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By Philip McBride Johnson |
October 3, 2012
The recent decision by a U.S. District Court to remand back to the CFTC its new rules on speculative position limits, has triggered a fresh debate over whether speculators should be restricted
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By Philip McBride Johnson |
September 19, 2012
Former CFTC chairman recalls milestones of nascent futures industry.
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By Philip McBride Johnson |
September 6, 2012
We are familiar with the tragedy of trees crushing people during severe storms. But can processed pulp (paper) do the same to a pending proposal at the CFTC?
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By Philip McBride Johnson |
August 30, 2012
About $1,650 per ounce. Not an all-time high but quite a change from $35 when I was a child. What is responsible for gold's grand ascendancy?
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By Philip McBride Johnson |
August 10, 2012
As if we were not blessed enough already, the Dodd-Frank Act has given us some new acronyms
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By Philip McBride Johnson |
July 6, 2012
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s spectacular settlement with Barclays Bank over alleged LIBOR tampering speaks volumes for why regulation exists in the financial sector.
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By Philip McBride Johnson |
May 17, 2012
The frequency with which pundits have asserted that "hedging" and "speculating" or "betting" are hard to distinguish is nauseating. Adoption of the "Volcker rule" has been delayed by this canard.
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By Philip McBride Johnson |
April 3, 2012
Name the multi-billion dollar industry that has been barred from managing its considerable risks.
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By Philip McBride Johnson |
March 23, 2012
In other venues and for other purposes, I have railed against the exorbitant cost of higher education. I have said that a solution lies right under the college's noses.
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By Philip McBride Johnson |
March 19, 2012
CFTC Commissioner Scott O'Malia may be right to want external evaluation of the cost-benefit effects of the agency's rulemakings; but the Office of Management and Budget?
