Introducing ... Treasury Secretary Phil Gramm?

David Corn has the goods on Phil Gramm's role in facilitating Wall Street's woes in Mother Jones ... , this was a Gramm family affair. In 1992, Wendy Gramm, then chairwoman of the Commodity Futures Trading ... Commodity Futures Modernization Act, which not only sweepingly exempted all energy trading carried [more...]

Date: 2008-05-29 21:52:03

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FACTBOX: Major U.S. financial oversight agencies face reforms

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The incoming Obama administration looks likely to shake up the federal agencies that regulate the U.S ... auditors. About 3,500 employees. Formed in 1934. * Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Oversees commodity and financial futures. About 490 employees. Formed in 1974. (Reporting by Kevin Drawbaugh [more...]

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

MCX gets nod to begin stock exchange operations

After launching carbon trading and currency futures, the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) ... , has spot and futures trading in 60 commodities with a focus on energy basket and metals. It launched ... Nations mandate. This can be sold either immediately or through a futures market, just like any other [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 06:17:49

How To Profit From Online Commodity Trading

Commodity futures have many advantages as an investment compared to other investment types such as bonds, real estate, or stocks ... . Combine that with the lower commissions assigned to commodities over futures and you’ve got a win [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 19:35:57

For the uninitiated, every year televangelist Pat Robertson has predictions dressed up as prophecy. He contends that the Lord speaks to him [ ... to $300 a barrel."Does God really inspire his own to predict commodities futures ... is a part time commodities trader. "The Lord said the dollar is going to go down dramatically," Robertson [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 00:19:05

Four at Four: Hello, Dolly

Nothing to see here or anything. (Accuweather.com) ... has once again resumed its near-term path, which is lower. And on a day when the Commodity Futures ... Newsom, DTN senior commodities analyst. The recent activity in oil does demonstrate, however [more...]

Date: 2008-07-22 11:54:00

Commodities Continue to Tank

Now that deflation worries are upon us, even the mainstream media is taking note of the reversal of the commodities price surge of earlier this year ... of investment money from commodity futures into safer havens like government bonds.... “Commodities [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 05:36:25

Nobody Likes Bland Benedict —UK Times says nobody's coming to see the Pope because he's just an old grumpy meany pants. WaPo: Iraq War Is Over! ... to $300 a barrel."Does God really inspire his own to predict commodities futures? Now I am not saying ... time commodities trader. "The Lord said the dollar is going to go down dramatically," Robertson said [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 02:44:43

Quality Registered Institution

In the United States, forex brokers should be registered as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) ... . ForexGen offers a free trial Forex demo account that allows you to test your skills and practice without ... , no swaps and instant account Activation.2. Scandinavian quality with Swiss precision, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 17:41:00

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

Other Markets (2)

Most of these exchanges operate on basically the same principle as the stock exchanges, ... of futures, for example, is regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) rather than ... , today’s computers and dedicated financial media are so broad that information on any [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 08:43:51

Safe Harbor for Prediction Markets?

As everyone who has read The Wisdom of the Crowds knows, prediction markets are excellent predictors of future events like elections ... Professor John McGinnis reports, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is recognizing the benefits ... , exempting them from cumbersome financial trading laws. As McGinnis argues, creating such an exception would [more...]

Date: 2008-07-11 19:29:49

personal finance free ware

personal finance free ware 2009-01-05 16:01 at 2009-01-05 16:01 · Filed under stock market investing Medical malpractice, while rough to accept, ... by the Palmerston Government to help excavation group save for their futures and as a means of raising commodity day future investing trading funds for populace spending. Im conversation about a live [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 21:02:31

Oil Speculators. WP: Regulators had long classified a private Swiss energy conglomerate called Vitol as a trader that primarily helped industrial firms that needed oil to run their businesses. But when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ... of fuel. Even more surprising to the commodities markets was the massive size of Vitol's portfolio [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 13:45:50

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

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

Who let the oil market be manipulated?

For anyone who believes that speculation by energy traders explains at least a portion of the run-up in oil prices, the announcement that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is investigating oil market ... some commodity trading exchanges to operate without oversight while others must report what's going [more...]

