Laissez-faire leads to nationalization

By Ron Beasley The Republicans, including until this week John McCain, ... , one Clinton appointee at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Brooksley Born, did attempt to bring derivatives trading under the CFTC's regulatory ambit, but she was shot down [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 03:15:10

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More speculation about those oil speculators

I normally leave it to folks like Dean Baker to beat up on the press ... their businesses. But when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission examined Vitol's books last month ... in oil and a number of other commodity markets. The CFTC separates the holders of those contracts [more...]

Date: 2008-08-22 04:02:06

CNBC On Speculators Gone Wild: ‘So What?’

Yesterday, the Center for American Progress Action Fund’s Dan Weiss stood up for working American families as CNBC host Trish Regan and two other ... Futures Trading Commission released a report recommending specific improvements to commodities markets ... months from January to May traders poured $60 billion into the commodities market and basically per [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 23:30:34

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

Blame Fannie

Blame Fannie For fans of historical revisionism, ... from all regulation. (It was, I believe, in 2000, when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ... when he said the law needed to be changed to allow some regulator to at least collect information [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 22:00:16

Got a tip for a post?: Email us | Anonymous form Get PEEK in your mailbox! ... Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairwoman Brooksley Born, who tried to regulate credit default swaps [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 21:35:10

The Aussie Goes Down Under

Those shrimp on the barbie are getting scorched. The Australian dollar has taken a big hit in the foreign exchange markets after the Reserve Bank ... data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, as of Friday, large non-commercial traders (large [more...]

Date: 2008-09-02 14:49:57

Brooklyn, NY - U.S. Commodity Futures Commission Bans Operator For Fraud; Ordered To Pay $1,350,000 in Restitution

Brooklyn, NY - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today filed and settled charges of fraud, filing false documents, and misappropriation of customer funds against a registered commodity pool operator, Innovative Capital Management, LLC (Innovative [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 16:02:05

Larry Summers Out as Obama’s Treasury Pick?

Larry Summers Out as Obama’s Treasury Pick? Posted by James O'Rourke on November 15, 2008 Posted by Matt Stoller, Open Left at 9: ... and expert on urban issues as well as fiscal, monetary and social policy; former Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairwoman Brooksley Born, who tried to regulate credit default swaps [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 23:15:43

Obama: 3, Bush: 0.

Today around 10:45 a.m. ET, President Bush began speaking about domestic policies at the American Enterprise Institute and President-elect Obama began his press conference announcing his picks to fill the SEC, Federal Reserve Board, and Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Both MSNBC and CNN ignored the lame-duck president and chose [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 16:06:36

Will Mary Schapiro Lead a Merger of the SEC and CFTC?

With startling revelations (yesterday and today) ... , with the CFTC, created in 1974 to regulate commodities futures and options markets. Schapiro’s service ... might be her stint as the chair of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission during the Clinton [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 14:15:49

Obama's team

DOMESTIC TEAM Ray LaHood Transportation Secretary Hilda Solis Labor Secretary Ron Kirk U.S ... Dan Tarullo Member, Federal Reserve Board Gary Gensler Commodity Futures Trading Commission ... D. Romer Director of the Council of Economic Advisors Melody C. Barnes Director of the Domestic [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 10:10:45

Don't Blame the Speculators; Without Futures Markets, Oil Might Be At $200 Instead of $135

Excerpts below from the Fortune Magazine article "Don't Blame the Oil Speculators: ... former U.S. Commodities Futures Trade Commission chief economist Gerald Gay. "No, they're clueless ... Misunderstanding of How Futures Markets Work": Here's a suggestion: The next time a Congressional committee [more...]

Date: 2008-06-28 02:03:05

The Franken Factor

Assuming Republican Norm Coleman's legal challenges fail and Democrat Al Franken is seated as Minnesota's senator, can the onetime comedian, ... pot shots to early morning debate on reauthorizing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:48:34

The Weekly Carboholic: anti-oil speculator resolution useless political theater

On June 26, the United States House of Representatives passed HR 6377, a resolution that requires the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to use ... , if the House wanted to implement real reform, they could have pulled HR 6273, the “Commodity Futures [more...]

