Oil Nears $100 — On the Way Down.

For a time, it looked as if the next round number of significance for oil was $200 a barrel, but unless something quite spectacular occurs, ... Consumers started to change their habits a bit,” says Scott Magnuson, commodity trading advisor at MF Global. David Aleman, senior trade analyst with Grand Central Trading Co. in Newport Beach, Calif., [more...]

Date: 2008-09-09 16:13:40

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Managed Futures Funds Gain in Popularity and Performance

Excellent article from MarketWatch.  Of course to us it’s just preaching to the choir ... of negative performance. Managed Futures funds (also referred to as Commodity Trading Advisors or CTAs ... , commodity futures and currency markets. Managers who have done well to- date this quarter have generally [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 23:09:12

Remember $50 a Barrel Oil? It Has Returned.

Remember $50 a Barrel Oil? It Has Returned. Posted by David Gaffen ... , falling to one-third of that price in recent trading. Scott Magnuson, commodity trading advisor at MF Global, says oil could eventually settle into a trading range in the $45 to $50 area, but to date [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 15:03:47

DC’s Cosa Nostra

Judah Freed of examiner.com writes~ “Obama last week tapped Mary Schapiro to lead the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ... Gensler to lead the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Instability in the commodities markets ... financial advisor to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, Gensler has not yet shown to critics [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 06:54:25

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

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

Trading Post Brokerage now a CTA

It’s been a busy holiday season – the busiest I think I’ve ever had with my young family ... as a Commodity Trading Advisor. ... . It happened under the radar a couple of weeks ago, but Trading Post Brokerage Services, in addition [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 07:54:37

A Look Back to 2008 and Forward to 2009

I’d like to wish everyone a happy New Year. It’s incredulous that we are now in 2009 ... (IB) and Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA). The number of brokerage relationships also doubled ... . This is a year that I hope you come closer to more of your trading goals. I would like to thank [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 18:39:00

Monday links: brash market calls

“For the first time in a couple of decades, stocks are now relatively cheap (US, developed markets, emerging) ... system is like a “stagnant, smelly swamp.”  (Global Investing) Commodity trading advisors (CTAs [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 16:22:34

Waiting for Gustav

Investors in energy markets are nervously watching the path of Gustav, ... , commodity trading advisor at MF Global. “Now, markets are nervous, so it’s a reason to buy ... at Alaron Trading. “With demand already being poor [more...]

Date: 2008-08-27 17:30:06

Oh, and Oil Is Rallying Again

The surest path to an oil-market rally is through the road that leads from Tehran to Jerusalem, with perhaps a side trip to Lagos. [ ... once again,” says Scott Magnuson, commodity trading advisor at MF Global. Nigeria is in the mix [more...]

Date: 2008-07-11 14:28:03

Managed Futures Shine in 2008 Massacre

Managed futures funds or Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) ... % gain for the CSFB/Tremont Managed Futures Index. Only dedicated short-sellers have outpaced CTAs ... as margins collapse and assets nosedive. It’s a different story altogether for managed futures this year [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 15:14:05

forex avenger Greetings fellow forex traders. I just found out that there is a new forex trading course called Forex Avenger ... is NOT an automated trading system - i.e it is not an EA (expert advisor). It is though a 100% mechanical trading system, which seems to be the hot commodity everyone is looking for in the forex world. Here [more...]

Date: 2008-10-26 15:02:36

Investors Smitten With CTAs, Sour On Hedge Funds

Commodity trading advisors have outperformed their hedge fund counterparts through the financial crisis and investors have taken notice. read more [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 00:07:00

Investment Banks, By the Numbers

At the beginning of 2007 the five major investment-banking firms (not including those, such as J.P. Morgan Chase & Co ... tons, both on bets in currency and commodity markets, and on the trading of those assets ... billion Merrill Lynch financial advisors, second quarter 2008: 16,690 Bank of America financial [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 15:09:09

Morning Brief: U.S. and Iraq nearing troop agreement

Morning Brief: U.S. and Iraq nearing troop agreement Thu, 08/21/2008 - 9:54am Top Story Khalid Mohammed - Pool/Getty Images U.S ... of speculators appear to rule the oil markets. According to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ... for the New York Times Magazine. Obama advisors Richard Clarke and Susan Rice slammed "quick-draw [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 13:05:11

