What Is Going on in Argentina

James Attwood and Drew Benson of Bloomberg: Bloomberg.com: Economy: Argentine Bonds, Stocks Sink as Takeover Fuels Default Concerns : Oct. 22 ( ... is undermining investor confidence that was already faltering as prices on the country's commodity ... for public trading, data compiled by pension funds show. The government's proposal to take control [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 16:07:45

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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

Evergreen Solar Extends Slide On Lehman-Related Fallout

a second-straight day on concerns about complications related to a stock-lending agreement with Lehman Brothers in connection with a May 2008 ... by Lehman and indexed to something called the ” Lehman Brothers Commodity Alpha Trading Strategies I Excess ... %, to $10.09. Best Buy (BBY) shares are trading lower this morning after the company posted [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 13:46:57

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

“I have found a flaw”

Searching the Web for overviews of our current financial crisis — accounts of how we got to where we are — I came across two very useful and ... important challenge was that posed by derivatives. In 1998 the head of the Commodity Futures Trading ... of the causes of the crisis in Vanity Fair. Some choice Stiglitz quotes: As we stripped back the old [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 07:02:14

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

A General Intro To Carbon Credits

Carbon credits can be sold for as much as any SUV-driving, gas-guzzling citizen with a desire to green their life is willing to pay ... commodities. Trading takes place on the Chicago Climate Exchange, which employs brokers known ... as a brokered commodity. Carbon credits create a market for reducing greenhouse gas emissions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:00:30

BL TS system has done well in Commodity Trading

To rescue US economy, US Federal Reserves has cut interest rate from 6% to 0.25% (not much ammunition left) ... , 1 breakevenHere are the trades on commodities from 1 Dec to 24 Dec:1. On 23 Dec I closed [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 01:03:00

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

Rob's auguries for 2009

I have written predictions before and usually remove them if and when they don't come true. Such will be the case with this one ... downward. Commodity trading is not for the faint of heart. Rare book collecting will experience a surge ... . Nevertheless, I feel led to offer some of my own thoughts for the future [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 23:51:00

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

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 & [more...]

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

TREASURY BUBBLE UPDATE -- 1/7/09

"The boom can last only as long as the credit expansion progresses at an ever-accelerated pace. … But then finally the masses wake up ... , you know that long-term Treasuries had a stellar year in 2008 -- their prices hitting historical highs ... commodity or index. ETFs trade just like regular stocks, so they're easy to buy and sell [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 17:18:00

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

Ct Reverses Position on Biz Methods Patents ? Which Industries Hurt?

A number of industries, including financial services firms and internet retailers, have anticipated a ruling from the U.S ... in commodities trading developed by Bernard Bilski and Rand Warsaw. (Here’s the breaking news story ... , banking, accounting and software, particularly hard. “You’re going to see fewer applications [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 09:21:00

Monday rumors here

Monday rumors here December 29, 2008 · Filed Under News · Comments Off Hello. Our server is being updated, so for this morning the InsideHoops ... , whose veteran savvy and skills, along with his expiring contract, have made him a hot commodity ... in trading for veteran forward Joe Smith. The much-travelled Smith is a coveted player because [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 16:36:22

Oil troubled waters 2

Belmont Club Commenter L3 has an theory on why oil prices have swung from their recent heights to their recent lows ... had to sell US dollars and buy Chinese yuan. This meant that dollars got cheaper, and commodities ... , and our trade deficit expanded. At the same time, investors, concerned about the weakening dollar, began moving [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 05:29:40

Stopping Oil Manipulation

This morning on Money for Breakfast Commissioner Bart Chilton of the CFTC joined me to discuss yesterday’s charges against Optiver for manipulating ... for futures trading in oil as well as many more commodities), the right to oversee over the counter trading [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 19:22:22

Potential Portfolio Candidates

I've been jettisoning some names this week to make way for new kids on the block; or in some cases, old friends we've once owned ... commodity stocks since HAL9000 trades** almost all of them in 1 group; if oil and/or the Baltic Dry ... you get trounced. These are just day traders paradise for now. Remember, to HAL9000 oil = coal = iron ore [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 18:58:41

Baruch College’s Schwartz Institute Featured in Higher Education Magazine Change-’Improving Communication is Everyone’s Responsibility’ by Fara Warner

In 2003, Terrence Martell, a finance professor at the City University of New York’s Baruch College, encountered a classroom of 80 seniors who could navigate the complex intricacies of the futures markets and commodities trading. But when he asked them to write a report explaining to a commodity [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 17:12:05

Get Started In Forex Trading

Get Started In Forex Trading December 14th, 2008 You may have heard about the foreign exchange market (Forex) ... such as banks. A reputable broker will be registered as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as protection against fraud and abusive trade practices [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 22:03:55

Permalink | THURSDAY NEWS UPDATE. GOP CONGRESSMAN TO BE TRANSPORTATION SECY; BROWNBACK ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT (AGAIN) ... -- previously served as Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair during the Clinton Administration. Also ... . Obama will also name Mary Schapiro as new Securities & Exchange Commission Chairwoman [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 04:53:33

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

Commodities I'm Trading In

Because I don’t trust the millions of brokers on the Bombay stock exchange who are out to steal my cash, ... Before They Hatch’. This commodity will sell well because India has once again been hit by Bird Flu ... - The Indian political class has begun to buy feet as an important commodity. Political leaders [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 16:21:04

Sex and Money: Are Women Different?

Sex and Money: Are Women Different? Dean Baker, writing in TruthOut “It is hard not to notice that two of the regulators who stand out for doing the right thing in this incredible financial mess are women. Brooksley Born, as chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under President Clinton, wanted to regulate credit default swaps [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 13:23:25

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

Sex and Money: Are Women Regulators Different?

