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Shocker: Federal Regulators Conclude That Oil Speculators Not Responsible For High Gas Prices

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has released financial data indicating that commodities traders engaged in oil speculation have had little ... driving the future price of oil down. Commodity index funds also have a much smaller share ... of transactions worth billions of dollars between January and June of this year. Commodity futures [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 14:50:11

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Commodities jump alongside oil prices

By MADLEN READ NEW YORK (AP) — Metals and grains rose alongside energy prices in light trading Friday, after a nine-day plunge in oil encouraged investors to buy back into the struggling commodities market. But so far, there is little evidence that crude oil or other battered commodities [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 14:09:19

Who let the oil market be manipulated?

For anyone who believes that speculation by energy traders explains at least a portion of the run-up in oil prices, the announcement that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is investigating oil market ... some commodity trading exchanges to operate without oversight while others must report what's going [more...]

Date: 2008-05-30 15:51:47

One Upside To The Economic Crisis: Cheap Gas

As the US dollar crashes and the financial markets around the world start to implode, we may see an happy side effect: cheap gas ... prices to several other measures, and concluded that crude oil is the most overpriced commodity ... higher than any other commodity. Relative to per capita income, oil prices would have to fall [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 19:55:40

Oil drops below $39 as commodities retreat

Oil drops below $39 as commodities retreatBy Chris FloodCopyright The Financial Times Limited 2009Published: January 12 2009 11:45 | Last updated: ... fell below the $39 a barrel level and base metals staged a broad retreat as commodity markets got ... package for its car industry in the near future with the scheme likely to include a reduction or [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 15:48:00

Oil, commodities continue retreat on global economic slowdown concerns

Oil, commodities continue retreat on global economic slowdown concerns Posted Aug 8th 2008 11:25AM by Joseph Lazzaro Filed under: International markets, Forecasts, Other issues, Good news, CommoditiesOil continued its month-long decline Friday, as investors and traders reduced their stakes in the world's most vital commodity [more...]

Date: 2008-08-08 15:35:22

Oil Breaks Below $38; Bespoke's Commodity Snapshot

The amazing fall in oil continued this morning, with the commodity falling below $40, $39, and $38 ... . Oil1218 Below we highlight our trading range charts of ten major commodities. The green ... , and moves above this shading are considered overbought or oversold. Most commodities have staged rallies [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 15:18:11

Has Oil Broken Down?

Commodities These commodity market blowups are becoming all-too-familiar in the last few years ... in a commodity turned into a buying frenzy, fueled at first by speculators caught up in the mere expectation ... at Alaron Trading in Chicago. SemGroup said in its bankruptcy filing that it had bet that crude [more...]

Date: 2008-07-24 16:38:58

Rising sea levels ‘could spark conflict over energy and food reserves’

From Telegraph UK A report revealed “environmental stress” had increased the risk of conflicts over food and resources in the region ... to the escalating fight for the world’s natural resources, including an increasingly precious commodity – dry ... nations. High global oil and commodity prices, the biofuels boom and the economic downturn [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 10:23:37

Atlanta Real Estate Recovery

Recession is Official: Let’s Chart the Recovery Post 1 of 3 in the Atlanta Real Estate Recovery series (energy, housing, credit) ... a higher demand for all commodities: Oil, Metals, etc. So as oil prices grew at staggering rates, speculation began to take place in the form of long positions on oil futures that pushed the price [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 12:00:31

Despite recent price rise, traders seeking tankers is bearish for oil

Filed under: International markets, Commodities, OilThose investors ready to position themselves in oil stocks, or perhaps even dabble in oil futures, may want to wait a while. Oil traders are seeking ... ." Dietz added that he was currently short unleaded gasoline, with a monthly contract. Continue reading [more...]

