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- A Ponzi Scheme in the Commodity Markets
- The London Metal Exchange: Metal cashing
- Cotton Prices Tumble on Supply
- Delta Air Lines: An airline buys an oil refinery
- Make a Call on Soybeans
- Is Silver a Buy at 30?
- Gunvor: Riddles, mysteries and enigmas
- Managed Futures Returns for 2012
- Palladium is an Alternative to Gold and Platinum
- Free exchange: Petrodollar profusion
- Soybeans Hit $15
- Global imbalances: The black hole
- Recognizing a Good Commodity Trader
- Commodities Buying Point?
- Derivatives regulation: Too few cops on the beat
Category Archives: Traded Commodities
A Ponzi Scheme in the Commodity Markets
This commodity Ponzi scheme didn’t become mainstream news, but it cost a major clearing firm a couple million dollars. This was in the form of a fine for failure to supervise and not catch the fraud that was taking place … Continue reading
Cotton Prices Tumble on Supply
Cotton prices tumbled on Thursday as the USDA crop report estimated supplies of cotton to be at the highest level in history. This will be the third season where supplies are greater than demand. As you might expect, it was a … Continue reading
Make a Call on Soybeans
Soybeans have dropped along with other commodities in the last week, but the market is in a very interesting point right now. Soybeans are sitting on trendline support and this is an area where many traders would be looking to buy. … Continue reading
Is Silver a Buy at 30?
Silver prices have dropped about $8 in the last couple months and now the market might be ready for another rally. There has been a lot of talk recently about how quiet the gold market has gotten and that has been … Continue reading