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The downfall: Are we moving from worse to worst?

Source: IRIS (10 January 2009)What started in mid-2007 as a subprime mortgage fiasco in the United States, ... -oil primary commodities have also shown strong fluctuations during 2008, largely driven by financial factors, as well as shifts in the balance between supply and demand.Growth of world trade [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 08:45:00

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Stocks, commodities surge

The stock market rally from the October low proved short-lived. The rally from the November low is proving stronger, especially after Monday's gains ... in commodities. General Motors Corp. jumped 21 percent as lawmakers agreed in principle with the White House ... percent, to settle at $43.71 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange...Copper futures [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 00:12:00

How To Get Started In Forex Trading

The foreign exchange market (FOREX) offers several advantages to investors. But you need to know where to begin ... such as banks. A reputable broker will be registered as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as protection against duping and abusive trade practices. Open [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 21:00:04

Investing In Commodities

I was reading Larry Swedroe’s The Only Guide to Alternative Investments You’ll Ever Need the other day, ... a futures contract; however, I have been thinking about adding commodities to my overall portfolio ... There are several ways to gain exposure to commodities without the complexities of futures trading [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 00:28:53

No Change at OGAC: Dybul to Stay on At Least for Now

A high-level source reported last night that President-Elect Obama's transition team has asked Ambassador Mark Dybul to remain in place as Global AIDS Coordinator, despite strong opposition by treatment access, HIV prevention, and women's rights advocates across the global HIV and AIDS community [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:02:26

Guest Post: "How Can No One See An Imminent Fall in Chinese GDP and a Secular Slowdown Thereafter?"

I am now wondering if Google censors posts (I use Blogger), I put this post up at 1:33 AM, and even had a reader e-mail me that the post had disappeared (with no listing in "Recent Posts" which happens if I put up a post and then remove it). I have a record that it was indeed posted, but it was nowhere to be found as of 8:30 AM in my post archive [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 13:52:19

DrumBeat: December 31, 2008

The Peak Oil Crisis: Civil Unrest Before grappling with 2009, it might be useful to remind ourselves that there is a dark side to what lies ahead. There was a little flurry in the news last week when it was discovered that the Army War College had released a report talking about preparing for civil unrest in the U.S [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 13:58:02

Community and Intimacy

(Disclamer – I often spell disclaimer wrong.  Also, this might be a bit rambly.  I also don’t know how to spell ramble when I use it as modifyer.  I also like to screw up the changing of “y” to “i” when you plop a suffix on the end of a word.  I also like to draw out jokes several paces past the funny point.) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:11:06

Roger Biduk; Commodities Hurting Bay Street at Midday

Roger Biduk writes: Toronto's main stock index was down more than 200 points, hitting its lowest level since Dec 31, on Monday as lower prices for key Canadian commodities such as oil and gold pulled the resource ... oil prices. The materials group buckled as prices for gold and other precious metals slid. Eight [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:08:00

Asia Sentinel: Challenging Year Ahead For Malaysia

Asia Sentinel: Challenging Year Ahead For Malaysia Written by Jed Yoong Wednesday, ... economy, with sharply reduced commodity prices and sluggish demand amid a banking and credit apocalypse ... , Western Digital, a hard-drive manufacturer listed on the New York Stock Exchange, announced just before [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 10:50:32

China corn futures dip after week of price increases, metals keep rising

Major commodities kept an upward trend on Tuesday, with metals continuing a strong rise ... U.S. dollars a bushel on the latest trading day, equal to about 1,107 yuan a ton. In an effort ... a tonne during the week. May Copper on the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose by the daily limit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 16:19:22

DrumBeat: January 4, 2009

Canadian oil-sand mines stuck as crude price plummets Canada's once booming oil sands industry is cooling fast as the plunging oil price undermines investment. More than US$60 billion (£41 billion) worth of projects to extract oil from the bitumen-rich sands of northern Alberta have been delayed in the past three months, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 13:51:54

Zinc miners trim as demand slumps

THE zinc price, along with the price of all base metals linked to the construction industry, continued to hover at low levels in 2008, ... months on the London Metal Exchange fell about 49 per cent last year. Diversified miner OZ Minerals ... this year to the levels of 2006-07. Commonwealth Bank’s commodities team expects the zinc price to hold [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 03:32:58

Santa Claus demands massive bailout

By Alex R. Dahl Special to TV Barn NORTH POLE, December 24, ... operations are so vast that they are exposed to just about every commodity and currency on earth. Others ... at the mercy of commodity and currency swings," one trader said. "Any sensible person in his position [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 15:22:02

Can China Avoid a Post-Olympic Economic Downturn?