Date: 2008-07-02 12:30:32

Morning Brief: U.S. and Iraq nearing troop agreement

Morning Brief: U.S. and Iraq nearing troop agreement Thu, 08/21/2008 - 9:54am Top Story Khalid Mohammed - Pool/Getty Images U.S ... of speculators appear to rule the oil markets. According to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ... for the New York Times Magazine. Obama advisors Richard Clarke and Susan Rice slammed "quick-draw [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 13:05:11

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

Managing the Business Risk of Fraud...

Operational Risk Management is in full swing at distressed institutions as the TARP funds continue to flow to these needy corporations ... of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.Gil Soffer, associate deputy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 10:04:00

Forex Scam; How forex Brokers Defraud Retail Forex Traders

According to wikipedia "A forex scam is any trading scheme used to defraud individual traders by convincing them that they can expect to gain a high profit by trading in the foreign exchange market. Currency trading 'has become the fraud du jour' as of early 2008, according to Michael Dunn of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 14:10:00

Obama Picks Schapiro for SEC

President-elect Obama has chosen Mary Schapiro to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Wall Street Journal reports ... . She served under the Clinton administration in 1994 as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and as an SEC commissioner from 1988 to 1993." [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 00:17:57

Obama makes key econ appointments

CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama set aside Cabinet secretary appointments for a day and showcased his picks to lead key Wall Street watchdog ... and Gary Gensler as the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Dan Tarullo will fill [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 17:24:06

Heller Bigwig Defects for Bingham

Geoffrey Aronow, the managing partner of Heller Ehrman's Washington, D.C ... Legal Times. Aronow, a former enforcement director at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ... that, so it's not a goal, but it's a result." Legal Times quotes Heller's firmwide managing partner, Robert [more...]

Date: 2008-08-05 15:35:08

If Mary Schapiro’s the answer. . .

...it was probably a stupid question  ... .  Schapiro took the NASD-R’s money after putting in 15 months as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; before that she was, from 1988-1993, a member of the US Securities and Exchange [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 05:27:02

Should Mary Schapiro save the SEC or shut it down?

Mary Schapiro, reported to be the President-elect's choice to run the Securities and Exchange Commission, ... . She's been chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. She's currently CEO of the Financial [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 04:05:40

Obama takeover augurs financial regulator shakeup

By Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress will take over the government this month with big ... and chiefs for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 23:44:40

Breaking: Obama to name Mary Schapiro to SEC

Several media outlets including Bloomberg and the WSJ are reporting that Mary Schapiro will be tapped to head the SEC at a news conference in ... Industry Regulatory Authority and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission certainly seems helpful [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 00:34:52

The Real Election Trading

For the last few days traders have been talking about whether the equity market is “discounting” a win by Senator Barack Obama (D ... Futures Trading Commission, according to Tom Snee, spokesman for the IEM. (Intrade is an unregulated ... near as liquid as even the more thinly-traded commodities, that doesn’t mean there isn’ [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 17:32:29

The Real Election Trading

For the last few days traders have been talking about whether the equity market is “discounting” a win by Senator Barack Obama (D ... Futures Trading Commission, according to Tom Snee, spokesman for the IEM. (Intrade is an unregulated ... near as liquid as even the more thinly-traded commodities, that doesn’t mean there isn’ [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 20:25:00

Sources: Obama taps GOP lawmaker, senior regulator

... a nongovernment regulatory group for securities firms, is also a former head of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission and former member of the SEC. She has been appointed to government posts [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 02:08:05

Schapiro to be named SEC chairman: reports - Marketwatch

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The choice of Mary Schapiro to head the Securities and Exchange Commission indicates that President-elect Barack Obama is serious about combining the agency and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, observers said ... [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 18:30:59

CASS SUNSTEIN appears likely to lead the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the White House ... , he said "The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal regulatory agency [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 21:46:10

How to Choose a Good Quality Forex Broker | Business News

In the United States, forex brokers should be registered as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 19:46:44

Obama Selects Three Financial Regulators

Getty He names Mary Schapiro as SEC head, Daniel Tarullo to the Federal Reserve Board and Gary Gensler as Commodity Futures Trading Commission head during Thursday presser. Mentions Wall Street [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 14:10:17

Stronger Mortgage Data Props up Pound vs Dollar

Thursday, January 1, 2009 Sterling steadied versus the dollar on Monday as news of growing mortgage approvals eased concerns about a potentially ... in the week to February 19 according to the latest data from the Commodity Futures Trading ... in the market with 0-1 pips in 10 pairs, no commissions, no swaps and instant account Activation.2. Scandinavian [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 03:11:00

