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The Reason for High Oil Prices The rise in oil prices has become a very pressing issue. All the talk in the world about what will stop the energy price rise is moot if we fail to see it as a consequence of speculation, not supply and demand. |
BusinessWeek
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Energy Futures: The Risk in Speculation Limits The CFTC's push to limit commodity speculation faces opposition from House Republicans who now share control over the agency's budget. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2010
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Oil ETF Investing: 5 Ways to Play Read this to help you decide how to bet on one of the world's most sought-after resources. |
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So There Is an Oil Cabal After All A Swiss outfit called Vitol holds more than 10% of all oil contracts on the regulated exchange. |
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Traders Bet on Nymex's Fall The Nymex's high valuation spells opportunity -- but only for quick-buck investors. |
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Amber Waves of Pain Lured by the idea of profiting from raw materials, investors put $277 billion into commodity ETFs and related securities by the end of 2009. Then they noticed a problem: When commodities go up, the commodity ETFs often don't. |
The Motley Fool
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Feds Seeking Clarity on Crude Trading Watch as the commodities folks look into crude data reporting. |
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Back to the Futures in Chicago The Windy City's currency market, left for dead, is thriving again. |
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Chicago Merc: Bet With the House Increased commodity trading volume continues to fuel impressive growth at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Investors, take note. |
BusinessWeek
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The Triumph Of 'Pork-Belly Crapshooters' Chicago has emerged as a financial hub in its own right - with plenty of other cities coming on strong. |
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Can China Defuse Its Stock Market? Index futures might create stability, but Beijing fears they could prick the bubble. |
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Chicago Merc Battles Momentum The futures exchange posts strong growth, but it's not enough for investors in this momentum-crowd darling. |
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Keeping an Eye on Refco The IPO roster includes companies benefiting from the commodity boom. Among them, Refco is one to watch. |
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November 30, 2011
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Clayton Williams Energy Shares Jumped: What You Need to Know The stock closed up 9% as crude prices ended above $100 per barrel for the first time in two weeks. |
BusinessWeek
January 29, 2007 |
A Fast New Financial Game Called Energy There is a growing role of hedge funds and other financial players in the energy sector. Energy consultant Peter C. Fusaro talks about how the trend is contributing to price fluctuations and where it's going next. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2006
John Finneran |
Are Exchanges Overheated? Stock exchanges' stratospheric valuations may not reflect reality. |
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October 25, 2006
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Why Futures Markets Are Important Understanding how futures work is important -- even if you never use them yourself. |
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Risky Realty Real estate professionals and institutional investors see benefits in housing futures. But Dick and Jane Homeowner, use caution. |
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Technical Analysis: Stocks Remain Range-Bound But the biggest futures traders continue to bet on more upside. |
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January 5, 2005
Jim Middlemiss |
CIO Challenge As markets make the seemingly inevitable transition to automated trading, former floor-based traders need to relearn their craft. |
The Motley Fool
May 10, 2011
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Speculators Aren't to Blame for Energy Prices Our blame is in the wrong place for high prices at the pump. |
BusinessWeek
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Oil Prices: The New Reality Futures traders are already assuming sky-high oil prices are here to stay. |
Wall Street & Technology
March 26, 2004
Larry Tabb |
NYSE: Fast Market or No Market? If the NYSE becomes more electronic, its owners (the specialists and floor brokers) will be disadvantaged, and possibly jobless. |
The Motley Fool
December 27, 2004 |
Day-Trading Dangers Most day traders are not getting as rich as you might think. |
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Hedging Real Estate Ways to hedge a client's real estate are coming out of the woodwork. But are the newest real estate derivative products worth using for clients? |
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Energy Jargon, Demystified: Contango and Backwardation Oil and gas terminology in plain English. These terms may sound like exotic yoga positions, but in fact, they refer to the price of oil and gas futures. |
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U.S. Regulators' Epic Fail Rules are on the books that should have allowed orderly transfer of MF Global's customer funds. But that's not happening. |
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Time Is Money NYSE wants to expand its trading hours, but will shareholders really benefit? |
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The Allure of Merc Markets Extreme economic volatility adds to the viability of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Is the exchange's stock a good buy? |
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The Twin Engines Of Indian Futures India's fast-growing commodities exchanges could make the nation a global hub. |
BusinessWeek
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Limiting the Speculators The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's proposal to limit the number of contracts that speculators can own. |
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Straddling the Great Divide The CIO of a Chicago trading company -- who knew nothing about the business when he started -- tells us how he won over the suits. And his technological know-how had little to do with it. |
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The Biggest Threat to Your Budget One source says low energy prices can't last. But is it right? |
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Trading Away Your Profits Frequent trading is a tempting strategy that provides immediate feedback and holds the promise of easy money. Over the long run, however, only the most astute traders can overcome the headwinds of higher costs and the need for extraordinary discipline. |
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Make Money From Mother Nature Investors, to some extent, the weather has an effect on nearly every business. Weather futures make watching the latest forecasts much more interesting. |
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How You Can Beat the Machines High-frequency trading isn't bulletproof. If you stick to your guns, you can still invest well against the best computer algorithms. |
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Casino Capitalism Is Back! With any asset class that has a big move, first the fundamentals attract speculation, then the speculation becomes dominant. In several commodity markets we may be at or dangerously near that point today. |
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Technical Analysis: Breakdown Sellers continue to hold the upper hand in the stock market. |
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The Future of Refiners Foretold Refining has been a particularly volatile business since the 2008 economic nosedive. |
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Behind the Scenes of the Market: High-Frequency Trading High-frequency trading provides a great service and big risks for the market. |
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Are You a Successful Trader? Check Your Ring Finger Could the length of your ring finger -- or more precisely, the ratio of the length of your index finger to that of your ring finger -- predict your success as a financial trader? |
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A Bigger Day-Trading Brokerage ... Great Schonfeld and Lightspeed Professional Trading combine to create a bigger day-trading brokerage. With only about 11% of day traders turning a profit, one wonders about the relevancy of this deal. |
Financial Planning
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The Big Idea: Diversify With Futures Your clients may balk when they hear "futures" - accusing you of straying into a fantasy of an asset class that solves all our problems. Yet finance professionals have used managed futures for decades to boost the performance of stock and bond portfolios. |
BusinessWeek
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The Machines That Ate the Market Once upon a time, human beings oversaw the trading of stocks. They've been replaced by a complex system of computers that can produce a scary new kind of mechanized panic. An investigation into the crash of May 6. |
InternetNews
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Technical Analysis: Bulls Get a Leg Up Stocks appear to be headed higher once again. |
BusinessWeek
October 14, 2010
Loder & Mattingly |
Under Siege at The CFTC Congress gave regulators wide discretion to regulate derivatives, causing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to be besieged by lobbyists. |
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Are These Investments Worth the Risk? Trading futures directly has pros and cons. |