By Adam Kritzer Economic analysis indicates that countries that host the Olympic Games typically suffer from economic decline and currency depreciation in the months following its conclusion. The "so-called ‘Valley Effect’ is mainly caused by a dramatic increase in investment in the pre-Olympics stage, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:39:56

Oil prices sink further below USD 40

Oil prices fell further below USD 40 in Asian trade on Tuesday in a market plagued by weak energy demand, dealers said. ... sweet crude for delivery in February, shed 77 cents to USD 39.14 a barrel in morning trade after sliding ... in London on Monday. “The market is in freefall,” said Mark Pervan, senior commodities analyst with ANZ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 09:02:47

Canadian Dollar Touches a Two-Month High as Copper Rallies

Canada’s dollar touched a two-month high against the U.S. greenback on a rally in copper and speculation demand for higher-yielding assets revived ... 15 of the 16 most actively traded counterparts tracked by Bloomberg. Commodities account ... 18 percent in 2008 as the global recession reduced export demand. Copper futures for March delivery [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 03:56:01

The Global Financial Crisis: A Short Course on Commodity Trading

Due to all the recent global financial strife, DBKP wanted to look at one segment of the global financial sector, commodity trading, and how it fits into the world’s economy. Commodities What is a commodity? Lets start ... products, metals, petroleum, gasoline, heating oil, and natural gas. The term commodity may refer [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 21:18:59

Crude Oil Rises After Israeli Attacks

Crude oil rose a second day in New York after Israeli air strikes in the Gaza strip killed more than 285 people, ... commodities as a haven. Oil gained as much as 3.9 percent as Israel called up reservists after two days ... , to $39.70 a barrel on London’s ICE Futures Europe exchange. The contract gained 4.8 percent [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 02:15:00

Bullion metals end almost unchanged

Weak employment report increases the appeal of precious metalsBullion metals ended almost unchanged on Friday, 09 January, ... dollar pressures demand for dollar-denominated commodities, such as crude oil and gold, which become ... Friday, Comex silver futures for March delivery rose by 23 cents to $11.32 an ounce. For the week [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 02:24:00

Lose Money And Pay Taxes - Time To Get Rid Of Your Mutual Funds?

Most taxes are pretty simple to understand.  The more you earn the more you pay ... to investing.   There are many reasons why this occurs. Selling Winners One reason is that mutual fund ... with the tech stocks of the 2000-20002 era will be seen with highly appreciated energy, material, commodities [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 22:47:09

Welcome to 2009

On behalf of the Organic Exchange Farm Development Programme, ... for more growth in the future. We have much on our agenda for the coming year. We have three Regional Meetings ... The FDP believes in a new kind of value chain where farmers are more than commodity producers, receive [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 10:53:58

Oil drops below $39 as commodities retreat

Oil drops below $39 as commodities retreatBy Chris FloodCopyright The Financial Times Limited 2009Published: January 12 2009 11:45 | Last updated: ... fell below the $39 a barrel level and base metals staged a broad retreat as commodity markets got ... package for its car industry in the near future with the scheme likely to include a reduction or [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 15:48:00

Bullion metals turn very pale

Strong dollar and weak oil price hammer precious metalsBullion metals ended substantially lower on Monday, 12 January, 2009 as the dollar strengthened and also due to the weak crude oil price. Generally, a stronger dollar pressures demand for dollar-denominated commodities, such as crude oil and gold, which become [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:43:00

Citi, Morgan Stanley in brokerage talks; Rubin quits

09 Jan 09Citigroup Inc is in advanced talks to sell its Smith Barney brokerage unit to Morgan Stanley, ... this year. He joined Citigroup in 1999.A combined brokerage would have more than 23,000 financial advisers before attrition, ranking as the world’s largest retail brokerage, surpassing rivals Bank [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 16:41:55

Support GATA Now!

An exchange on gold’s future, and GATA’s post from CPowell on the GATA.org web site. Monday, January 5, 2009 Dear GATA: I am wondering if the words of Commodity Futures Trading ... now? Will it be enough just to get the government to stop coaxing major banks to use the futures [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 19:40:33

The “Commerce Clause” Is Not That Broad In Scope

I thought I would talk a little bit about the “Commerce Clause” of Article 1 of the Constitution since there are obviously people that are oblivious ... interstate trade. The bill declares that it is a FRAUD to MARKET or to PROMOTE anything as a national [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 15:17:39

How to Use Elliott Wave Analysis to Boost Your Forex Trading

How to Use Elliott Wave Analysis to Boost Your Forex Trading posted by aviro25 in January 13th, 2009 in Elliot Wave Tags: banking, commodities, currency, earn, economics, Elliot Wave, fibonacci, finance, foreign exchange, Forex, fundamental analysis, investment, pips, stock, technical analysis, trading A Free Trading Video From the World’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 17:58:35

Broker, Foreign Exchange Transactions

by Jay Visaya There are a lot of forex brokers to choose from ... with the Commission’s future and the merchants and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulations ... to an actual capital, is an amount of money a broker will lend you for trading. Make sure the broker [more...]