Date: 2008-05-30 15:51:47

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

Fresh Gourmet Coffee - Flavour You Can Count On

There is something special about coffee ... in the world? Coffee has become such an important commodity that it even has its own futures market among the ’soft commodities’. You can buy and sell coffee contracts and your results will be according [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 03:25:56

Obama Hates Oil Speculators, Hearts Ethanol

Bloomberg reports that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is proposing new rules to increase government interven... err... oversight in energy markets. He wants to "require the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to regulate trading in energy futures contracts and direct the commission to investigate ways [more...]

Date: 2008-06-23 16:04:51

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 speculation bigger than we knew

by Frank James For the past few months as oil-futures prices were breaking records with a barrel of oil topping out around $150, ... ' influence. Last month, the main U.S. regulator of commodities trading, the Commodity Futures Trading [more...]

Date: 2008-08-15 20:09:58

Paul Krugman Critiques Guillermo Calvo on Commodity Prices

The fact that somebody has bought an oil futures contract means that somebody else has sold one--hence no effect on demand without real storage ... , as far as I can tell, online. Why isn’t Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv on JSTOR?). Speculation can affect ... institutions that buy commodity futures as an investment — are responsible for the price surge. The [more...]

Date: 2008-06-22 15:35:07

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

"More Speculation about Those Oil Speculators"

A Washington Post article claiming that one firm, Vitrol, "at one point in July,.. ... , and so on. If light sweet alone, are we talking about just futures, or futures plus options? Or is Cho ... in commodity prices. Jim Hamilton throws cold water on this idea. He has other objections to the article [more...]

Date: 2008-08-22 07:24:00

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, ... trade Chapter 11 Capitulation Chapter 11 Collateralised debt obligation Commercial paper Commodities ... Dividends Equity FTSE-100 Fundamentals Futures Futures GDP Hedge fund Hedging Inflation Investment bank [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 12:55:51

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

<b>Looking Behind And Looking Ahead<b>

The surprising thing about 2008 was how quickly, the bad investments in toxic paper and ludricous energy futures of $200 a barrel came to a head ... chip stocks to cover crazy future contracts in commodities and energy. Moral: Just because ... investment in commodities and infrastructure companies.Green techology will be developed quickly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 19:46:01

Federalized Deregulatory Corporate Law

Since the country’s founding, states have fashioned most of the regulatory landscape for the incorporation and supervision of ... to self-regulatory organizations along lines that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is famous ... corporation charter could begin the transformation, perhaps followed in future years by mandatory [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 14:23:42

Vultures

Nothing to see here, just move along: Regulators had long classified a private Swiss energy conglomerate called Vitol as a trader that primarily helped industrial firms that needed oil to run their businesses. But when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission examined Vitol’s books last month, it found that the firm was in fact [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 14:42:10

McCain Aide Created 'Enron Loophole'

Editor's Note: On Wednesday evening, Keith Olbermann, the host of MSNBC's "Countdown," reported the findings of a "Countdown investigation" ... its proposed regulation of energy futures trading, a market that was famously abused when Enron ... into the Commodities Futures Modernization Act that exempted from regulation energy trading on electronic [more...]

Date: 2008-06-19 14:00:00

Managed Futures Shine in 2008 Massacre

Managed futures funds or Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) ... , trade over 100 highly liquid global futures contracts, including stock indexes, bond indexes ... compared to a 15.6% gain for the CSFB/Tremont Managed Futures Index. Only dedicated short-sellers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 19:38:44

Got a tip for a post?: Email us | Anonymous form Get PEEK in your mailbox! ... , there's reason to think it could be a lot. And current law means that a lot of oil futures trading is done ... like then Senator Phil Gramm (R-TX), Enron was able to insert language into the Commodity Futures [more...]

Date: 2008-07-28 12:05:05

Oil Squeeze? Blame Yourself

The Journal’s Russell Gold reports: When it comes to the price of crude oil and gasoline, who is in the driver’s seat? One common answer is no one ... into the commodity futures market. All of this plays a role: the availability of supply, financial market interest in commodities, and don’t forget the strength of the U.S. dollar (the global [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 18:43:00

Crisis Yields Turnabout by SEC Chair

In a speech Wednesday at the Practising Law Institute’s program on securities regulation, the historically arch-conservative, ... Services Regulatory Reform. 2. Merging the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission “with a clear ... , including by Treasury, although Mr. Cox again signals an urgency and muscularity that differs [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 22:25:15

