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When Wall Street's Bullish, Investors Head for the Exits
By Jeff Cox | @03-22-12
All of Wall Street's wildly bullish calls on stocks may be having just the opposite effect, driving wary mom-and-pop investors out of the market despite the long-standing rally. After all, they've been down this road before: One big-name analyst after another advocates a buy, buy and buy some more ...

High-frequency trading distorts commodities prices
By Emma Farge | @03-22-12
High-frequency traders have caused U.S. commodity futures prices to disconnect from market fundamentals of supply and demand since the 2008 financial crisis, according to one of the authors of a forthcoming U.N. report. Also known as black-box players, they plug algorithms into computers to generate numerous, lightning-speed automatic trades ...

Edible oil prices rally sharply on drought
By Gregory Meyer and Leslie Hook | @03-21-12
The world is coming to grips with escalating prices for oil: vegetable oil, that is. Edible oils and the beans, seeds and nuts they are squeezed from are outpacing other agricultural commodity markets this year. Rising prices, which are luring hedge funds, reflect concerns about supply ...

The commission sent a loud message to Wall Street: no more dark markets and no more predatory behavior
By BEN PROTESS | @03-21-12
Regulators Approve New Derivatives Rules Regulators approved new rules for the $600 trillion derivatives market on Tuesday, aiming to raise competition and impose more rigorous risk management on an industry that played a central role in the financial crisis. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission adopted the rules in a 4-to-1 ...

What will this do to the landscape of Agriculture?
By savethefloor.com | @03-20-12
To All Farmers and Grain Merchants, In June of 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) intends to impose a change in the method by which grain futures settlements are determined. The settlements are to be determined by the electronic platform rather than by humans via open outcry. The price ...

HFT continues to divide local markets
From Internet | @03-20-12
HFT continues to divide local markets Updated March 20, 2012 00:10:26 The local stock market is still divided over the role of high frequency trading, which has become a mainstay in the US markets with the help of super-fast computer trades. Rebecca Nash Source: The Business | Duration: 3min 50sec Topics: stockmarket, consumer-protection, economic-trends, australia ...

Boca Beat: Change essential to futures industry
By Jeremy Grant | @03-20-12
High quality global journalism requires investment. The cardboard cut-out photo figures of John Damgard, outgoing Futures Industry Association president, dotting the conference venue said it all. This was the end of an era that began in the 1970s when the US futures markets had only just been invented, years ...