08
Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog The fuel situation will change by the time spring rolls around, according to DTN’s Man on the Floor of the CBOT and CME Gary Wihelmi. Corn Demand, Price at Risk Obama Picks Nobel-Winning Physicist as Next Energy Secretary Ethanol Profits Fall Focus on Fuels [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 19:16:01
The days of kangkung belacan
It's clean-up time as MCA party election is now over. Kangkung belacan is the new menu. One Big Money issue facing MCA is the move under the Ong Ka Ting leadership to hastily set up MCA’s Central Board of Trustees (CBOT) to control the party’s assets said to be worth around RM1.5 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 01:53:01
The great U.S. bond bubble
Filed under: Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis There is an unprecedented change in U.S. bond prices to the upside ... contract in the 30-year bond that is traded on CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade), in early October traded [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 23:06:00
Desperation at WaMu Puts Taxpayers at Risk
Desperation is in the air at Washington Mutual (WM). That WaMu is offering 5% on CDs should be proof enough. From LastNightInVegas ... : Credit Default Swaps CBOT: CDS Example In rally attempt after rally attempt in the financial sector [more...]
Date: 2008-08-31 14:35:08
When Nothing Works All at Once
When Nothing Works All at Once Posted by David Gaffen Rob Curran of Dow Jones Newswires has this report on when correlated trades all go the ... a lot of hedge funds. sp500_20080617095104 The S&P 500, as well as the CBOT’s Treasury Index [more...]
Date: 2008-06-18 12:35:24
The Last Financial Crisis of the Nineteenth Century
http://j-bradford-delong.net/2008_html/20080610_delong_situation.html | View | Upload your own [ ... prices. * CBOT futures: a 55 percent chance the Fed will raise the Fed Funds rate from 2 on Aug [more...]
Date: 2008-06-10 17:45:55
Soybean prices rebound on Argentina strike threat raises worries (Commodities-Review)
NEW YORK _ Soybean prices turned higher for the first time in a week Wednesday as a threatened farmers` strike in Argentina raised worries of a ... on the CBOT, while December wheat fell 10.25 cents to $6.6975 a bushel.In energy markets, oil prices fell [more...]
Date: 2008-10-02 01:46:05
Blog Comment: re: re: The Evidence Against Soy
well, that's interesting funrun...I associate lean, but muscular, with triathletes.. ... on the cbot - you can trade 'em, no invitation necessay. I eat beans, I trade beans, I win triatlons [more...]
Date: 2008-09-20 02:09:42
The Consequences of Being Wrong
A buddy of mine, one I’ve known since 1979, went belly up last week ... the street from the CBOT. We started out together in the same pit, hung out, played poker, and went [more...]
Date: 2008-10-04 17:13:34
Buyers vs Sellers
Buyers vs Sellers add a comment In the land of the squiggly line, ... Tagged with candlesticks, cbot, jack broz, price action, resistance, reverse polarity, support [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 11:05:06
Webinar on US grain outlook
Part of CBOT is offering a free webinar on the outlook for the US grain harvest this year today at 2-3pm central US time. That's two days before the US Department of Agriculture is due to release [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 09:06:21
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
Ethanol Production Rising, Corn Prices Falling
The University Of Illinois Extension had an interesting post the other day ... . December corn futures closed the day at $4.24 per bushel on CBOT. The thing that strikes [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 03:38:21
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
CME Group
One of my favorite movies is Trading Places ... ) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT).” Instead of playing the market, you can be the market. Encouraging [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 14:30:42
CME Group Chief Craig Donohue on a World After Nymex
CME Group, the parent of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, has been a winner in the war of exchange mergers ... the CBOT deal, we thought it would take 12 to 18 months to integrate, and it took us 10 months. Deal [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 14:54:38
12-17-08 AgriCharts Midday Commentary
Posted by brianallmerradionetwork on December 17, 2008 AgriCharts Market Commentary (www.agricharts.com) ... hile CHI is pulled lower by other CBOT grains. US wheat exports have been weak of late due to cheaper w [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 19:00:26
12-15-08 AgriCharts Midday Ag Market Commentary
Posted by brianallmerradionetwork on December 15, 2008 AgriCharts Market Commentary (www.agricharts.com) ... 4 at 8.58 Jan Meal +.80 at 258.50 Jan BO +.28 at 31.20. Wheat Wheat futures are follow CBOT corn a [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 17:58:31
12-31-08 AgriCharts Midday Ag Market Commentary
Posted by Brian Allmer on December 31, 2008 AgriCharts Market Commentary (www.agricharts.com) ... with wheat ending lower upon today’s open. CBOT March wheat [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 17:33:05
Agriculture futures mostly higher on the CBOT
Agriculture futures were mostly higher midday Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 16:12:26
PLAI-STRLC CBOT 2009-2010
(Please click the image to read/view clearly in a new window. Thanks.) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 12:54:00
Pricing in a Bush Presidency
We continue to hear a steady drumbeat of partisan political market commentary from all the usual quarters. Their claim -- stunningly ignorant in its na??vet?? -- is that the current market selloff has nothing to do with the Housing debacle or the credit collapse, $145 Oil, six consecutive months of negative employment data, [more...]
Date: 2008-07-08 11:08:09
Hourly Action In Gold From Trader Dan
Dear CIGAs, It is difficult to get an accurate read on today’s price action because it was dominated by front running of index fund rebalancing to conform to changes being made in some of the major commodity indices. Copper was up 7% at one time ... the various commodity markets. Frankly I find the idea of reducing the weighting of gold [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 18:59:22
Saying bye to an eventful 2008, Welcome 2009!
Commodity OnlineOne more year has gone by and it is time to say farewell by ringing out the old and ringing in the new. For the global economy 2008 was an eventful one—it saw the prices of food grains, crude oil and essential commodities skyrocketing even as inflation reached four digit levels in some countries like Zimbabwe [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 14:06:00
The Financial Crisis of 2007 - 200?
by Bill Barclay On October 9th, 2007, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 both closed at new all time highs [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 14:27:55
