Foreign Currency Trading

Managers, pp. 291-299, which can be accessed through the House Agriculture Committee’s Farm Bill Homepage ... currency (forex) trading scams.The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA) made clear ... -exchange trading of foreign currency futures and options contracts with retail customers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 19:18:00

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Stock Market Dictionary - D

DFifth letter of a NASDAQ stock symbol specifying that it is a new issue, such as the result of a reverse split ... commodity, futures, and options markets are allowed to rise or fall in a day. Exchanges usually impose ... in the context of stocks to refer to the date trading begins on a new stock issued to the public.Date [more...]

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

BDS Media Meme Destroyed: Weak Dollar Doesn't Mean Higher Oil

As oil and gasoline prices rose throughout much of this decade, a popular media meme was that a lower dollar was largely to blame ... culminating in the commodity futures bubble that peaked in July. Yet, since early November, oil ... to that! In the end, there were a number of factors that created the energy/commodity futures [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 17:05:30

Networks Ignore Bush Speech on Domestic Policy

President George W. Bush delivered an address on domestic policy issues as the conservative think tank, American Enterprise Institute (AEI), while President-elect Barack Obama named his picks for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Reserve Board and Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) — all the major networks [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 18:06:15

Monday morning links

TOP STORIES U.S. Losses on Fannie, Freddie May Be $300 Billion, Poole Says - Bloomberg Fannie, ... in futures - Commodity Online Asian stocks soar after Freddie, Fannie bailouts - AP INTERESTING Cruise ... as Hurricane Nears, Dollar Eases - Bloomberg Coming Soon: Mother of all Market Crashes - Commodity Online [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 12:27:34

Oil Prices and Speculation

The Washington Post says the scale of speculative activity in commodities markets is larger than previous estimates indicated: A Few Speculators Dominate Vast Market for Oil Trading, by David Cho, Washington Post ... helped industrial firms that needed oil to run their businesses. But when the Commodity Futures [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 07:42:00

ARM and Hammer: Bailout Ascends Toward $2.25 Trillion

by anderson Barry Ritholtz at the Big Picture points to the ballooning size of the financial bailout, which is now leaning toward $2 ... requirements by the Commodity Futures Modernization Act. During the early 2000s, the Federal Reserve ... ratio. After the 2004 exemption, firms levered up as much as 40 to 1. Not surprising, the five brokers [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 17:59:36

foreign currency scam

UPDATE:  On May 22, 2008, the Congress passed H.R. 6124, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (also known as “the Farm Bill”) ... a sharp rise in foreign currency (forex) trading scams. The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 ... trading authority and operate pools with respect to retail off-exchange foreign currency transactions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 11:15:07

From Clueless Cox to Something Else Schapiro: Meet the Future SEC Chairman

Christopher Cox may in retrospect look like an Aristotelian fountain of wisdom, ... of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and as a Commissioner on the Securities and Exchange Commission. She is currently a director of Kraft Foods Inc. Her stint at the CFTC during the Clinton [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 02:47:58

The myth of the exponential

Continuing on a theme related to my recent post about so-called accelerating change, ... the former "exponential" growth. Another example would be a process that depends on a scarce commodity ... the very near future. And the real problem is that people are using the recent past to project [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 14:54:00

Learning All About Forex Charts Before You Start Trading

By Orlando Thompson In this article we will discuss the reason for using forex charts, what they are, different types of charts, ... high (like futures and commodities trading on Wall Street). Wider Forex charts and spreads means ... are strategies that some brokers use to get rid of the promise of tight Forex charts and spreads [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 08:04:30

Memo to Obama: National Health Insurance The Only Solution

"First off, congratulations to you and your party on your sweeping election results!Together with a sizable majority of Americans, I am again hopeful for the future of our country ... just another commodity to be bought and sold in a deregulated market based on ability to pay, not medical [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 00:49:00

Gold, the solution to high commodity prices

If policy makers were astute, they would quickly seize on the obvious solution to today's soaring commodity prices that are causing so much pain and ... , corn, and other goods on commodities futures exchanges that really weren't set up to handle the sort [more...]

