Category Archives: Commodities

Global Futures and Options Volume by Category.

February 5, 2013 – Global Futures and Options Volume by Category in Billions of Contracts: The figures above reflect the total number of contracts traded, over the last six months, in billions of contracts on all world futures and options … Continue reading

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The Trend is Gold’s Friend Again.

November 27, 2012 – The Trend is Gold’s Friend Again: Last week, while investors were enjoying a nice stock-market rally, gold quietly broke out to the upside. After months of floundering, the yellow metal has now confirmed the resurgence of … Continue reading

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UBS is Expected to Face a Multi-Million Dollar Fine in Rogue Trader Fiasco.

November 24, 2012 – UBS is expected to face a multimillion-dollar fine in connection with the $2.3 billion trading loss caused by a former trader:  Update from a January 30, 2012 post. The potential fine by British authorities against the Swiss … Continue reading

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The Millionaire Trade of the Century – Free to You.

November 15, 2012 – Investment Returns Versus Number of Trades to Becoming a Millionaire: So you want to be a millionaire – welcome to the club. Many investors gravitate to commodities for this very reason. Since futures only require a … Continue reading

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Total Gold Holdings in U.S. Dollars by Country – 2011.

October 7, 2012 - World Gold Holdings by Country in Billions of U.S. Dollars: Gold definitely has caught the public’s attention; for proof, just look at the number of cash for gold ads. Gold has been rising since 2001 and it’s … Continue reading

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Nine Month Calendar Year 2012 Financial Review.

October 1, 2012 – Nine Month Calendar Year 2012 Financial Review: The financial results, for the first nine months of CY’12, are shown above. All products shown are either futures (commodities) or indices (stocks and the dollar). The first column … Continue reading

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Bullish on Bullion.

August 26, 2012 – Bullish on Bullion: Gold bullion remains some $300 an ounce below the all-time high of $1,921.15 set in September of last year. Although it has racked up gains for 11 years in a row, it has … Continue reading

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Alan Abelson’s Up & Down Wall Street – Barrons.com

July 14, 2012 – The Ponzi Scam Lives On: Hey, Charlie, wherever you are—and one thing for sure it isn’t in heaven—you can rest easy, secure in the knowledge your legacy, if not your corporeal being, lives on. The Charlie … Continue reading

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The Global Financial System is at Risk of Total Collapse.

June 15, 2012 – Felix Zulauf’s Barron’s Round Table Economic Forecast and its Real Ugly: There is too much debt in the industrialized world and the financial system is virtually busted. Real disposable personal income is stagnating or declining. Employment … Continue reading

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