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

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

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

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

Mind Games of Trading (Paperback)

Mind Games of Trading by Stephen Mepstead Review & Details Buy Mind Games of Trading Now Editorial Reviews Product Description " ... appointed in 1993, through to 2001, as trading advisor and consultant to M.A.M. He was a member ... No matter what markets you are turning your attention to: financials, equities, commodities, forex [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 08:29:00

Predicting the grain market is like checking the chicken entrails

If you drive down state Route 46 north of the Eastwood Mall, there used to be a sign for a “reader and advisor.” You see one of those once in awhile ... . Now that we are back in the fours on futures, we can look for that next 50 cents, or we can expect ... now is that we have lost demand. All commodities, farm and nonfarm, are trading lower. Gas is [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 07:58:13

Commodities bull market not over, says Skarica: Part I

Largest moves always at the beginning and the end David Skarica, author of the Addicted to Profits newsletter, ... inflation, a super pop in gold stocks, and the demise of an empire. A financial advisor who earned ... and discovered that there’s a similar trading pattern when you reach the true bottom. A panic like we saw [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 18:22:12

Open the Online trading account of Karvy

Karvy Fortune a business franchisee of Karvy Stock Broking Ltd, ... such as stock, commodities and insurance broking, investment banking, mutual funds distribution ... Advisor. http://www.karvy.com/v2/fortune/index.asp [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 10:06:40

in Financial Press | Short Selling | Trading There were a sew of articles in the papers today about just how much money those damned shorts are ... Partners I, from various commodity-related investments, among other areas. It isn't necessarily ... by Spitalfields Advisors, the London-based firm specializing in securities lending, show. Almost [more...]

Date: 2008-07-24 16:26:57

Capitulation Nation

There will not be a sign like this to let you know it is safe ... Advisors. Some of this may be taking place — high-flying agricultural and commodity-based stocks ... Index, or the VIX, to levels above 30, suggesting heightened worry. Of late the VIX was trading below [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 09:28:00

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

How to Find Underpriced Opportunities in a Monetary Crisis

Regardless of what side of the inflation/deflation debate you're on, one thing is certain: false forms of value are being destroyed, and there is a " ... this question, we will need to understand the origins of money. The Origins of Money Long, long ago, before the advent of paper money, people bartered goods. In other words, if you made shoes and I [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:50:47

Defensive Plays in Real Estate

Geoffrey Rogow of Dow Jones Newswires has this report on scattered corners of the REIT industry that are hanging in there ... ,” said Walter Prendergast, portfolio manager for Paradigm Capital Management Growth Advisors ... commodity, especially in a faltering economy when companies are looking to outsource data storage [more...]

Date: 2008-06-11 15:15:09

Four at Four: Speculating About Speculation

One of the easiest ways to avoid having to explain complicated situations is to find a group of nefarious types who can’t be named or ... in the last year. Crude continued to rise in trading today, gaining $1.38 to $136.74, and while speculative ... t like volatility now, they’re going to have the shock of their lives when they see these commodity [more...]

Date: 2008-06-23 11:44:00

US Embassy closed and protested

Tens of thousands of Syrians turned out Thursday for a massive government-orchestrated protest against a deadly U.S. raid near the Iraqi border. A mile away, hundreds of Syrian riot police formed a protective ring around the closed U.S. Embassy, but the flag-waving crowds dispersed peacefully after a couple of hours later, [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 13:55:18

Aye Matey, Beware of Pirates!

A Sea of Unwanted Imports By MATT RICHTEL - The New York TimesLONG BEACH, Calif. — Gleaming new Mercedes cars roll one by one out of a huge container ship here and onto a pier. Ordinarily the cars would be loaded on trucks within hours, destined for dealerships around the country. But these are not ordinary times [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 10:00:00

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

What Do They Have to Do to Lose Your Vote? The Trail of Broken Promises

Independent vice-presidential candidate Matt Gonzalez. Photos by Luke Thomas By Matt Gonzalez November 2, 2008 Watching the Democrats in the final weeks of the presidential election has been a lesson in revisionist history. While they lament the terrible crimes perpetrated against the American people by George Bush and vow to keep [more...]

