Archive for October 2011
Australian shares weak ahead of RBA call
SYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- Australian shares declined on Tuesday, with the S&P/ASX 200 down 0.9% at 4,260.20. Commodity-sector firms were lower in tandem with oil and metal futures and Rio Tinto Ltd. lost 2.5%. Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. lost 2.1% while Woodside Petroleum Ltd. declined 1.3%. In the retail sector, department stores David Jones Ltd. and Myer Holdings Ltd. each traded down 2.7% ahead ... Read the rest of this entry »
Glencoe residents co-chairing U.S. Holocaust Museum luncheon
Glencoe’s Leo Melamed has stopped to talk to the protesters crowding LaSalle Street and Wall Street, but you won’t see him hoisting one of their signs. “Blaming Wall Street is really silly,” maintains Melamed, who in 1972, when head of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, actually invented a new kind of trading, the currency futures business of the International Money Market, now part of the Merc ... Read the rest of this entry »
Bonds firms on Greeks announce debt vote
Australian bond prices are higher after debt-stricken Greece announced it would hold a referendum on whether to accept a second bailout package.At 0830 AEDT on Tuesday, the December 10-year bond futures ... Read the rest of this entry »
9 Misconceptions About Managed Futures
Managed futures are not all theyre worked up to be. Learn why they are not a good option for investors. Read the rest of this entry »
Coffee tumbles on strong dollar; sugar drops
NEW YORK/LONDON: Coffee futures sank roughly 4 percent on Monday, on selling related to the strong dollar after Japan sold the yen for the second time in less than three months, while sugar and cocoa also dropped. Read the rest of this entry »
OIL FUTURES: Crude Drifts Lower As Volume Drops Out
OIL FUTURES: Crude Drifts Lower As Volume Drops Out Read the rest of this entry »
Gold Futures Dip 1.3%, Cut October Gain to 6.3%
Gold futures declined Monday as a rally in the U.S dollar pressured commodities and the broader financial markets. Read the rest of this entry »
Wheat, corn, oat and soybean futures fall on the CBOT; beef prices fall
CHICAGO — Grains futures fell Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for December delivery fell 16.25 cents to $6.2825 a bushel; December corn fell 8 cents to $6.47 a bushel; December oats fell 1.75 cent to $3.3450 a bushel; while November soybeans fell 9.50 cents to $12.0750 a bushel. Beef futures fall while pork futures rise on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Read full article > > Read the rest of this entry »
Grain futures, beef prices fall
Grains futures fell Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Read the rest of this entry »
Oil futures slip, but tally an 18% monthly gain
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil futures closed lower Monday, pressured by strength in the U.S. dollar as MF Global Holdings Ltd.'s bankruptcy filing sparked concerns over the possibility for liquidation of commodity positions. But futures prices finished higher for the month. December crude lost 13 cents, or 0.1%, to close at $93.19 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, paring ... Read the rest of this entry »