Futures Trading News as of 7/10/08

Derivatives and futures trading goes online (The Nation - Thailand’s English news) Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) subsidiary settrade.com, in cooperation with South Korean broker Daishin Securities Co Ltd, will launch ... Futures Exchange (TFEX) begins online trading in SET 50 Index futures. Speculators become largest [more...]

Date: 2008-07-10 16:53:07

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QOTD: News futures and brands of one

Michael Hirschorn speculates about the future of the New York Times in The Atlantic. I like the phrase "brands of one" to describe high profile columnists operating independently in the market. In this scenario, nytimes.com would begin to resemble a bigger, better, and less partisan version of the Huffington Post, which, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 01:08:07

Wall Street braces for 2009’s first full week

NEW YORK – Wall Street will open for trading Monday at a two-month high as investors have grown more optimistic that the worst of the market’s rout ... analysts do not discount that the market may retreat and retest lows seen in November. The next few ... news. Early futures prices pointed to a negative start to the week. Dow industrials futures dipped [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 11:21:47

Oil executives: "What do they know?"

The spectacle of an industry lobbyist decrying the prospects of increased regulation is very much dog-bites-man, as far as news value goes ... of the Futures Industry Association, in a five-minute video snippet produced by the Financial Times ... Futures Trading Commission staffer Michael Greenberger, the United States currently allows exchanges owned [more...]

Date: 2008-06-11 14:58:36

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

The Property Market in Greece

by Mary Bush The property market in Greece has seen some decline in demand in 2008, however the prices are not likely to crash, ... for people who have bought property recently of course and is better news for future investors ... . Construction costs are rising, as they are everywhere due to the rise in commodity prices although [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 22:04:57

Will Worldwide Rate Cuts Work?

The preeminent scholar on the Depression does not want to be at the forefront of another one ... rates. But a turnaround in equity futures has proven short-lived, and the markets look to be headed ... , which was down 5% prior to the news, was lately higher. Futures turned higher briefly, but that’ [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 12:53:24

GATA Meets with CFTC

Bill Murphy, chairman of GATA (Gold Anti Trust Action Committee) ... of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, this news hit the tape: “Obama to appoint Gary Gensler to lead Commodities Futures Trading Commission — AP.” Gensler is a former undersecretary [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 22:02:43

Silver fixes lower, gold steady in Europe

* Silver fixes at 1,306.00 U.S. cents, below its previous fix of 1,318.00 cents. * Spot silver falls to $12.90/12.98 by 1117 GMT from $13 ... /Asia prices CBOT 100 oz gold futures RELATED NEWS AND OTHER TOPICS Precious metals news [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 12:53:39

Bill Richardson Withdraws From Appointment To Be Commerce Secretary

—DrewM. Hope, Change and Corruption! New Mexico Gov ... a company that received a state contract after making a contribution to Richardson's political action ... '. Nah, that's just crazy talk. In related news, popcorn futures have skyrocketed. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 19:03:35

James Bianco on Possible Role of SemGroup Bankruptcy in Oil Price Drop

James Bianco, a respected fixed income analyst at Arbor Research, ... , down $5 on the day. Traders sold oil futures as news emerged that tropical storm Dolly was set to miss ... billion loss on July 16 after it transferred its New York Mercantile Exchange oil futures trading [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 19:39:00

CNBC's Melissa Lee & Porn. Suddenly My Day is Looking Up!

I continue to gain respect CNBC as I maintain my semi-invalid status.  The financial reporting is still pretty atrocious, but it really is getting to the point where ... was, "Well, the Dow futures areup on this news, maybe this is some relief that the non-farm number wasn't [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 18:35:55

StockStream Mobile - Live Market Data Anytime Anywhere

Ann-Marie let me know about StockStream Mobile and I was pretty impressed ... provider Global equities, indices, options and futures Equities news Time and sales, financials ... One-touch keys to obtain quotes and other data Price / volume alerts and news indicator Advanced charting [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 13:51:30

In Whom do we trust?

This is a guest post from Carrie Schmeck who writes at her blog Hope for the Bankrupt. I encourage you to check it out! Do we still trust in God? ... our futures, our jobs, and our retirements. Today’s economic news seems nothing but bad heaped upon ... have skipped right over this lesser evil to say we are headed for nothing short of a Depression. The s [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 20:28:06

Perspctv Relaunches Comparison Dashboard

This year’s US election cycle brought us a number of interesting web sites to track election news, polls, and results ... , and futures market predictions, and created timelines of much of the data. In addition, Perspctv scrolled [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 14:27:28