It is hard not to notice that two of the regulators who stand out for doing the right thing in this incredible financial mess are women. Brooksley Born, as chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under President Clinton, wanted to regulate credit default swaps and other derivative instruments back in the late 90s [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 06:15:45

Listen to this article

Homosexual brain resembles that of opposite sex: study PhysOrg Blogger arrests hit record high BBC ... about Clinton corruption too (please, the commodity trading, the sale of the Lincoln bedroom, the list goes ... of the CIA who was also given a two star general rank as an advisor to the Joint Chiefs of Staff [more...]

Date: 2008-06-17 05:43:51

Mosaic (MOS) Earnings - as Expected

After Mosaic's (MOS) warning in early December and Potash's (POT) a few weeks later [ ... - Phosphates Not Up to Snuff but the 'horde' trading in commodities has basically taken the winds out of my sails in terms of analyzing any commodity company's specific results - it really does not matter [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 14:00:01

Senate Republicans Block Windfall Profits Tax on Big Oil Companies

... work on separate legislation to increase oversight of trading by the Commodity Futures Trading [more...]

Date: 2008-06-10 19:50:46

Patenting Software and Business Methods In India

The Mint published an op-ed of mine cautioning that India should simply read its statute in a straightforward manner to exclude software and business ... of hedging risks in the trading of commodities. The result may seem fairly obvious to many — ... interpretations advanced by US and EU courts on this count. If at all software and business method [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 06:05:27

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

SPECULATORS ARE NOT DRIVING UP OIL PRICES, REPORT SAYS

As Congress debates how to curtail the role of speculators and rein in rising oil prices, ... report by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with help from six other agencies, including ... offer investors a future return linked to commodity markets, were roughly balanced between purchases [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 13:21:56

Trade, Letter of Credit Woes Finally Go Mainstream

We have been writing for a few weeks that the credit crisis had engulfed letters of credit, a crucial instrument in international trade, particularly of commodities (ex oil) and other raw materials. With banks hesitating to extend ... of regulators and international trade organizations . From the Times Online: The credit drought [more...]

Date: 2008-11-03 02:24:33

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

7 Things and Pop-Tastic

I’ve been tagged for the “7” things meme by Ed Shepherd from Learning to Collaborate ... to work in education. I still trade commodities on the side to make some extra scratch and I manage a handful of accounts for friends and family. I also teach our seniors every year about futures markets [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 13:31:00

Day Trading Advice From The Pros! Their Secrets Revealed!

by Sam Lockwood Day trading can be an excellent method for making a profit, if you have the stuff to do it. However, no matter how others may pitch it, it’s not a smooth ride. You have to put a lot of work into it to succeed. Day trading stocks and commodities is really a highly lucrative job [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 16:48:30

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

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

Obama to name woman as new head of SEC

The Obama transition's leaky pipe says that the chief executive officer of the Financial Industries Regulatory Authority, Mary Schapiro, ... commissioner. Schapiro also headed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The announcement is expected ... shop in July 2007. It the largest non-governmental regulatory organization for securities brokers [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 00:12:47

Population Bombs

Try as he might, Ross "every sperm is sacred" Douthat cannot locate a "key insight" about population growth in Ehrlich's book ... to fall in price unto the end of time, which is why trading in commodity futures is performed ... it is no less than John Holdren, Barack Obama's new science advisor, who claimed to have found [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 16:27:00

The Woman Who Could Have Prevented This Financial Mess Was Silenced by Greenspan, Rubin and Summers

By Katrina vanden Heuvel, TheNation.com. Posted October 11, 2008 ... of, Brooksley Born, head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission — a federal agency that regulates options and futures trading — was the oracle whose warnings about the dangerous boom in derivatives [more...]

Date: 2008-10-12 15:13:00

Art's Birthday!

It's approaching Art's Birthday again! January 17th of each year.What is Art's Birthday you ask? Read on.. ... made not to be bought, sold or traded as a commodity, but given "freely" as a gift.Robert Filliou ... , underwater (pool) soundtrack, artist performances, open mic, children's workshops, happy birthday choral [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 20:23:00

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

Are You FOREXED OFF WITH YOUR BROKER?

by Singapore Trading Report The legendary commodities trader Ed Seykota, who turned $5,000 into $15 million over a period of 12 years, ... success of any trader’s trading plan. Looking for that Great Forex Broker He told his class they were ... was teaching a course in technical trading to a college class many years ago when he decided [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 10:02:16

Four at Four: OPEC Gets Burned

This is a situation the market has not witnessed in some time: declines in oil, the dollar, bond yields and stocks ... Scott Magnuson, commodity trading advisor at MF Global. “The perception of another six to seven ... Paul Brigandi, vice president of trading at Direxion Funds. macys_art_160_20081217161108.jpg [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 12:26:00

Four at Four: OPEC Gets Burned

This is a situation the market has not witnessed in some time: declines in oil, the dollar, bond yields and stocks ... Scott Magnuson, commodity trading advisor at MF Global. “The perception of another six to seven ... Paul Brigandi, vice president of trading at Direxion Funds. macys_art_160_20081217161108.jpg [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 12:26:00

Let the trades begin!

Today sets off the first day of underwhelming trades that will likely continue on a frequent basis until the mid-February trading deadline ... is always a valuable commodity for a team in the process of rebuilding. I don't think that adding Atkins ... bigger names trading places in the next month. Names such as Brad Miller, Shawn Marion, Josh Howard [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 04:50:55

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

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