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By Alanna Byrne |
November 30, 2012
A wrap-up of promotions and moves from around the industry
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By Daniel P. Collins |
November 30, 2012
Representatives Barney Frank (D-Mass) and Mike Capuano (D-Mass) introduced a bill Thursday night that would merge the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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By Ginger Szala |
November 26, 2012
It’s possible that for many readers, Futures has spent too much time focusing on what happened with MF Global and PFG and how their deceitful use of customer segregated funds has stained the futures industry.
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By Michael J. McFarlin |
November 1, 2012
After gaps were revealed in seg funds, the industry responded, but is it enough?
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By Jeff Wilson and Alan Bjerga, Bloomberg |
September 12, 2012
Corn production in the U.S., the world’s largest grower and exporter, will drop 13 percent to a six-year low after the worst drought in more than 50 years damaged Midwest fields, the government said.
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By Marvin G. Perez, Bloomberg |
August 30, 2012
Cocoa futures extended a rally to a nine-month high on mounting concern that supplies may be disrupted in Ivory Coast, the world’s top producer. Cotton and orange juice also gained, while coffee and sugar fell.
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By Debarati Roy, Bloomberg |
June 12, 2012
Gold gained for the third straight session in New York on speculation that policy makers will announce additional stimulus measures to boost growth, increasing demand for bullion as a hedge against inflation.
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By Marvin G. Perez, Bloomberg |
May 23, 2012
Coffee futures sank to a 21-month low on mounting concern that Europe’s debt crisis is eroding demand prospects as exporters boost sales in Brazil, the world’s largest grower. Sugar and cocoa also slid.
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By Debarati Roy and Nicholas Larkin, Bloomberg |
May 18, 2012
Gold rose to a one-week high on renewed speculation that the Federal Reserve will announce additional stimulus to boost the U.S. economy, increasing demand for the precious metal as an inflation hedge.
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By Matthew Leising, Bloomberg |
April 13, 2012
Local traders in the CME Group Inc.’s Eurodollar options pit walked off the job today to protest a block trade made on April 12.
