Wikio - Futures markets

An explanation of the futures market (Weiwen's religion blog)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:48:00 GMT

There are those who say that speculation in the futures markets should be ended to bring down fuel and food prices. If you think so, do you actually know what a futures market does? Like all human creations, there's a good side and a bad side to commodities futures. A Businessweek article tells a short story about a baker whose business brings in $200m of revenues. Commodity...

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How dry I am... (Angry Bear)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:40:00 GMT

By: Divorced one like Bush No body knows, how dry I am. I went home, I rang the bell, my wife came out and gave me hell. Juan posted a link to this paper: OPEC Pricing Power , The Need for a New Perspective Besides the issue of how oil is priced, and the relationship of the futures market (yes, it is related to the real thingy) there are some numbers presented as to future expected oil production...

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Dow Jones Capital Markets Report Now Available on the CQG Platform Fixed-Income and Currency Professionals Benefit from Award-Winning News (Matt's blog)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:27:00 GMT

NEW YORK, March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Dow Jones & Company today announced an agreement with CQG, Inc., the premier charting, analytics, and trade routing platform for global electronically-traded futures markets and cash U.S. Treasury benchmarks, to provide Dow Jones Capital Markets Report (CMR) to fixed-income and currency professionals through CQG's trading platform. Dow Jones Capital...

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Futures prices determine physical oil prices (Politics in the Zeros)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:09:18 GMT

Not the other way around. All commodities traded on the futures market are priced this way. So, yes, speculators can influence prices. But they can’t control them. Besides, speculators don’t move en masse. Some are short, hoping prices will fall, while others are betting on a rise. If supply is falling while demand is rising, then [...]

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House of Representatives passes legislation requiring CFTC to curb oil market speculation (Southwest Farm Press RSS Feed)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:26:13 GMT

The House of Representatives passed a bill requiring the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to utilize all its authority, including emergency powers, to take steps to curb excessive speculation in the energy futures markets.

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Crude Prices Pass $145 (The Street)

twocents@thestreet.com (Chuck Marvin) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:58:00 GMT

Oil hits another record in the New York futures market before pulling back a bit as the U.S. dollar rallies. Energy stocks are mixed, and natural gas futures are flat.

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Oil and the Futures Market (SeekingAlpha Energy Stocks)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:36:47 GMT

Investing the Middle Way submits: Please bear with me, I don't mean to be facetious here. Now that oil is over $140/barrel and everyone has a theory about why the price is so high, I thought I'd join the party and throw in my two cents as well. Complete Story »

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FLASH::: THE FUTURES MARKETS ARE COMPLETELY MISREADING US INVENTORIES! (THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS)

noreply@blogger.com (Reliapundit) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:19:00 GMT

NYTIMES: HOUSTON — A sharp increase in oil prices on Wednesday sent shudders through anxious financial markets already worried about the prospect of a global economic slowdown. Crude oil climbed above $144 a barrel before settling at $143.57, up $2.60 for the day. The Energy Department reported an unexpected decline in inventories, sending oil prices to a record. And now oil slowly is closing...

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A Power Futures Market In Italy Could Jolt ETF (ETF Trends)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:00:00 GMT

Italy's latest step toward a power futures trading market appears to be helping its exchange traded fund (ETF). The minister for economic development says his ministry is geared to give the okay for the Italian power bourse operator GME and...

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BEL appoints KPMG to aid accelerated growth (India Press Release)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:27:55 GMT

/India PRwire/ - Navaratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has appointed KPMG, a global consulting firm, to help identify future market opportunities for growth. A 6-month contract has been signed wherein, KPMG will study BEL’s present plans and identify opportunities for expansion of business in the existing areas as well as new business segments not presently addressed...

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Futures trading volume in China up 148% in first half (People Daily)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:21:10 GMT

China's futures market witnessed a sharp increase in trade volume in the first half, led by an active trade in farm products, including sugar, soybeans, and corn. The trade volume hit 35 trillion yuan (5.1 trillion U.S. dollars), an ...

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Remember: Futures Trading is Zero-Sum (CARPE DIEM)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:19:00 GMT

For every trader betting on higher prices, another is betting on lower prices. These trades are matched. In the stock market, all investors (buyers and sellers) can profit in a rising market, and all can lose in a falling market. In futures markets, one trader's gain is another's loss. ~Robert Samuelson In the world of futures speculation for every long there...

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Well, So Much For That Theory (Below The Beltway)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:54:59 GMT

The oil futures market is getting a lot of the blame for the rise in oil prices, and “evil” “speculators” are the politicians’ news boogeyman. But, the truth is, it seems, quite another story: NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — An influential oil-policy group released a report Tuesday arguing that the increase in oil-market speculation is not driving up [...]

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On Onions, Oil, and ‘Speculators’ (Cato-at-liberty)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:38:42 GMT

Politicians who blame “speculators” in futures markets for the run up in oil prices — such as Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) writing in this morning’s USAToday — should consider a lesson from the lowly onion. Onions are one of the few commodities in the United States for which there are no futures markets, according to an item [...]

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S Korea to launch lean hog futures market (Business Times Asiaone)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:00:00 GMT

(SEOUL) South Korea will open Asia's first lean hog futures market next month, launching the country's first agricultural derivatives product on the domestic stock exchange, the Korea Exchange said on Sunday.

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What Can Onions Teach Us About Oil Prices? A Lot (CARPE DIEM)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:35:00 GMT

Onions have no futures market, yet their recent price volatility makes the swings in oil and corn look tame. Fortune Magazine -- Before the government 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 in a commodity not in today's news: onions. The bulbous root is the only commodity for which...

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They’re laughing at us (Dinocrat)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:24:56 GMT

You realize that when Libya says it is thinking about cutting oil production, or when the OPEC president muses about $170 oil, they are in all likelihood multiplying their already huge profits by playing the long side of the futures market. They know all too well just how the oil market will soar even [...]

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Don't Blame the Speculators, Without Futures Markets, Oil Might Be At $200 Instead of $135 (CARPE DIEM)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:48:00 GMT

Excerpts below from the Fortune Magazine article " Don't Blame the Oil Speculators : A Campaign in Congress to Punish Traders for Record Oil Prices Reveals a Fundamental Misunderstanding of How Futures Markets Work": Here's a suggestion: The next time a Congressional committee wants to hold a hearing on how "speculators" are driving up oil prices, each committee member should first be...

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The Price of Gas will soon be $1.50, right? (Angry Bear)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:06:00 GMT

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 and take other corrective actions as necessary to eliminate any market disturbance that prevents energy markets from accurately reflecting the forces of supply...

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Another Record Oil Surge Leans on Stocks and Dollar (Seeking Alpha)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:47:23 GMT

Grace Cheng submits: Gloom covered the the US financial markets Friday: Oil shot up to a new high of $142.26 in the New York trading session due to an apparent short squeeze in the futures markets. There hasn’t been any “latest” scare news, just that Nigeria and Venezuela are due to meet soon to discuss high oil prices. Already, the idea of $200 oil is floating in the air as people...

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