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By Lorraine Woellert, Bloomberg |
March 8, 2013
Inventories at U.S. wholesalers jumped in January by the most in more than a year as companies shrugged off concerns about fiscal policy and ramped up in anticipation of rising consumer demand.
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By Phil Flynn |
March 8, 2013
Well a few tweaks to my model and we called the natural gas number right on the button. While my estimate was off of main stream expectations, the market hit a new high for the year on the 146bcf withdraw.
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By Naureen S. Malik, Bloomberg |
March 7, 2013
Natural gas futures climbed to a 13-week high in New York after a government report showed that U.S. inventories fell by more than forecast last week as cold weather boosted demand.
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By Silla Brush |
March 6, 2013
The CFTC has suspended a program of visiting academic researchers over concerns about the handling of confidential trading data.
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By Bei Hu |
March 5, 2013
Hedge-fund managers, traders and analysts in Asia are quitting as assets have failed to recover after the 2008 global financial crisis.
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By Inyoung Hwang, Bloomberg |
March 5, 2013
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose to its highest level ever, erasing losses from the financial crisis after a four-year rally fueled by the fastest profit growth since the 1990s and monetary stimulus from the Federal Reserve.
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By Joe Richter, Bloomberg |
March 4, 2013
Investors cut wagers on a rally for commodities to the lowest in almost four years and pulled a record $4.23 billion from funds last week as prices erased this year’s gain on a slowdown for manufacturing in China.
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By Mark Shenk, Bloomberg |
February 28, 2013
OPEC crude output rose for the first time in six months as rising Libyan production outpaced a cut by Saudi Arabia, which has implemented a program aimed at curbing excess supply and supporting prices.
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By Tony C. Dreibus, Bloomberg |
February 25, 2013
Hedge funds cut bets on a rally in gold by the most since 2007 and became the most bearish ever on sugar and coffee as concern that the Federal Reserve will slow U.S. stimulus programs drove prices for raw materials to the biggest loss this year.
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By Tsuyoshi Inajima and Sally Bakewell, Bloomberg |
February 20, 2013
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will ask U.S. President Barack Obama to allow shale gas exports as the world’s third-largest economy grapples with soaring energy costs after 2011’s nuclear disaster closed reactors.
