A look at many of the dramas on the current business front -- the BP oil spill, the "flash crash" of May 6, and the financial troubles in Greece and the rest of Europe.
As a painful 2009 ends, energy producers and markets are looking for a demand recovery in 2010, but demand increases could be as modest as the overall recovery.
Legislation is expected to emerge in September providing a regulatory framework for a U.S. cap-and-trade scheme that promises to be the world’s largest. Trading opportunities, however, already exist in the U.S. and abroad.
With the outlook for economic recovery somewhat hazy, experts differ on which markets will be profitable in 2010, but many agree that traders shouldn’t get too attached to any one market. Here’s how to prepare for an unpredictable year.