Morning News

Futures are pointing to a lower openIn Japan the Nikkei 225 closed up 1.75%In Hong Kong the Hang Seng closed down 3.4%European markets are trading down by 1% early onMBA Purchase Applications Challenger Job-Cut ... Monster Employment IndexCrude Oil is $48.50 per barrelGold is $865 per ounce [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 12:15:00

Morning News

Futures are pointing to a higher openIn Japan the Nikkei 225 closed up 0.42%In Hong Kong the Hang Seng closed down 0.35%European markets are trading higher by 1% early onICSC-Goldman Store SalesRedbookISM Non-Mfg IndexFactory OrdersPending Home Sales IndexFOMC Minutes Crude Oil is $50 per barrelGold is $842 per [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 12:22:00

It’s still all about the collateral

Good Evening: The U.S. capital markets went on another roller-coaster ride today, and the “fun” doesn’t look to stop anytime soon ... s session managed to give equities a rare up day. Positive news out of Hewlett Packard and Home ... were up in early trading, but the HPQ news in particular seemed to steady our index futures prior [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 06:32:19

Morning News

Futures are pointing to a lower openIn Japan the Nikkei 225 closed down 0.5%In Hong Kong the Hang Seng closed down 0.3%European markets are trading down slightly early onEmployment SituationWholesale TradeTreasuries Advance on Speculation U.S. Job LossesCrude Oil is $41 per barrelGold is $859 per ounce [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 12:32:00

Bush Ends Executive Ban on Off-Shore Drilling and Oil Prices Drop 7% in two trading sessions

June 20, 2008 — USA Today: Democrat Barack Obama’s campaign released remarks he plans to make at the start of a news conference in ... of futures trading in commodities. – WLS ... on July 14 — $145.18. Price of oil at close on July 16 — $134.60. “Crude-oil futures tumbled $4.14 [more...]

Date: 2008-07-17 00:34:34

Future Uncertain...

Hello friends, sad news today. It seems the sale of 1UP to UGO has been finalized ... now have uncertain futures? I don't know. What of my friends the bloggers who work or go to school [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 16:05:39

End of the Day Write-Up - January 9, 2009

With the job market in utter chaos, the equity markets responded negatively to the dire economic news released today ... trading, gasoline futures added $0.023 to $1112 a gallon. Heating oil slipped $0.032 to $1.4877 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 21:17:00

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

Stealing Good Ideas: Transmaterials

I read a great article a few years called "Where to Get a Good Idea: Steal It Outside Your Group" ... in News from the Future | Digg this! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 20:31:23

01-09-09 JOBS IN THE TANK - FAREWELL SAGUARO

DOW 8,599 -143 ----- GOLD $852.70 -$4.20 ----- OIL $40.66 -$1.04 Be careful what you say on the internet. The Air Force is Watching ... , the Dow futures were up on the news. That's usually a sign the market wants to be bullish. Well, hell [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 14:09:00

China fuel price hike may not sap demand

SHANGHAI, China (AP) — The jump in China’s state-controlled fuel prices will inevitably squeeze consumers at both filling stations and grocery ... the oil market may have overreacted to the news from China, with some traders buying oil futures [more...]

Date: 2008-06-20 16:15:11

Clash of the Titans

Good Evening: Now that the Fed has morphed into the world’s largest hedge fund, ... to yesterday’s news out of the Eccles building, and U.S. stock futures pointed to a lower start ... s economic stats. Mortgage purchase applications remained moribund, and the Q3 current account deficit [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 04:07:26

Very Weak Day on the Street

By Harry Boxer, The Technical Trader The stock market had a strong sell-off today on negative individual company and economic news. The market indices gapped sharply lower as the futures were down sharply before the opening. They then bounced back a couple times to test resistance and failed both times, and in the afternoon [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:06:00

Nikkei Falls Nearly 10%, Asian Markets Tank on Opening

The bloodbath continues, largely in reaction to the bad economic news reports in the US ... caused trading in Nikkei futures to be temporarily halted. South Korea's Kospi Index retreated 6.3 percent. All benchmark indexes in the region sank. Standard & Poor's 500 Index futures fell 1.2 percent [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 02:35:30

When Losing 525K Jobs Makes People Happy

Regardless of the market’s reaction, the December jobs data was awful ... s jobs figures, and that has futures showing a bit of life headed into the opening bell. The official ... futures, which were down 18 points prior to the news, were lately higher by 44 points. S&P 500 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 16:42:00

Breaking: Obama to name Mary Schapiro to SEC

Several media outlets including Bloomberg and the WSJ are reporting that Mary Schapiro will be tapped to head the SEC at a news conference in ... Industry Regulatory Authority and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission certainly seems helpful [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 00:34:52

Oil: Goldman Versus Faber, Data on Improving Supply/Demand Conditions

Oil prices continue their seemingly relentless march upwards, breaching the $143 a barrel level Tuesday ... -term conditions, longer-dated futures should reflect intermediate-term ones. But the news reports [more...]