Date: 2008-11-02 18:40:24

Bloomberg: Soros and Citadel Building up Coal Stakes

I'm still a fan of coal - this is why as I've dumped much of my global growth/commodity plays as hedge funds collapse - I've keep fertilizer and coal ... new buildings. But that is sense, and the market does not use sense - it's all pack trading and every commodity is either bad, or good. Program trading does not seem to discern between coffee, copper [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 17:57:50

2009 New Year Address

2008 was a disastrous year for world market. We witnessed global recession triggered by US credit crisis, ... economies.But we do have silver linings: commodity is cheap, inflation is low, and world central ... and resolute. With a team of gifted advisors, the US President-elect Obama and Fed are willing to take whatever [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 01:52:00

Get Out Now!

Get Out Now! By Andrew Bary, Barron's | 9 January 2009The bubble in Treasuries looks ready to pop, sending prices on government debt sharply lower. But just about every other corner of the bond market beckons— and could provide competitive returns with stocks, even if the equity markets have a strong 2009 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:52:00

MORE BUSH? TAKE McCAIN-- A CHANGE FROM BUSH'S FAILED AGENDA? BARACK'S THE ONLY CHOICE

Yes, my son, Dick here will keep you on the straight and narrow when it comes to that boring economic crap A few days ago I had the misfortune to ... -- energy speculation. Etheridge's proposal allow the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to hire 100 employees and grant the CFTC more authority over the trading of U.S. energy commodities on overseas [more...]

Date: 2008-06-24 12:45:00

Commodity Hedge Fund Reminder

CPOs Reminded to Always File Timely Reports The following release details the CFTC sanctions against four commodity pool operators (CPOs) ... of the respective commodity pool annual report.  This report must be provided to all pool participants (investors ... are also commodity pools.  Please contact us if you have any questions regarding your duties [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 18:22:06

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

untitled

Last year, the Financial Ombudsman Service received almost 800,000 complaints about financial products, a 27 per cent rise on the previous year. Even if we grant that many of these came from trouble makers and idiots, this still leaves a massive amount of discontent with financial services. Which raises the question [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 16:45:24

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

Stock Market Dictionary - I

IFifth letter of a NASDAQ stock symbol specifying that it is the third preferred bond of the company. I.B.E.S ... AssociationI.T.S.See: Intermarket trading systemIBC's money fund report averageReport giving the average yield ... and can be diversified through holding a portfolio of stocks.I-I pageRefers to over-the-counter trading. Same [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 16:40:00

Women Will Control Key Policy Posts Affecting Entrepreneurs In Obama Administration and the New Congress

Several women's organizations expressed concern that President-elect Obama did not appoint enough women to serve in his cabinet. Even so, females will assume positions of substantial power in key federal departments and agencies, on Capitol Hill and in the White House. In the January 2 edition of the Women Entrepreneurs Inc. (WE Inc.) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 15:12:00

A Currency Portfolio for Troubled Times

A Currency Portfolio for Troubled Times By Ray Hendon, Contributing Editor (EDITOR NOTE: This article was posted a few days ago ... .  These anomalies are not at all uncommon in the world of currency trading, because world demand ... . Another reality is that currency investing, as opposed to currency trading, has almost no accepted [more...]

Date: 2008-10-26 04:24:23

Four at Four: Let?s All Calm Down

Three days of gains in the market are nice. In this world of whiplash, ... , as well as intervene in other markets. Andrew Wilkinson, senior market analyst at Interactive Brokers ... , Merrill Lynch’s commodity strategist Francisco Blanch notes that volatility has eased off a bit [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 12:55:00

Five Years On By William Bowles

by William Bowles featured writer Dandelion Salad williambowles.info Monday, July 7, 2008 It’s over five years since I started publishing InI (and not coincidentally, since the illegal and disastrous invasion of Iraq) and it’s been a struggle to keep it going not only because of the cost of maintaining it but because I’ve kept it going [more...]

Date: 2008-07-07 12:15:21

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

The Six Biggest Myths About Gold

Gold. People either love it or hate it. There aren’t many who feel ambivalent toward it. Unfortunately, gold is deeply misunderstood by investors, and that misunderstanding is hurting their portfolio returns. Many in the investment community trot out the old myths about gold: that it is a bad investment; that it is very risky; [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 23:03:02

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