BLOOMBERG: World According to TARP No Laughing Matter for U.S. (Update1)
By Abigail Moses and Shannon D. Harrington Oct. 29 (Bloomberg) ... by credit-default swaps prompted calls from SEC Chairman Christopher Cox, Commodity Futures Trading ... . The regulatory system is ``terribly broken,'' he said. The Federal Reserve has given futures exchanges until [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 09:01:01
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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
IFE inc. - COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR CTA - FOREIGN INTRODUCING BROKER FIB - Home
The International Future Exchange, Futures and options online trading, systems trading, managed futures, discount trading, simulated trading, free re 1 Vote(s) [more...]
Date: 2008-12-27 01:04:30
HOT POSNER | Daily Telegraph Tim Blair Blog Constant ABC presence Rupert Posner takes a break from hanging by the pool in tropical Poland to chat ... available under any future trading system introduced by President-elect Barack Obama. Bankers are broadly ... that could grow into the largest commodity market in the world. Heavily emitting companies [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 21:19:59
Flawed system
11 November, 2008 General News/Issues Source TheStar Tuesday November 11, ... trading on the world stock exchanges. These commodities are traded in the futures markets where ... changes. Hedge funds and other speculative investment funds control about 60% of the wheat traded [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 05:15:24
Flawed system
Stories by HILARY CHIEW Activists are calling for a re-examination of the capitalist system to overcome the social and economic ills of the world ... are traded in the futures markets where investors do not buy or sell a physical commodity like rice or crude ... about 60% of the wheat traded on the global commodity markets. So lucrative is this business [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 23:15:00
How Main Street Will Quickly Feel The Fallout From Wall Street
In case you didn't think you'd feel the effects of the Wall Street meltdown in the short-term, you would be wrong: ... as investors dashed into commodities on concerns about the government’s plan to bail out the financial system. After a wild last hour of trading, crude oil futures surged as high as $130 a barrel before [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 23:48:06
Lottery System Development
I've been working on a lottery system based on intuition rather than the more common strategy of analaysing patterns or distributions in historical ... out by 2,3,4,...49 (use the modulus operator when the number goes above 49).From the world of trading ... can be used to forecast future price levels in many products, ranging from currencies to commodities [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 11:34:00
Hourly Action In Gold From Trader Dan
Dear CIGAs, Today’s action in nearly every single market that trades can best be described by one phrase – “It’s all about the Fed”. Their decision to basically print as much money as needed to liquefy the financial system ... as if we have been here before. Budget deficits into the future as far as the eye can see coupled with free [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 18:49:34
Credit Crunch
In the earlier part of the year, as my company has some extra funds sitting around and not doing anything, I decided to put them in fixed deposit ... to a new commodity investment fund that they were introducing - oil! As the investment period required ... deposit instead. She highlighted to me the flexibility and advantages of doing so. My fund would [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 19:42:00
DrumBeat: December 8, 2008
Oil rises on talk of auto bailout, stimulus NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Oil prices rebounded from a nearly 4-year low Monday as U.S. automakers neared a deal that would keep them out of bankruptcy and President-elect Barack Obama pledged to stimulate the economy of the world's largest oil consumer. U.S. crude for January delivery rose $2 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 13:37:28
Why are prices falling? Why does this scare the bourgeoisie?