Lucas Named As GOP Ag Committee Leader

Congressman Frank Lucas was named today as the Republican Leader of the House Committee on Agriculture. He succeeds Virginia Rep ... Administration and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 23:13:27

Joseph S. Forte : Despicable, Greedy Bastard

Uhh huh. You knew it was only a matter of time given the greed factor in this area ... of this latest Ponzi scheme.The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodities Futures Trading [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 20:17:00

Facing Crisis, Obama Moves Quickly to Fill Economic Posts

In the face of the deepening financial crisis and the largest Wall Street swindle in history, ... Gensler to lead the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. Gensler spent 18 years at Goldman Sachs before [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 16:33:51

Sex and Money: Are Women Regulators Different?

By Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. Posted December 27, 2008 ... , as chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under President Clinton, wanted to regulate [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 17:34:55

Facing crisis, Obama moves quickly to fill economic posts

In the face of the deepening financial crisis and the largest Wall Street swindle in history, ... Gensler to lead the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. Gensler spent 18 years at Goldman Sachs [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 17:29:30

Dodd schedules Schapiro's confirmation hearing

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (pictured) ... for the combination of the SEC and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. Also scheduled [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:07:26

An exchange on gold’s future, and GATA’s

Monday, January 5, 2009 Dear GATA: I am wondering if the words of Commodity Futures Trading Commission member Bart Chilton, distributed by GATA on January 4 (http://www.gata.org/node/7056 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 10:17:40

Obama Will Appoint Fed Governor

In addition to naming Mary Schapiro to head the SEC at today's press conference, ... Undersecretary, to head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 13:25:52

Oil Traders: Don't Fence Us In

Investment bank and hedge fund representatives tell the Commodity Futures Trading Commission the oil market doesn't need more oversight [more...]

Date: 2008-06-17 00:51:19

ice ice baby

There was no football on tonight, and I did not look at the debates either for I felt I would one, be disappointed in Obama and two, ... on their own, but I got a few more things I would like to shit out of my brain. I have mentioned the Commodity ... in 2000 (Got damn Bill Clinton).The Commodity futures modernization act seemed to have been designed [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 12:53:00

The Rest of the Cabinet: Gut Reactions to Obama’s Picks

Obama delivered a slew of nominee announcements over the last week, so many it is impossible for me to give my usual attention to each, researching and weighing the nominees’ records on salient issues. Instead, armed with the New York Times, my gut, and a willingness to speculate wildly, I am offering a brief synopsis and opinion of each nominee [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 12:30:04

DrumBeat: December 29, 2008

Gazprom, Once Mighty, Is Reeling MOSCOW — A year ago, Gazprom, the Russian natural gas monopoly, aspired to be the largest corporation in the world. Buoyed by high oil prices and political backing from the Kremlin, it had already achieved third place judging by market capitalization, behind Exxon Mobil and General Electric [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 14:06:30

Did Speculation Fuel Oil Price Swings?

(CBS) About the only economic break most Americans have gotten in the last six months has been the drastic drop in the price of oil, which has fallen even more precipitously than it rose. In a year's time, a commodity that was theoretically priced according to supply and demand doubled from $69 a barrel to nearly $150 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 15:10:00

Some rumblings on Gold prices

I'm not a Gold trader, I have never traded any Gold contracts in my entire life.However, I do cast a glance from time to time at Gold prices as part of my personal monitoring of the global financial markets. I also noted that a few of the chatters in the chatbox have long positions on Gold, and was previously (and currently?) very bullish on Gold [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 09:33:00

Dandelion Salad by Petrino DiLeo http://socialistworker.org September 18, 2008 Petrino DiLeo looks at how politicians of both parties allowed an unregulated shadow banking system to take shape. IT’S UNTHINKABLE. The United States–the paragon of the “free market” and loudest proponent of neoliberal policies such as free trade, [more...]

Date: 2008-09-21 22:09:19

01-09-09 *R-Calf USA OpEd* CEO Informs Federal Agencies Market, Trade Policies Have Failed the U.S. Cattle Industry

Washington, D.C. – R-CALF USA CEO Bill Bullard met with officials from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the President-Elect Transition Team for the U.S. Department of Commerce, and with House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson this week to discuss the need for immediate policy reforms to restore the viability of, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 01:49:46

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