In Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future - Posted 6 weeks ago

The price of energy has a very strong influence on the energy choices governments and individuals make. I sometimes hear people ask Why are we still ...

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In Commodity Trader - Posted 14 weeks ago

March soft red winter wheat futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are presently in a choppy, two-month-old uptrend on the daily bar chart. However, st...

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In Commodity Trader - Posted 20 weeks ago

December corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade have seen an impressive really the past few weeks. Prices are in an accelerating uptrend on the da...

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In Big Picture - Posted 33 weeks ago

Earlier this year, I had the privilege of participating in a discussion at American Institute for Economic Research on CDS with Martin Mayer, Walker T...

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In Big Picture - Posted 35 weeks ago

Below is the Q&A I sent to the Senate Banking Committee today. Look forward to your comments. ChrisJuly 13, 2009The HonorableChristopher J. Do...

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In Wall Street Journal: MarketBeat - Posted 38 weeks ago

BloombergFutures traders work the Eurodollar Futures pit at the Chicago Board of Trade in April 2008.For months, everyone in Washington, from ex-Treas...

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In Energy Outlook - Posted 38 weeks ago

A couple of weeks ago an editorial in the Wall St. Journal called attention to a study by the Congressional Budget Office entitled, The Impact of Eth...

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In TraderFeed - Posted 39 weeks ago

Thanks to readers who have expressed interest in a summer trading seminar in Chicago. Trevor at Market Delta has kindly offered to use his tenancy at...

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In A Fistful of Euros - Posted 39 weeks ago

Krishna Guha in his assessment in the Financial Times this morning of the key policy issues facing Ben Bernanke and his team at next weeks Federal Res...

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In Big Picture - Posted 39 weeks ago

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (June 8 14, 2009) Words from the Wise this week comes to you in a shortened format as ...

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