Date: 2008-10-26 19:02:42

Four at Four: Crude Tensions

Gaza The deflationary trade that has reduced oil to a fraction of where it stood earlier in the year has been, for the time being, ... , it suggests that crude oil and other energy commodities are unlikely to bounce off their bottom dramatically [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 12:09:00

Obama May Name Mary Schapiro As SEC Chief

Sources close to Mr. Obama's transition team say he will nominate Mary Schapiro to head the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Schapiro currently heads a self-regulatory group for securities firms. She also is a former head of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission and a former SEC commissioner. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 13:18:20

Morning Wrap

Obama's Picks: In this late post on the BLT, Joe Palazzolo reports that President-elect Barack Obama is expected to announce soon the nomination of ... to focus his inquiry on three areas: the pardon of fugitive commodities trader Marc Rich; the decision [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:21:16

The Government Wants Your Opinion on Prediction-Markets Regulation

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is soliciting public comment on the regulatory treatment of event (prediction) ... to that enjoyed by established futures and options exchanges. Aside from the obvious libertarian argument [more...]

Date: 2008-07-03 22:26:38

2008 Terrorism

As 2008 comes to a close we must look back at America's security and terrorism in general around the world.  We also wonder what the new year will bring under Barack Obama's leadership.  Will he favor the far Left and close Guantanamo Bay?  Where will the detainees go? [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 01:13:07

Debt is the Pariah in the New Economic Order

The Globe and Mail, Report on Business Published January 10, 2009 When trying to explain what's going on in the stock market, ... -cent drop in asset value makes for a wide range of outcomes, which shape future options and actions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 19:43:33

DrumBeat: December 19, 2008

'No way' did oil demand plunge Simmons & Company Chairman Matthew Simmons says the low price of crude is not reflective of a drastic demand ... on Monday, rose 69 cents to $42.36 a barrel in a trading day with very little price movement. Energy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 13:33:59

macroéconomie_12/01/2009

Source : NEP (New Economics Papers) | RePEc Sources of the Great Moderation: Shocks, Frictions, or Monetary Policy?Date:2008-11By:Zheng Liu Daniel F. Waggoner Tao ZhaURL:http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:emo:wp2003:0811&r=macWe study the sources of the Great Moderation by estimating a variety of medium-scale DSGE models that incorporate regime [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 10:17:22

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

U.S. Woes Open Door for China

Gerald F. Seib, executive Washington editor of The Wall Street Journal, ... , thereby winning friends there, and can keep up its pattern of investing directly in commodities [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 16:00:49

2008 in Review and Some Guesses About 2009

Good Afternoon: I will briefly dispense with the market action during the last gasps of 2008 before turning to a review of 2008 ... out Wednesday and the year with modest gains, while commodity prices tried to recapture some of the glory [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 21:49:06

Ukraine: Crisis, Microfinance and Politics

Below is a selection of recent posts from English-language blogs on the political and economic crisis in Ukraine. ( ... for many Ukrainians” - and here is why: Public transportation rates increased 4x Hot water shut off [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 01:33:58

Couple animation

It is introducing the shop that the commodity of being possible to present it sells. The store is “EL” shop ... . There was men’s jewelry. The woman also gets and is not good. Let’s do the present exchange [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 02:14:25

Discount on Everything in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Well, it appears as though the effects of the mortgage crisis in the US which began in March, ... to aggressively invest in anything, especially foreign retirement properties. The airplanes and cruise [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 03:45:38

Times Softens SEC Bashing

SEC Seal.gif On Monday, I posted my opinion that people should be cautious in rushing to rebuke the Securities and Exchange Commission for any failures leading to the Madoff Ponzi scheme. Also [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 18:53:32

Aggregate Demand and Finance and the Collapse in Trade

From "Trade-Finance Pinch Hurts the Healthy," WSJ, 12/22/08: The global financial crisis is drying up the financing that firms depend on for trade ... of credit these days, financial institutions are making less trade finance available and charging [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 17:51:45

Can Mary Schapiro Save the S.E.C.?

Can Mary Schapiro Save the S.E.C.? Mary Schapiro, a veteran and diligent regulator if ever there was one, ... Trading Commission as a staff member in the early 1980s, then became a member of the S.E.C. ... is Barack Obama’s choice to head the Securities and Exchange Commission. It is a choice [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 00:47:19

Causes of Inflation

Zimbabwe Inflation Rate What could cause this hyperinflation? ... such as buying commodities, foreign currency, or treasury I-bills. Gold is one of the conventional hedges [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 00:51:14

Geothermal Energy: An Investment In the Future

Geothermal EnergyWe have found the company that is ready to lead the way on this exciting new energy technology. The company is one of the world's leading vertically integrated companies in the field of geothermal energy. Geothermal energy is one of the cleanest, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 08:20:00

Geothermal Energy: An Investment In the Future

Geothermal EnergyWe have found the company that is ready to lead the way on this exciting new energy technology. The company is one of the world's leading vertically integrated companies in the field of geothermal energy. Geothermal energy is one of the cleanest, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 08:20:00

Geothermal Energy: An Investment In the Future

Geothermal EnergyWe have found the company that is ready to lead the way on this exciting new energy technology. The company is one of the world's leading vertically integrated companies in the field of geothermal energy. Geothermal energy is one of the cleanest, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 08:20:00


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