Oil Reclaims $120 a Barrel

The rebound in oil, which has carried crude past $121 a barrel, can no longer be dismissed as a “blip” after crude fell within $110 last week ... like much. With varying fundamental issues in play, traders are also looking at the price ... analyst at BNP Paribas Commodity Futures. Mr. McGillian says this rally will have to push through [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 15:33:19

Speculation and Commodity Prices

Ah, good - I've been meaning to do something like this myself, but never got around to it ... is that commodities that feature no futures markets have experienced as much volatility as those that have them ... is present in commodities markets: Commodity Prices, Again: Are Speculators to Blame, by Jeff Frankel [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 18:07:00

What Can Onions Teach Us About Oil Prices?

Onions have no futures market, yet their recent price volatility makes the swings in oil and corn look tame ... in a commodity not in today's news: onions. The bulbous root is the only commodity for which futures trading is banned. Back in 1958, onion growers convinced themselves that futures traders were [more...]

Date: 2008-06-29 15:52:02

5L Virtual Portfolio: Short India Cements

During 2008, I posted a bunch of articles on why I was bearish on real estate in India - especially residential 2/3 BHK apartments in Tier I and II ... , there are no cement futures traded on any commodity exchange in India. There are also no sector-specific ... dropped from their peaks in India, while most other commodities have tanked - locally &amp;amp; [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 04:39:57

The Economy - Nowhere To Go But Up

As we slowly shed the rotting skin of a dismal year a resolute optimism prevails and although hurdles lie ahead, we have nowhere to go but up ...   looking backward. Commodities were here before the stock market, and they’ll be here after. Investments in commodities and managed futures, according to Marketwatch, Bloomberg and Barclays, are predicted [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 21:34:51

The Need to Fundamentally Rethink Food

A sustainable global food system is absolutely essential to a healthy future for humans and the environment, ... a speech he made as the president-elect of charity Garden Organic, which will shape future food ... commodity markets.” Water scarcity: “One of the key things that I have been pushing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 11:30:26

Perspective- We Ain’t Got It.

Obama’s presser: I am fierce advocate for equality for gay and—well, let me start by talking about my own views ... of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, to serve as chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission. He appointed former Treasury official Gary Gensler to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 18:26:05

What do onion prices tell us about oil prices?

A reader asked me a while back what I thought of this little article by my former Fortune colleague Jon Birger about onions: The bulbous root is the only commodity for which futures trading is banned. Back in 1958, onion growers convinced themselves that futures traders (and not the new farms sprouting up in Wisconsin [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 11:45:33

Cebolas

“What onions teach us about oil prices” na CNN The bulbous root is the only commodity for which futures trading is banned. Back in 1958, onion growers convinced themselves that futures traders (and not the new farms ... in onions. The law still stands. And yet even with no traders to blame, the volatility in onion prices [more...]

Date: 2008-07-09 09:35:41

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

President Bush Threatens Veto of Poison-pill Laden Drilling Bill; Oil Falls to $90/bbl

—Gabriel Malor So far, Republicans have managed not to cave on offshore drilling (though ANWR seems to be out of the question) ... . In related news, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission actually looked through the data ... the six-month period. In other words, index traders and swap dealers were driving the future price [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 14:55:10

Over-dependence on derivatives hit AIG

The US financial tsunami has washed out giant investment banks of the US and has led to many commercial banks being bought over or nationalised ... to speculate on the future price of commodities or shares - without buying the underlying investment ... , the inaccuracy of which may not be exposed for many years. Derivatives like futures, options and [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 10:29:14

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

Commodities Reprieve Coming to an End

A guest post from Frank Shump. Frank is a veteran from the financial services industry, and currently authors a blog called Thefinancecastle ... in the near future, as some oil fields out there aren’t nearly as cost effective at these prices ... are out there on the future of other commodities. The World Bank, for example, believes that the global [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 16:54:45

Back to the Future - Commodities Rule Again

I feel like I've fallen asleep and someone transported me back to about 9 months... the whole gang is back! ... positions are being taken back to the future by HAL. The charts above are why I say it makes zero sense for you to spend even 1 minute of research in commodity stocks. In the new hedge fund era of the past [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 20:14:41

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