Date: 2008-06-20 14:21:00

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

Rot in the Apple

René-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet, founder of investment fund Access International, ... Gramm – a champion of deregulation – proposed an 11th-hour bill known as the Commodities Futures ... be legal under the proposed law – they would be allowed to trade off of exchanges and thus beyond [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 22:52:00

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

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

THE CASE AGAINST BARACK OBAMA

How would Barack Obama govern if he were elected? The answer, says author David Freddoso, in his new book, "The Case Against Barack Obama," ... economic turmoil -- it has lost its two leading banks and thousands of jobs in the futures and commodities markets.Not only does it have the highest retail sales tax in the country, at 10.25 percent [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 16:35:56

SOA resiliance and the power of virtual machines

One of the things that continues to amaze me when I look at companies Disaster Recovery policies is how much they concentrate on the Backup and how ... data backup strategy I'd recommend taking a Virtual Machine backup of the server. Now in future ... it up on some commodity hardware that you have lying around. Its going [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 17:46:00

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

Commodity Boom Turns Bust in 2008 as Worldwide Economy Crumbles

Commodity prices in 2008 plunged the most in five decades as demand for energy, metals and grains tumbled in the second half because of the recession ... . Sugar, gold and hogs were the only other commodities to post gains. Gasoline futures declined ... on July 11. The 2008 low was 78.5 cents on Dec. 24. Crude oil futures tumbled a record 54 percent [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 21:23:20

Commodity Boom Turns Bust in 2008 as Worldwide Economy Crumbles

Commodity prices in 2008 plunged the most in five decades as demand for energy, metals and grains tumbled in the second half because of the recession ... . Sugar, gold and hogs were the only other commodities to post gains. Gasoline futures declined ... on July 11. The 2008 low was 78.5 cents on Dec. 24. Crude oil futures tumbled a record 54 percent [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 09:25:14

Focus on the Forest, Not the Trees (pfblogs.org)

Yesterday's market is a great example of why timing the market (keeping your eye on the forest) is more important than picking the right stocks ( ... to enlarge):As a result of yesterday's market decline 9 out of 10 stocks, ETFs (stocks, commodities ... ;P futures, after today's 1.75% retracement of yesterday's drop, is pointing to a relatively [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 01:28:52

Links 6/27/08

The 'value' of protecting whales BBC Researchers study hidden homicide trend PhysOrg Boston Suburb's `Taj Mahal' Brings Ban on Luxury High ... . This is a very good post for those interested in oil and commodities futures markets generally. Antidote du [more...]

Date: 2008-06-27 04:48:51

Obama to name SEC nominee Thursday, sources say

From Brianna Keilar, Ed Henry and Jessica Yellin CNN CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) ... . She is a former SEC commissioner and served as chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ... and Exchange Commission at a news conference Thursday, according to a senior Democratic official [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 13:38:34

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

Bullion metals turn pale

Strong dollar lays its fingerprint on precious metalsBullion metal prices ended lower on Monday, 05 January, 2009 due to the strong dollar. Generally, a stronger dollar pressures demand for dollar-denominated commodities, such as crude ... futures for March delivery fell 1.9% to $11.29 an ounce. Last week, silver has gained 9%. For 2008 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 03:15:00

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

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

Gustav Goes, Not With a Bang, But a Whimper

As it relates to the energy markets, Gustav wasn’t much more than a light breeze ... . 26, according to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The large speculators ... was off $4.49 a barrel to $110.97 a barrel in electronic trading, and other energy commodities were [more...]

