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By Daniel P. Collins |
August 29, 2011
One of the annoying things about recent public discourse is that it is not so much the public policy impact that determines whether a subject ...
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By Philip McBride Johnson |
August 11, 2011
We are bombarded daily by financial reports inferring a connection between market actions and external events. This happens "as" that occurs, or the markets rise/fall ...
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By Michael McFarlin |
August 9, 2011
On "The Daily Show" last night, John Oliver reported on what has to be one of the most interesting stories to come out of the ...
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By Daniel P. Collins |
July 19, 2011
Last week I wrote a blog criticizing a Wall Street Journal headline that related CME Group to its pork belly contract. I noted how connecting ...
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By Daniel P. Collins |
July 15, 2011
Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s roiled the markets yesterday with a pronouncement that it has placed the United States of America’s “'AAA' long-term and ...
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By Daniel P. Collins |
July 12, 2011
When I started at Futures more than a decade ago I realized that while the futures industry was a big deal in Chicago and for ...
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By Michael McFarlin |
June 21, 2011
The Big Bad Wolf got a lot of bad press in fairy tales — just look at the story of the Three Little Pigs. This ...
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By Michael McFarlin |
April 20, 2011
While the recovery is beginning to take root, jobs still are an ongoing concern. A number of analysts have talked about how the U.S. government's ...
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By Ginger Szala |
April 18, 2011
While most of us were watching from afar the horror unfolding in Japan with the March 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami, some people in the ...
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By Michael McFarlin |
March 17, 2011
Wheat has been a staple of the human diet for over 10,000 years. Further, it has been a staple of the trader's portfolio for over ...