by Eddy Laing“Credit Suisse chief economist Joseph Tan told The Straits Times that the dramatic fall in prices was due to ‘massive unwinding’ by ... . These speculators - whose bets on future prices drove prices to record highs - are fleeing to safer havens ... (a ‘commodity’ to Marxian economists) is determined by the amount of labor that goes into [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 17:02:15
DrumBeat: December 28, 2008
With gas falling, trucks come back NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- After nearly a year of flagging sales, low gas prices and fat incentives are reigniting America's taste for big vehicles. Trucks and SUVs will outsell cars in December, according to researchers at the automotive Website Edmunds.com, something that hasn't happened since February [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 14:31:34
Joseph E. Stiglitz on the Economic Crisis : Capitalist Fools
Joseph E. Stiglitz on the Economic Crisis : Capitalist Fools Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and former Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan ... for the economic steps ahead. This will be a dangerous moment. Behind the debates over future policy ... we had what engineers call a “system failure,” when not a single decision but a cascade of decisions [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 02:19:30
Case Study: BlueCrest Capital Management
Motivation for Real-Time Market Data Management BlueCrest Capital Management is a leading European hedge fund, based in London, ... mathematicians. Complex statistical models form the foundation of some of its trading strategies ... , as their Head of Trading Strategy Systems, Justo Ruiz-Ferrer describes it, adding, “We trade everything [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 20:04:08
Deputy finance minister’s head in the sand
4 December, 2008 General News/Issues Source : Malaysiakini Deputy finance minister’s head in the sand Charles Santiago | Dec 4, 08 2: ... slashed, future orders cut down to critical levels and retrenchments are being planned. Job losses ... palm and other commodity prices. Crude oil prices dropped to a three-year-low to US$48 yesterday [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 07:39:45
Munger on Middlemen
Mike Munger of Duke University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the often-vilified middleman--someone who buys cheap, sells dear and does nothing to improve the product. Munger explains the economic function of arbitrage using a classic article about how prices emerged in a POW camp during World War II [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 12:39:55
A blast from the past
Niall Ferguson imagined what a repeat of the sequence of events which led to the collapse of the first era of globalization would look like if ... in the crisis. Most U.S. commodity markets had to suspend trading, as did most European foreign ... in 1773. The New York market reopened for limited trading (bonds for cash only) on November 28 [more...]
Date: 2008-10-18 14:49:47
Top 2009 Stock: The U.S. Treasury Bond Bubble
Attempting to escape the clenches of the credit crunch, nervous investors ran screaming toward Treasury bills ... as commodities and housing stocks.You see, most bubbles form because people believe there's a lot of money to be made. But when the frenzy dies, as it did with commodities, prices come down... hard [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 09:09:00
Top 2009 Stock: The U.S. Treasury Bond Bubble
Attempting to escape the clenches of the credit crunch, nervous investors ran screaming toward Treasury bills ... as commodities and housing stocks.You see, most bubbles form because people believe there's a lot of money to be made. But when the frenzy dies, as it did with commodities, prices come down... hard [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 09:09:00
More on Gold and Silver Backwardation and Manipulation (5/5)
“Gold going to permanent backwardation means that gold is no longer for sale at any price, whether it is quoted in dollars, yens, euros, or Swiss francs… To put it differently, all offers to sell gold are being withdrawn.” - Dr. Antal Fekete by Jake, the Champion of the Constitution Originally published December 14, 2008 at http://www [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 22:25:25
DrumBeat: December 18, 2008
Oil drops 9 pct as demand outlook overshadows OPEC NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. crude prices dropped more than 9 percent to $36 a barrel Thursday as slumping demand and swelling U.S. inventories offset OPEC's record supply cut agreement. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries on Wednesday agreed to cut output by 2 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 13:42:11
2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns
In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00
2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns
In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00
2009 Top Stocks: A Bull with Growing Horns
In trading earlier this week, several water companies got off to a great start. Midway through trading on Monday, Northwest Pipe (NASDAQ: NWPX), Layne Christensen (NASDAQ: LAYN), Gorman Rupp (AMEX: GRC), and Badger Meter (NYSE: BMI) were all showing sizable chunks of green.Yet other water industry stalwarts, like Consolidated Water ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 08:10:00
DrumBeat: December 23, 2008
Steve LeVine - Blunder: A New Age for Russia In August, Putin’s Russia seemed unstoppable, specifically after its five-day war with Georgia punctured the appearance of a new era of U.S. power in the former Soviet Caucasus and Central Asia. Georgia seemed the crowning achievement of a several-year-campaign of projecting Russian power over its [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 14:14:56
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
As The Politicians Battle It Out Ukraine’s Economy Tunnels South In Search Of Australia
“In Ukraine, the evidence is still that policymakers do not quite understand the seriousness of the challenges they face,”. Timothy Ash, analyst at the Royal Bank of Scotland. “There is a burgeoning economic crisis in the European periphery,” Krugman said on the ABC network Dec. 14. “The money has dried up [more...]
