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By Phil Flynn |
October 3, 2012
As oil prices soared to a record high in 2008, traders, politicians and regulators were stunned as oil made a move of historical portions. Now oil traders are cheering the overturning of position limit rules.
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By Susan Abbott Gidel |
September 24, 2012
Studying the stars is as age-old as man. Our "in-house" astrologer looks at PFG's astrological chart to see what might have been warnings.
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By Tony C. Dreibus, Bloomberg |
August 30, 2012
Kansas farmers are preparing to plant winter wheat into the driest soil since 1991 as three seasons of drought causes Dust Bowl conditions in the biggest growing state and global reserves fall to a four-year low.
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By Whitney McFerron, Bloomberg |
August 1, 2012
Wheat fell in Paris and Chicago on speculation that global supplies of the grain will be enough to offset a plunge in the U.S. corn harvest as Midwest crops suffer from the worst drought in a half century. Corn also declined.
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By Debarati Roy, Bloomberg |
July 31, 2012
The only three analysts to correctly predict gold’s biggest quarterly slump in four years are now split, reflecting investors’ diverging views on the probability of central banks doing more to shore up growth.
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By Jeff Wilson, Bloomberg |
July 9, 2012
The worst U.S. drought since Ronald Reagan was president is withering the world’s largest corn crop, and the speed of the damage may spur the government to make a record cut in its July estimate for domestic inventories.
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June 6, 2012
Gold is stuck in the longest slump in a decade as investors shun bullion for the dollar and bonds, just seven months after Bank of America Corp. said Europe’s debt crisis would send prices to a record $2,000 an ounce.
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By Daniel Kruger and Emma Charlton, Bloomberg |
May 2, 2012
Treasury 10-year yields approached the lowest level in almost three months after a euro-area report showed manufacturing contracted in April, underpinning demand for the safest assets.
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By Ginger Szala |
April 1, 2012
April editor's note from Ginger Szala
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By Daniel Kruger and Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg |
March 7, 2012
Treasuries fell as reports showed Greece is garnering enough support for the nation’s debt exchange to avoid a potential default and U.S. companies added more jobs last month.
