Give me the physical, not the paper

#fullpost{display:inline;}Ambrose Evans Pritchard over at the Telegraph has filed this report (hat tip Domus) ... their stockbroker to buy shares of one of the many gold ETFs or some commodity futures contract ... ," he said, referring to exchange trade funds listed in London, New York, and other bourses [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 19:44:00

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Stock Market Dictionary - C

CFifth letter of a Nasdaq stock descriptor specifying that issue is exempt from Nasdaq listing requirements for a temporary period ... taxesCFCSee: Controlled foreign corporationCFRSee: Cost and FreightCFTCSee: Commodity Futures Trading [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 16:33:00

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

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

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

CME Owners Bracing For Earnings (CME)

CME Group Inc. (NYSE: CME) is set to report earnings after the close of trading today. The futures and commodities exchange giant estimates (from First Call) are $3.98 EPS and $644.3 million in revenues. Exchanges and financial companies do not offer guidance, but next quarter [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 14:47:34

In the loophole

By Kate Sheppard On Sunday, Barack Obama promised to end unregulated oil speculation and close the "Enron loophole," ... that was included in the Commodities Futures Modernization Act in 2000 that exempted energy trading on electronic platforms from regulation. Democrats say that the measure was added to the bill by former Sen. Phil [more...]

Date: 2008-06-23 17:58:38

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

How is Forex Trading Different?

How is Forex Trading weird? Now, whereas of self-confident regulatory changes that occurred in the behind ’90’s and the explosion of apartment ... (FOREX) settled trading stocks or commodities (futures), including liquidity, leverage, costs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 15:00:49

The layman's finance crisis glossary

The layman's finance crisis glossary via BBC Here is a guide to many of the business terms currently cropping up regularly, ... Carry trade Capitulation Chapter 11 Collateralised debt obligation Commercial paper Commodities ... Equity FTSE-100 Fundamentals Futures Futures GDP Hedge fund Hedging Inflation Investment bank Junk [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 12:55:38

Commodities

Agriculture futures traded mostly lower Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for September delivery rose 8 cents to $7.7475 a bushel; December corn fell 7 cents to $5.6225; December oats [more...]

Date: 2008-09-04 05:00:00

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

Cyklotron 2.4

New technical analysis method. New formulas and indicators. Professional tool for market analysts. Stocks, commodities, forex, futures and t-bonds trading become unexpected effective. EOD data in csv and prn formats. Cyklotron finds and optimizes quotes cycle and it generates traading signals [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 07:50:05

Menahem-Mendl on Wall Street

Sholom Aleichem on Financial Meltdown by Joachim Martillo (ThorsProvoni@aol.com)   In Did Financial Deregulation Serve the Neocons' Hidden Agenda? ... of the economy, in illicit speculation in commodity futures, or the infamous "trading in the wind [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 13:37:00

Will globalization be reversed?

OK, I am re-reading The Economist (even a broken clock shows the correct time twice a day, right?) ... exports of key commodities and, in India’s case, restricting futures trading. Concern about food [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 20:07:05

Commodities

Agriculture futures traded mostly higher Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for September delivery rose 29.5 cents to $8.7475; December corn gained 10.5 cents to $5.95; November soybeans [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 05:00:00

Carbon Trading: A $64 Billion Economy And Growing

Josh Margolis keeps a grueling schedule, brokering deals between buyers and sellers and forecasting how government actions could affect his clients ... company CantorCO2e, Margolis is part of an exploding branch of finance in a new commodity: carbon ... going to have a carbon trading system in the near future.” He notes that the president-elect supports [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 06:59:27

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

Bush Ends Executive Ban on Off-Shore Drilling and Oil Prices Drop 7% in two trading sessions

June 20, 2008 — USA Today: Democrat Barack Obama’s campaign released remarks he plans to make at the start of a news conference in ... of futures trading in commodities. – WLS ... on July 14 — $145.18. Price of oil at close on July 16 — $134.60. “Crude-oil futures tumbled $4.14 [more...]