Date: 2008-12-25 16:06:18
Deal Or No Deal...The Buck Is A Bust
Oil Curve Steeper Than '99 Shows Possible Gain in '09Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The steepest plunge in crude prices on record may be setting up oil investors for a rally this year, if history is any guide.The so-called forward curve of futures contracts traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange suggests oil will rise 28 percent to $60 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 01:28:00
DrumBeat: November 26, 2008
Russia’s Comeuppance Any international economic crisis afflicts different countries in different ways, but an unfortunate few experience every painful dimension of it. In the current crisis, Russia is confronting virtually all the negatives at once--sharply declining export earnings from energy and metals, [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 13:53:17
The four horsemen for hire
War, hunger, poverty and sickness will stalk humanity if the world fails to tackle climate change, ... in what cannot be a coincidence – we have the government's "global warming advisor" warning ... one component of the raft of extra costs. The other major element is the EU's emission trading scheme which [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 02:17:00
2008: Annus Horribilis, RIP
I meant to take yet another Friday away from my writing, but as I am researching for next week’s annual prediction issue, there is so much material that begs to be covered that I thought I would put out a short letter with 3 or 4 points as a preface to my prognostications of next week [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 12:42:15
Economy: Syria Avoids Recession
[ Syrian chef Ahmad Zeidan prepares gourmet Aleppine dishes at the Mirage hotel in the historic city of Aleppo October 21, 2007 ... businessmen money and headache. The terrible run up in commodity prices that threatened to force ... of commodity prices has a down side, however. Oil price declines will hit Syria’s government budget hard [more...]
Date: 2008-12-13 21:58:42
When Argentina Calls Us a Banana Republic
By John Galt December 16, 2008 Prevailing wisdom on the morning of December 16, 2008 was that I would wake up, watch Bubblevision, drive to Vero Beach, FL, visit my accounts and today would be a non-eventful sort of financial market kind of day. The Federal Reserve was supposed to mark the Fed Funds Rate down to 0 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 04:13:55
DrumBeat: December 9, 2008
Oil and OPEC: Can the Cartel Possibly Cut Production Enough? Just how daunting is OPEC’s challenge to rein in falling oil prices? Beyond its control, if economist and oil-market analyst Philip Verleger is right. Mr. Verleger, a former Carter administration official, academic, and energy-industry consultant, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-09 13:44:44
Rule V draft, along with two other minor leaguers. If the Pirates do keep Veal on the roster, at least we'll get some PITCHf/x data on the guy. Milton Bradley Milton Bradley Milton Bradley. MLBTR says Abreu could be going to Chicago - South Side, that is. Ibanez still in play. I don't see anything about the Cubs and Dunn other than "no" [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 17:45:50
DrumBeat: October 21, 2008
As Oil Prices Drop, OPEC Ponders Tough Solutions At the beginning of the year, OPEC producers felt confident that strong economic growth and tight supplies would keep oil prices high. When oil crossed the $100-a-barrel threshold in February, the cartel’s president blamed speculators and said there was not much OPEC could do [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 13:15:19
2009 Top Stock Is Already Looking Up
The lavish praise you see here comes from people just like you.They had a chance to double their money during 2008…making just 17 smart plays.They followed the recommendations of Dan Amoss' Strategic Short Report…bagging gains of 92%…162%…173%…238%…even 462%.And I'm not cherry-picking those numbers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 14:07:00
2009 Top Stock Is Already Looking Up
The lavish praise you see here comes from people just like you.They had a chance to double their money during 2008…making just 17 smart plays.They followed the recommendations of Dan Amoss' Strategic Short Report…bagging gains of 92%…162%…173%…238%…even 462%.And I'm not cherry-picking those numbers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 14:07:00
2009 Top Stock Is Already Looking Up
The lavish praise you see here comes from people just like you.They had a chance to double their money during 2008…making just 17 smart plays.They followed the recommendations of Dan Amoss' Strategic Short Report…bagging gains of 92%…162%…173%…238%…even 462%.And I'm not cherry-picking those numbers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 14:07:00
Surprise! Coal & Nuclear Power are Keys to Obama’s Energy Plan
President-elect Barack Obama has made no bones about wantinto jump-start the renewable energy markets – pledging $150 billion for the development of biofuels, solar and wind power, other alternative energy sources during his first term. But what might the new administration mean for more traditional – and more reliable –energy sources? [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 17:44:42
Pimping For The Saudis?
