Futures markets

Soyabean, mustard seed futures hit 3 pc lower circuit - Economic Times

Soyabean, mustard seed futures hit 3 pc lower circuitEconomic Times, India - "Improved weather condition in the major oilseeds growing countries like US, China and Malaysia has pulled down the global market which is indirectly ...

Futures lower after inflation data rises

Stock index futures were lower on Monday after a government report showed a higher-than-expected reading in a key inflation gauge.

Oil prices jump nearly $3 after gas futures spike

NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices jumped almost $3 a barrel Friday, erasing losses from the previous session after a rally in gasoline futures and a drop on Wall Street drew investors back into energy markets.

House Ag Committee Chair Colin Peterson Disappointed at Failure to Pass Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountabilit...

House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota released the following statement today regarding the floor vote on H.R. 6604, the Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act of 2008: "With the support of more than 290 Members of Congress, including more than 75 Republicans, H.R. 6604 was well on its way to being passed over the two-thirds vote requirement, sending a clear signal that transparency and enforcement would return to the commodities and futures markets. ...

Limits on futures trading could boost gas prices, expert says

Proposals to reign in wallet-draining gasoline prices by curbing speculation in oil markets would likely increase costs at the pump instead of trimming them, a University of Illinois economist says.

UPDATE 1-US House bill tags futures-market position limits

WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. House Agriculture Committee was expected to approve on Thursday a bill to toughen position limits on futures markets as a way to prevent price distortions, ...

3 Reasons Why Forex Trading Is Better Than Stocks Or Futures

Forex trading allows traders to start with a smaller trading capital than any other markets. What is really nice in trading is that there's always something moving. The forex trading market is running 24 hours a day. How is that for convenient?

Capital Gold Group Report: Gold Rises to Four-Month High in London on Flight to Safety

By Marianne Stigset July 15 (Bloomberg) -- Gold rose to the highest in almost four months in London as political tension in the Middle East and financial concerns in the U.S. increased investor demand for the metal as a haven. Gold gained for a fifth day after U.S. financial shares fell to the lowest in a decade yesterday on speculation a shortage of capital will cause some banks to collapse. Iran, OPEC's second- biggest producer, is defying United Nations efforts to halt its nuclear program. ``...

No Easy Money On The Worlds' Stock Markets These Days

But isn't it great to hear the sound of speculators losing billions of dollars on market volatility. Has oil topped out? Have financials bottomed out? Has stagflation set in? On and on, investors ask economists and financial gurus these questions. The experts look into their "crystal balls" and come up with the usual long or short winded explanations of what is happening and what is going to happen. This fortunetelling makes good press releases, but it really doesn't tell anyone whether we're go...

smoothing the share - markets of futures --------- half and half

I slept well last night, but today I woke up at 3:30 am. Will go to play snooker today early. I have work to do in the evening. Erach I was talking to Dr SBK he said --------------- in essence in the volatility of the stock market I am losing in f...