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

Monday morning links

TOP STORIES World markets slump as Nikkei hits 26-year low - AP Rate cuts seen ahead, ... to Ask for U.S. Aid in Chrysler Merger Talks - Bloomberg Watch out for a big Commodities Boom ahead - Commodity Online MARKETS/INVESTING Oil falls below $60 a barrel - Telegraph Gold Drops as Investors [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 13:42:00

Friday morning links

TOP STORIES Wall St. futures frozen after plunge - AP OPEC slashes production; ... U.S. stock futures blasted after Asia plunge - MarketWatch Oil falls despite production cuts - BBC Balle, balle..great demand for India Post gold coins! - Commodity Online Oil, Gold, Commodities [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 13:17:00

Strikes cripple normal life...

The nation was hit by a couple of potentially crippling strikes - one by transporters and another by oil sector officers ... commodities. The home minister said the Government would take firm action against oil company ... to the Government's woes, with supply of essential commodities hit partially. Some states invoked [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 14:18:00

Tuesday morning links

TOP STORIES ‘Bernanke-san’ Signals Policy Shift, Evoking Japan Comparison - Bloomberg Schwarzenegger declares emergency - CNN/Money States Want $176 ... for a bailout - LA Times Goldman may post $2 billion loss - report - CNN/Money MARKETS/INVESTING Oil ... - Raymond James Slowdown in China hits commodities badly - Commodity Online ECONOMY Economic Signs [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 15:14:14

Roger Biduk; Commodities Hurting Bay Street at Midday

Roger Biduk writes: Toronto's main stock index was down more than 200 points, hitting its lowest level since Dec 31, on Monday as lower prices for key Canadian commodities such as oil and gold pulled the resource ... oil prices. The materials group buckled as prices for gold and other precious metals slid. Eight [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:08:00

Russia Wrestles With Ruble Collapse

Russia Wrestles With Ruble Collapse Vitaliy N. Katsenelson - Forbes Bad decisions when times were fat spell a rough road ahead for those who ... growth in this decade was completely driven by rising commodity prices, mainly of oil and gas. As the global economy goes into recession and commodity prices either decline or remain at today’s levels [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 14:02:46

Inflation round the corner?

One of John Murphy's intermarket watch areas was the relationship between the 10-year treasury note price and the price of oil ... return it will be bullish for commodities and commodity based stocks, but I am still of the belief gold has to drop more in line with other commodity prices - with that of other precious metals - before [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 11:57:48

Idiots in the Intelligence Community

Idiots in the Intelligence Community Gordon G. Chang - 11.21.2008 - 1:42 PM America’s place in the sun is just about over ... to know what the future will look like is extrapolate. Nonetheless, Global Trends extrapolates. Worse ... increase in oil and commodity prices. That’s a brave assumption, when we have just seen oil fall [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 18:42:22

Money Magazine recommends commodities (kind of)

It's only six percent and it's not really commodities, but commodity stocks instead, however, ... 9%, the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index, which tracks oil, metals and food futures, averaged a 13% annual return. In just the past five years, commodity-driven mutual funds have gained an annual average [more...]

Date: 2008-06-27 13:18:00

Four at Four: Hello, Dolly

Nothing to see here or anything. (Accuweather.com) ... has once again resumed its near-term path, which is lower. And on a day when the Commodity Futures ... Newsom, DTN senior commodities analyst. The recent activity in oil does demonstrate, however [more...]

Date: 2008-07-22 11:54:00

Guilty, until proven innocent

There's a new website available for those who prefer to "shoot first and ask questions later" when it comes to speculation in crude oil futures markets. Like many other complex issues ... are increasingly buying and selling commodities such as oil to sell again, rather than to use. As largely [more...]

Date: 2008-07-13 19:01:00

Is oil cheap because of shorters?

