Journals By Industry - Commodities Trading

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The biggest wave of business bankruptcies may be over (key words here are "may be," pending the economy's trajectory), but that's not to say the courts will be devoid of with...

Two Wall Street groups asked a federal appeals judge to delay the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) recently passed position limits rule, saying it already is causing irreparable harm. The Securities Industry and...

The volatility that marked energy markets over the past year is almost guaranteed to continue in 2012. Geopolitical factors, such as Europe's financial crisis and conflicts with Iran and other regions, make long-range...

The spark spread represents the theoretical margin of electric power producers. Its understanding can reveal several speculative opportunities that traders can use to expand their market activity. There are several fundamental methods of...

In mid-December 2011, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) surprised the energy markets by deciding to increase oil production with a new output target of 30 million barrels a day. Bloomberg reported...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Recently, there has been substantial growth in mutual funds utilizing managed-futures-based strategies. The number of distinct managed futures mutual funds doubled to 24 in 2011, according to Morningstar Inc. The funds...

Earnings results for New Orleans-based Entergy Corp. will be released later this month but the company offered fourth-quarter guidance on Monday that expects a better quarter than analysts anticipated. The electric power provider...

The UK pig industry may be facing a brighter future than it did a year ago. In January 2011, ex-farm feed wheat was trading at an average of £196/t, compared with £138/t today....

Strong Capital Generation With Tier 1 Common Equity Ratio at 9.86 Percent Global Excess Liquidity Sources Remain Strong at $378 Billion, up $42 Billion in 2011 Investment Bank Maintained No. 2 Global Ranking...

Full Year Diluted EPS of $12.37 ($11.85 as adjusted) Operating Margin of 36.3% (40.0% as adjusted) for Fourth Quarter 2011 Assets Under Management of $3.513 Trillion at December 31, 2011 NEW YORK --...

Top global executive search firm promotes Lydia Reitano to CFO and Corporate Secretary, and Dana Rutty to Assistant Corporate Secretary NEW YORK -- Boyden, a global leader in executive search with more than...

* Full Year Net Revenues of $32.4 Billion; Income from Continuing Operations of $1.26 per Diluted Share * Fourth Quarter Net Revenues of $5.7 Billion, Including Loss of $1.7 Billion Related to the...

NEW YORK -- UBS Investment Banktoday announced that the ETRACS team, Dennis Gartman and Mark Fisher will ring the Opening Bell of the NYSE this morning to mark the recent successful launches of...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/08387e/transfusion_diagno) has announced the addition of the "Transfusion Diagnostic Testing Market - Extracted Charts and Tables" report to their offering. During the next ten years, the transfusion diagnostics market...

'361 Capital Systematic Index' Seeks Extremely Low Correlation To General Equity Markets DENVER -- 361 Capital, a provider of alternative investment portfolios to major institutions, financial intermediaries, and high-net-worth investors, today announced the...

HOUSTON -- Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. has promoted seven senior associates and three senior counsel to join the firm's global partnership. The appointment of new partners in the firm's London and Riyadh practices,...

- New offering provides electronic energy traders with direct access to machine-readable, market-moving oil statistics NEW YORK & LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Selerity, a provider of real-time event data solutions for the financial services...

CHICAGO & SYDNEY -- Sims Metal Management Limited, the world's largest listed metal and electronic recycling company (SimsMM), today announced that it has made a significant minority investment in Chiho-Tiande Group Limited (CTG)...

The working week on Jan. 13 ended with crude oil prices down as fears that Iran could close the Strait of Hormuz and of a potential cut in Nigerian oil exports were offset...