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By Jamie Macrae |
May 1, 2013
Long gold holders were taken for a wild ride over the past couple of weeks, enduring one of the largest one day selloffs in history on April 15 as panic gripped the market.
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By Debarati Roy |
April 26, 2013
Gold tumbled from the highest in more than week as the U.S. economy expanded less than forecast, driving commodities lower and crimping demand for the precious metal as a hedge against inflation.
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By Frank Holmes |
April 22, 2013
So, even with the gold price dropping, why are gold coins selling at a premium? It’s Economics 101: The coin supply is limited and the demand is high.
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By Catherine Bosley and Maria Kolesnikova, Bloomberg |
March 27, 2013
Switzerland rejected calls for tougher regulation of commodity traders, including Vitol SA, Glencore International Plc and Trafigura Beheer BV, in favor of a voluntary industry code.
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By Isis Almeida, Bloomberg |
February 12, 2013
Brazilian ethanol prices trading above raw sugar futures for the first time in almost two years are spurring speculation that millers will favor making the biofuel over the sweetener in the season starting in April.
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By Maria Levitov and Julia Leite, Bloomberg |
February 11, 2013
Emerging market stocks dropped, poised for a six-week low, as falling metals prices sank commodities shares and Turkish banks slid.
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By Aya Takada and Yasumasa Song |
January 29, 2013
The Japanese government says the transfer of farm futures from the Tokyo Grain Exchange won’t boost trading enough to make Tocom profitable.
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By Ian Sayson and Victoria Stilwell, Bloomberg |
January 2, 2013
Developing-nation stocks rose to a 10-month high after U.S. lawmakers passed a bill that averted spending cuts and tax gains that had threatened the world’s largest economy.
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By Phil Flynn |
July 17, 2012
It is obvious that the simmering tensions in the Strait of Hormuz are starting to boil over. Yesterday a report that a US ship fired on a boat just outside of the Strait, sent Brent and WTI up to a new high for the session.
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By Nayla Razzouk and Anthony DiPaola, Bloomberg |
May 29, 2012
Iraq is preparing to hold its first auction of oil and natural-gas exploration rights since the 2003 ouster of Saddam Hussein, offering investors the opportunity to exploit the world’s fifth-largest crude reserves.
