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The Case for Commodity Futures

By Mark Sachs • Aug 6th, 2010 • Category: Educational, Futures Feature, MF Global in the News

by Mark Sachs It’s been a frustrating and volatile year for stock market investors. Just when we thought we were out of the woods after the financial market crisis, trouble in the Eurozone reintroduced the possibility of a global double-dip recession. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 fell into [...]


Commodity Markets are Thermometers

By Mark Sachs • Jul 2nd, 2008 • Category: Trader Viewpoints

Commodity markets are in the news more than I’ve ever seen. And that’s both good and bad. Good that investors are aware of commodity markets and that they should consider including them in their portfolios, be it as an investment or as a speculative venture. Bad that some of the commentators–and some of our elected officials–clearly [...]