Date: 2008-07-17 00:34:34

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

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

E-Futures International

E-Futures International 3.2.0.4 download Free commodity futures trading software with live quotes and charts [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 18:52:59

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

A personal letter from Satan to Henry Paulson

January 6, 2009 — Stefan Fobes A Personal Letter from Satan to Henry Paulson3.31 ... of all financial instruments and assets at the close of the trading day, as is currently done with commodities futures and stock options the banning of “off balance sheet” accounting the banning of offshore [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 16:38:26

Commodities

Agriculture futures traded mostly higher Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for September delivery rose 4.5 cents to $7.8775; December corn rose 1.5 cents to $5.92; December oats rose 4.5 [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 05:00:00

Rosenthal's Latest: Huff, Hardy, Russ Ortiz

Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports has a new column up. Mark Attanasio set a dangerous precedent by firing Ned Yost. Will he interfere with GM Doug Melvin's plans in the future? Rosenthal considers Aubrey Huff a "highly desirable trade commodity" this winter. That begs the question - why did Huff pass through [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 18:21:56

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

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

Futures Trading levels and Economic reports for Jan 2nd 2009

*To be removed, please reply with remove daytrading in subject line Dear Trader, I would like to wish everyone a great 2009! ... / commodity broker Cannon Trading Co Inc. - home of online ... May you have a successful trading year. More importantly, may you and your loved ones [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 21:00:00

Carbon Trading: Crisis In Waiting

Posted by lobotero on 3 December, 2008 The plan, at first glance, seems simplicity itself: by charging companies for the right to emit CO2, ... the birth of the greatest and most complex commodity market the world has seen. Last year alone, permits worth more than £55 billion were traded on the world’s carbon markets – but future trading [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 07:36:17

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

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

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

Introducing GalaTime 5L Virtual Portfolios

I’ve been mulling over some new initiative in the area of portfolio management for retail investors in India ... . Q: Is this an investment / trading game? Is this an online tool that allows me to track ... ; these include - stocks, stock & index futures & options, ETFs, commodity futures &amp [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 14:18:04

Boone at Barclays

Hey Army! Another week, another city. We hitched up the T ... in New York who are in the business of trading commodities futures. This, as I think [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 15:05:58

ONN.tv's Mark2Market: CME Trader Peter Yastrow Describes Today's Massive Central Bank Actions to Keep Money Flowing

CHICAGO-(Business Wire)-September 18, 2008 - Mark2Market, ONN.tv's newest programming on futures and commodities, goes to the CME/CBOT trading floors every morning for special reports on financial markets and currency trading. On Thursday morning's edition [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 11:58:00

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

Commodities

Chicago markets Agriculture futures traded mixed Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for December delivery fell 28.75 cents to $8.2575; December corn added 2 cents to $5.96; December oats [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 05:00:00

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 [more...]

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

Asian Session - All Calm Right Now

Market Brief Usd was stable in Asian session as the lack of new data and non-data events gave speculators nothing new to trade on ... . Asian Equity markets are in the green while European index futures are pointing to a negative open. Commodities are higher with wti crude trading at $129.88bbl and gold up [more...]

Date: 2008-07-21 08:30:46

Commodities

Agriculture futures traded mostly lower Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for July delivery rose 1.25 cents to $8.2325; July corn fell 23.75 cents to $6.9275; July oats declined 8 cents [more...]

Date: 2008-07-09 05:00:00

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

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

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

Commodities

Agriculture futures traded mostly higher Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for July delivery rose 5.75 cents to $9.04; July corn added 4 cents to $7.4625; July oats rose 3 cents to $4.27 [more...]

Date: 2008-06-19 05:00:00

Commodities

Agriculture futures traded lower Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for July delivery fell 23 cents to $8.81; July corn lost 18.5 cents to $7.2775; July oats dropped 14 cents to $4.13 [more...]

Date: 2008-06-20 05:00:00

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