Posted by Daniel Hall on December 18, 2008 Joe Weisenthal calls for a ban on shorting oil: ... of global consumption). And oil is a commodity which can be extremely valuable, right up to the point [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 18:25:30

Japan: Fundamentals Warrant Oil Only at $60 a Barrel

Forgive me if you've heard this one before, but a classic Wall Street joke illustrates an important concept ... material will do. The Mayans used feathers. Oil and commodities are increasingly being used as a store ... . But per the little story above, once participants quit seeing commodities as an inflation hedge [more...]

Date: 2008-06-10 20:29:28

Links 12/2/08

Swimming swans push up the cost of the 12 Days of Christmas Guardian. No deflation here ... with quantitative easing Marshall Auerbach, Credit Writedowns Commodity Pay Falls Faster Than Oil as Goldman, Funds Retrench Bloomberg. So much for the idea that commodity traders needed good bonuses to keep [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 07:10:43

17/10/08. Commoditex Review and Other News

Hi, guys! I would first like to thank one of my readers who recommended this program to me. So today I can introduce it to you – meet Commoditex! ... by the name Commoditex is apparently involved with commodity trading, meaning gold, oil, soybeans and other products. This is how they describe their investment strategy in a nutshell: “Trading with oil [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 17:02:05

Oil recovers with Dow rally

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The daily survey from motorist group price of oil on Monday reversed AAA. Prices peaked at $4 ... , have already started cutting back founder of commodities brokerage on oil use, said Cordier ... has already taken investors sold off crude futures place, and it's going to take a as stock indexes around [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 17:17:35

Bernanke's Testimony Apocalyptic (For Fed Chief)

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is testifying before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs ... have been compounded by rapid increases in the prices of energy and other commodities, which have sapped household ... , a softening labor market, and rising prices of oil, food, and some other commodities. Let [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 14:34:00

New Year’s rally for suckers, hold onto gold!

Order my book online from this link You have to imagine the hedge fund professionals playing it cool yesterday while the Dow rallied by 2 ... trading strategy. The numbers still look awful and the Dow is way too high given the outlook for losses ... in sight. Lower commodity prices, particularly oil, and some improvement to the credit markets [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 07:34:54

More speculation about those oil speculators

I normally leave it to folks like Dean Baker to beat up on the press ... their businesses. But when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission examined Vitol's books last month ... in oil and a number of other commodity markets. The CFTC separates the holders of those contracts [more...]

Date: 2008-08-22 04:02:06

Maryland’s Gensler finds a spot in Obama administration

Some Marylanders’ names have been tossed around as possibilities for posts in the Obama administration (i.e. former Rep. Wayne Gilchrest and Dr ... as his pick to head up the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The CFTC oversees $5 trillion in futures and options trading — oil and other commodities prices have been hot-button issues there this year [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 18:11:06

‘A Hanging Concentrates the Human Mind’

Cross-Posted at Left Flank (featuring Charlie Rose’s interview with Martin Wolf) ... see 6% GDP growth next year. And, commodity prices, including oil, continue to fall (although ... their future”: either spend, or save. I found this interesting because, amid the rush to reform [more...]

Date: 2008-10-18 04:20:55

Global trends driving 'land grab' in poor nations: activists

A farmer in the Philippines where the government have opened talks with Qatar over the lease of agricultural land KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) ... including high prices for oil and commodities, the biofuels boom, and now the sweeping downturn ... group Grain said in a recent report.It said that some deals were targeted at boosting food security [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 07:42:00

The downfall: Are we moving from worse to worst?

Source: IRIS (10 January 2009)What started in mid-2007 as a subprime mortgage fiasco in the United States, ... -oil primary commodities have also shown strong fluctuations during 2008, largely driven by financial factors, as well as shifts in the balance between supply and demand.Growth of world trade [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 08:45:00

Putin’s Deguello

Streetwise Professor reports on Vladimir Putin’s “deguello*”:The island of stability theme is now longer operative ... with the world economy–through the commodity markets, most notably the oil market (as a seller) and the grain ... from Russian hands.Some things are somewhat changed. Today, international investors and currency traders [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 10:05:33

U.S Market Update

- Equity markets have begun the week in positive territory, helped by declining commodity prices. Oil futures have shed about $4/bbl and gold has fallen this morning as the dollar has firmed ... % in Chicago led by Wheat while August natural gas is off close to 5% despite the formulation [more...]