Date: 2008-07-02 08:03:42

Week Ahead: A Stone Better Left Unturned

By "The Greek" - Economy & Markets:Visit the front pages of Wall Street Greek and Market Moving News to see our current coverage of economic reports ... such future payments may never occur in bankruptcy. Because of the numbers involved, this leaves [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 14:00:00

After the Bell Wrap-Up - January 8, 2009

The markets gave a valiant effort today to shrug off more disappointing economic news to trade higher, ... . In additional NYMEX trading, gasoline futures added $0.0118 to $1.0882 a gallon. Heating oil dropped [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 21:10:00

Optimus Trading Group

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Date: 2008-10-03 02:45:51

THE ONION CONUNDRUM

Before the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission starts scrutinizing the role that speculators may have played in driving up fuel and food prices, investigators may want to take a look at price swings a commodity not in today's news: onions, says Fortune magazine.Onions are the only commodity for which futures trading is banned. Back [more...]

Date: 2008-07-09 13:14:56

Today’s close: Down 4.65%

A massive build-up in crude oil inventories shelled the oil futures to the tune of 12 percent and bad news from Alcoa, ... %, the Nasdaq lost 3.23% and the S&P 500 fell 3.00%. More at the Market Watch wrap [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 21:26:07

Some jokes heard 'round the hedge fund

andrewglennflavin: joannachristine: 1. Q: What is the one thing Wall St and the Olympics have in common? A: Synchronized diving. 2 ... as the country’s 4th largest lender.” 10. Broker to Client: “I’ve got good news - you’ll be paying 40% less in fees for the foreseeable future!” 11. I wrote a check for $100 to my friend but he never [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 20:36:25

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

Oily, Day Two

Day two and the feeling of being dunked in oil hasn't lifted. In fact, given the financial news rocking Wall Street and the soaring price of oil futures, I'm ... , "If It Isn't Boring, It Isn't Green," Friedman quotes [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 15:32:08

OPEC's Actions Irrelevant for Now

By Markos N. Kaminis - Economy & Markets:Visit the front pages of Wall Street Greek and Market Moving News to see our current coverage of economic ... $40.50 on the WTI futures contract for January deliver, the price of crude oil at the hour ... a relatively significant action from the consortium, but as crude oil prices moved curiously counter [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 21:45:00

Above the fold

A DAILY round-up of economic news: Get this, readers ... have soared. The TED spread fell 24% overnight. And futures indicate that American markets may ... . Trading resumed today after being suspended much of the week, and shares soared. The gains appear [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 14:42:03

You Say You Want a Regulation?

As if the economic news weren't bad enough at the moment, with analysis of the near future looking grim and unemployment numbers rising as consumer spending tanks, you'd think a little common sense might kick in somewhere. And maybe we'd get better [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 14:00:48

MYNE

Posted by: TheFashionGuru on: January 12, 2009 In: 1| Celebrity Style| Fashion| celebrities| designers| fashion news| magazine| news| styleComment! ... s already got in her closet. Which, for you, means investing in future outfits, not just buying random [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 22:14:40

Wal-Mart Sees Shortfall, Blames Dollar; Futures Funk

DISCOUNT RETAILER SAYS SALES INTACT, HOLIDAY LOOKS OKAY The bad news is: Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) issued a profit warning. The good news is: the shortfall has been described as a consequence [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 14:24:30

Federal Reserve Fires Last Bullet - Historic Day for Monetary Policy

We’ve had more than a fair helping of Fed letdowns lately, so today’s announcement was just all the more impressive and historic ... cheered the news, real questions began to surface about the wheres, whens, and hows of future [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 08:43:08

Snap news

Breaking news on Monday morning, -  Corporate results: Liberty, MWB, Restaurant Group, - Eurostoxx Dax futures up 1%; CAC-40 up 0.7% [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 07:27:59

Crude Oil Industry Headline News

"Crude Oil Plunges After Report of Larger Than Expected U.S. Supply Gains"Oil futures tumbled after a U.S ... and distillate fuel....Complete Story"Gas Crisis Freezes Economies in Balkans, Turkey"Russian halted natural gas deliveries to Europe via Ukraine Wednesday amid freezing winter temperatures, escalating [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 18:45:00

Above the fold

A DAILY round-up of economic news: The bailout saga continues to turn ... for oil yesterday. Traders buying October oil futures to cover earlier sales of the contract briefly ... by resurgent commodities prices and a tangled global financial situation. [more...]

Date: 2008-09-23 14:18:14

How to Choose a Good Quality Forex Broker | Business News

In the United States, forex brokers should be registered as a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 19:46:44

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