Regional Surveys Show U.S. Economy is Picking up - Reuters
As Hybrid Cars Gobble Rare Metals, Shortage Looms - Reuters
Gold Ends Lower as Risk-Averse Investors Sell - Reuters
Strong Demand Pushes Raw Sugar to 28 1/2 Year High - Reuters/Forbes
Report Rekindles China Derivatives Debate - NY Times
Bond Market Eying 10% Jobless Rate Rejects Recovery - Bloomberg
Copper Falls [...]
Consumer Spending Up, but Morale Sinks - Reuters
Clunker-Like, U.S. Housing Plan Saps Future Demand - Reuters
U.S. Gold Hits 3-Week High on Economic Optimism - Reuters
Labor Day Travel Scaled Back This Year, According to AAA Survey - Chicago Tribune
Gold’s Moment of Truth - Miningmx.com
Oil Rises on Economic Hopes After Consumer Spending Data - MarketWatch
Dollar Heads toWeakly [...]
Economy Shrinks Les, Jobless Claims Fall - Reuters
What Goes Up Must Come Down? Stocks May Defy Gravity - Reuters
Palladium’s Rally May Screech to Halt Without “Clunkers” - MarketWatch
Crude Futures Rebound as Stocks Gain, Dollar Weakens - MarketWatch
Stock Advisers Sentiment Index Hits Late-2007 Levels - MarketWatch
Natural Gas Prices Drop to 7-Year Low While Oil Prices Rebound [...]
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal ponders bubbles throughout history.
How I Got Burned by Beanie Babies
By KAREN BLUMENTHAL
In this decade, we have had more than our share of big-time booms and busts: the tech bubble, the housing bubble and, this year, what Warren Buffett has called the Treasury bubble.
For some years now, I [...]
By Jeff Friedman
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Home Sales, Durable Orders Buoy Recovery Hopes - Reuters
New CFTC Report May Raise Transparency, Questions - Reuters
Copper Ends Off Highs as Data, China Worries Cap - Reuters
Gold Demand Rises as Investors Seek Safety - Chicago Tribune
2nd Biggest Corn Harvest to Yield Price Uncertainties - Chicago Tribune
Oil Falls for Second Day on Inventories Data, Stronger Dollar [...]
Bernanke Tapped for 2nd Term - Bloomberg
Oil Futures: Crude Sells off After Hitting $75/Bbl - DJ/First Enercast
U.S. Housing, Confidence Data Point to Recovery - Reuters
World Stocks Down, CHina Off 2% - RealClearMarkets
Top Forestry Firms See Market Stability - Reuters
Barclays Global Investors’ Commodity ETF Halts Share Creations - WSJ
Commodity Mutual Funds’ Asset Flows More Than Triple, [...]
By Frank J. Cholly
In the past two weeks we have seen sugar trade at prices that we haven’t seen in more than 25 years. In my opinion, this market is due for a big correction. How does this type of escalating price action occur? No, it’s not just the speculators! It is a combination of [...]
Who’s Afraid of Deflation? - Reuters
U.S. Gold Ends Down From 1-Week High, Eyes Currencies - Reuters
Chicago Fed National Activity Index Less Weak in July - Reuters
Crude Rises on Economic Optimism; Natural Gas Rebounds - MarketWatch
Central Bank Chiefs Say Work Isn’t Over Even as Crisis Abates - MarketWatch
Gold Heading Sideways to Higher - Minyanville
Day Trading in [...]
Last week, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced plans to ramp up enforcement of position limits, focusing on agricultural and energy markets in particular. Commodity-based ETFs have been a target and several have announced the suspension of sales. Here is a roundup of articles and opinions on the subject over the past few days.
CFTC [...]