Date: 2008-07-07 15:35:29

Four at Four: Unstable Foundations

It’s almost as if the oil contract itself saw the equity rallies of Thursday and Friday as a personal affront, ... , senior vice president at Alaron Trading. “The big question is, ‘Is it just one commodity fund ... massive spikes — oil hit $130 a barrel in trading today [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 11:36:00

Invest on Stocks or Property?

It’s a very strange economic climate at the moment with stocks at very low levels, property prices well off their peaks, oil prices down, and commodity prices down as well. So if you were looking to invest your money somewhere, which ... account automatically. The major drawback with share investing is that you have to pick quality [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:34:31

Wednesday morning links

TOP STORIES Vote on Detroit Bailout Nears - Washington Post China’s Exports Decline for First Time in 7 Years - MarketWatch Rio Tinto to cut 14, ... offer to resolve worker sit-in - Reuters MARKETS/INVESTING Gold futures rise for a third session as oil rallies - MarketWatch Questioning the Commodities Super Cycle - Naked Captialism The Shadow Gold [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 16:33:55

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

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

What'll be big in 2009?

CommSec's Craig James presents his list:"Each year we attempt to identify the Big Issues for the coming year ... unemployment, monetary policy and emissions trading. As always, China will never be too far ... has translated to less demand for raw materials or commodities, notably oil. And slower consumer spending [more...]

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

The Price of Gas will soon be $1.50, right?

This will teach them, right? H.R. 6377 directs CFTC to use all its authority, including its emergency powers, immediately to curb the role of excessive speculation in the energy and swaps futures markets ... that an artificially high demand for essential commodities such as oil and corn has been created [more...]

Date: 2008-06-27 20:30:06

U.S. POWER, INFLUENCE WILL DECLINE IN FUTURE - NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COUNCIL

The report aims to better inform policymakers, ... Thursday paints an alarming picture of an unstable future for international relations defined ... fueled by long-term “increases in oil and commodity prices” along with a gradual shift [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 02:44:43

How Will Deflation Worries Affect Gold?

Gold has historically been an asset that people turned to when they are worried about inflation. Today, though, we are in a very unique situation ... all, prices for just about every other commodity, from oil to nickel to cotton, have plunged [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 18:48:33

Herd Mentality

Image of stampede from this Yorkshire UK site In times of great uncertainty, ... and unrepresentative. We see it, too, in huge price swings for commodities (which benefit Big Oil and other price-fixing oligopolies), for stocks (which benefit commissioned brokers and agents -- the type [more...]

Date: 2008-09-16 02:37:04

Global trends driving ‘land grab’ in poor nations: activists

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — Resource-hungry nations are snapping up huge tracts of agricultural land in poor Asian nations, ... including high prices for oil and commodities, the biofuels boom, and now the sweeping downturn ... rights group Grain said in a recent report. It said that some deals were targeted at boosting food [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 01:47:51

Green Ink: Oil?s Floor and Asian Demand

paper Crude oil futures surged past $84 early Tuesday on the back of optimism the world will avoid the worst of the financial crunch, ... reqd.). Despite the recent recovery, oil and other commodities are still well-off summertime highs ... not be unlimited, in the WSJ (sub reqd.). Just don’t tell small businesses the commodities boom is over— [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 12:10:35

What Your Broker's Reports Should Tell You, Morningstar

Hurry to mutual finance scrutiny. It is just opening again. You do not want to forget this. The mutual deposit assay visitors said its untreated capital justice indicator was the worst-performing of the group, with a drip of 48.5 per cent. "Oil and commodity prices tumbled in 2008 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 03:57:00

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