Date: 2008-09-02 13:27:46

Causes: Econbrowser Speaks

Other posts in this occasional series. As you might imagine, I read (or skim) a lot of economics blogs ... -Steagall OK, the Commodity Futures Modernization Act not so much, which is the distinction I also made [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 02:03:43

Not Even a Hill of Beans As Crisis Weighs on Commodities

Agro commodities slump Corn, wheat, pork, soybeans, ethanol and cattle futures all ended lower Thursday while rice prices edged up slightly, according to the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Newsletter published with Dow Jones. Jitters over ... to commodity hedging. Ethanol contracts for December fell 3.3 cents to $2.125 per gallon, and CBOT [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 13:12:00

Report: German Dax, NYSE considering fusion

Report: German Dax, NYSE considering fusion December 7th, ... platform where traders can deal in stocks, options, futures, commodities and corporate bonds across two ... in an advance release of its Monday edition. Trading would based in New York, while derivatives would remain [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 20:51:02

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

Commodity Boom Turns Bust in 2008 as Worldwide Economy Crumbles

Commodity prices in 2008 plunged the most in five decades as demand for energy, metals and grains tumbled in the second half because of the recession ... percent, the most among CRB components. Cocoa climbed 31 percent, the biggest increase. Sugar, gold and hogs were the only other commodities to post gains. Gasoline futures declined to $1.0082 a [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 17:46:41

Cheney lies, Obama is wrong, Paul gets it right

While Vice President Dick Cheney uses his final days to tell lies:During an interview Thursday with The Associated Press in his West Wing office, ... the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission into a super-regulator [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 02:53:00

It's Not The Cheese That Costs so Much

I admit that I can still be astonished. When I watched '60 Minutes' last night I saw a big surprise report that I was right all along about oil ... the commodities futures market. At the New York Mercantile Exchange, it's traded alongside cotton [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 19:28:09

Oligarch Loyalty No Longer a Given

From the Lex Column of the Financial Times: The crisis has highlighted that Russia is hardwired into the global economy ... foreign policy has a cost in terms of battered confidence and capital flight. That may restrain future ... adventurism undermined that grand bargain. Lower commodity prices, slowing growth, will make [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 13:39:05

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

Study Shows Speculators Helped LOWER Oil Prices

It was said to be the year of speculators gone wild ... , the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has offered hard statistical data that financial trading hasn't ... -month period. In other words, index traders and swap dealers were driving the future price of oil [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 15:39:38

McCain Economics -- Had Your Phil Yet?

Today, John McCain said "the fundamentals of this economy are strong" and promised to "reduce the burden of government ... as a likely advisor in a future administration. But while Gramm was Chairman of the Senate Banking ... are the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB) in 1999, and the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 22:37:14

Commodity futures trading - Income means cash dividends.

Capital appreciation means an increase in the market price of a stock. Safety means maximum insurance against loss of the funds invested ... held. For expert in-depth information on all aspects of Make Money Trading Commodity, visit Commodity Trading Software [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:00:07

Commodity Boom Turns Bust in 2008 as Worldwide Economy Crumbles

By Pham-Duy Nguyen Jan. 1 (Bloomberg) — Commodity prices in 2008 plunged the most in five decades as demand for energy, ... , the slumping economy drove crude oil, gasoline, copper, corn, and wheat down from records in the first ... commodities to post gains. Gasoline futures declined to $1.0082 a gallon last year on the New York [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 18:57:26

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

Obama picks signal tighter market oversight

[ President-elect Barack Obama, right, announces more members to his economic team, left to right, Securities Exchange Commission chairman- designate, Mary Schapiro, Commodities Futures Trading Commission chairman-designate Gary Gensler and Federal Reserve Board of Governors- designate Daniel [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 00:49:42

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

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

4 Links I liked:

4 Links I liked: Posted November 7th, 2008 by itrade4real Financial bonds business commodities corn dollar ETF finance futures gold loss markets Money profit risk stock trading treasury Wheat Read the full article: http://www.itrade4real.com/2008/11/links-i-liked.html10vote Our catalyst today is the payroll data at 8:30 am. Not much [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 13:46:45

Market Mayhem Watch: Fear and Greed

Guido can't resist and is now actively trading once again in financial markets, attracted by the blood on the streets of New York and London ... to financial futures, foreign exchange and commodities rather than individual stocks. Have an aversion [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 08:29:41

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