I have written repeatedly when anti-Semitism boils to the top it suggests the world is sick and this sickness has eventually led to serious events - even wars.I have been very specific about my belief that war was imminent and wrote this as recently as several weeks before the new one began between Hamas and Israel [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 04:48:00
In The News Today
Jim Sinclair’s Commentary Are you tired of those Gold banks that specialize in stealing your gold price lollypop on a daily basis, ... these costly nuisances. If you can afford to buy 100 ounces of gold, buy it as the near trading month ... you but only to serve you. CIGA JB Slear can be reached at the following: Fort Wealth Trading Co [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 19:37:25
The Fed's Desired 'Weaker Dollar'
A: Fed cut 50 basis points yesterday and until the last five minutes of trading, the markets enjoyed it. Why not right? Now, I have been in the camp of rate cuts for about 4 months now, once the commodity bubble ... in the near future. While housing and credit contract, are prices everywhere going down though [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 12:09:45
Show A Profit of Over 300% From 2009 Stocks
The lavish praise you see here comes from people just like you.They had a chance to double their money during 2008…making just 17 smart plays.They followed the recommendations of Dan Amoss' Strategic Short Report…bagging gains of 92%…162%…173%…238%…even 462%.And I'm not cherry-picking those numbers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 09:45:00
Show A Profit of Over 300% From 2009 Stocks
The lavish praise you see here comes from people just like you.They had a chance to double their money during 2008…making just 17 smart plays.They followed the recommendations of Dan Amoss' Strategic Short Report…bagging gains of 92%…162%…173%…238%…even 462%.And I'm not cherry-picking those numbers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 09:45:00
Show A Profit of Over 300% From 2009 Stocks
The lavish praise you see here comes from people just like you.They had a chance to double their money during 2008…making just 17 smart plays.They followed the recommendations of Dan Amoss' Strategic Short Report…bagging gains of 92%…162%…173%…238%…even 462%.And I'm not cherry-picking those numbers [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 09:45:00
ZIRP -- Tdday's New Acronym -- Updated
December 18, 2008Found this at Cassandra Does Tokyo, a new blog for me, found at Helena Cobban's blog ... scheme unwinds. It's an investment strategy involving options trading with spreads. Think Rubik's ... portfolio is not "traded",but subject to the use of options and futures, the 25% portion is very heavily [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 14:47:00
Notes from Forest Day 2, Poznan
REDD-Monitor, January 8th, 2009At the 2007 climate conference in Bali, the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) organised a Forest Day. In Poznan, on 6 December 2008, CIFOR held Forest Day 2. The more than 900 participants could chose from 38 different side events and four “Cross-Cutting themes” Sub Plenary presentations, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 14:00:00
A new start for Zimbabwe?
Ian Scoones, Challenges the myths about Zimbabwean agriculture and land reform 15 September 2008 lalr.org.za/ (Livelihoods after land reform) [ ... debate on the future is needed and a focus on land and the agricultural sector must be central ... from all sides. For a sound, sustainable policy approach for the future, a hard look at the evidence [more...]
Date: 2009-01-04 07:18:40
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