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(2012, Mar)INVESTING IN COMMODITIES WITH ETFS
As an individual investor, you may be interested in investing in commodities to diversify your portfolio. Investing in tangible assets such as oil, gold, silver, corn, and soybeans can offer...

(2012, Mar)INVESTMENT NICHE EXPANDS IN AGRICULTURAL COMMODS
By Carey Gillam March 9 - Wall Street has found its place on the farm. Prospects for profits tied to increasing food production are driving a proliferation of new niche investment vehicles...

(2012, Mar)WILL MF GLOBAL HAUNT CME IN 2012?
by Elizabeth Dexheimer, It's been four months since MF Global Holdings Ltd. filed for bankruptcy, but how long will the fallout continue to impact CME Group Inc.? It's still too soon to...

(2012, Mar)COMMDITIES AGRICULTURE FUNDS
By Reuters, Commodities agriculture funds Commodities Agriculture ETFs garner interest for niche play on food productions. Commodities agricultures funds avg total returns -$ bin Month-end assets under management - $ bin Number of commodities agriculture...

(2012, Mar)ISE OPTIONS EXCHANGE MAY OPEN NEW VENUE WITH TRADING FLOOR
By Nina Mehta, The International Securities Exchange may introduce a second platform for U.S. equity options, opening what may be the nation's 10th venue for the contracts, according to Chief Executive...

(2012, Mar)"THE CHANGELING"
Opening Remarks at the Futures Industry Association's Panel on the Evolution of Commodity Markets, Boca Raton, Florida Commissioner Bart Chilton Good afternoon. There is no denying it; we don't live in simple...

(2012, Mar)HONG KONG EXCHANGES CEO: SLOW BUILD FOR HIGH-FREQUENCY TRADE
Dow Jones Newswires, BOCA RATON, Fla. -(Dow Jones)- Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. (0388.HK) is not rushing to open its markets to high-frequency trading firms, despite their power to drive...

(2012, Mar)FALLING OFF THE COMMODITY SUPERCYCLE
By LIAM DENNING, Discussion of the supposed commodity "supercycle" tends to focus more on the "super" and less on the "cycle." But all true cycles eventually head down. This one could...

(2012, Mar)U.S. STOCK VOLUME LOWEST OF YEAR AS S&P 500 GAIN FAILS TO AWAKEN INVESTORS
By Whitney Kisling and Joseph Ciolli Trading (MVOLUSE) on American equity exchanges fell to the lowest level of the year today as enthusiasm waned among investors even after the Standard &...

(2012, Mar)CBOT CHICAGO OPTIONS TRADER BILLY HUNT MOVED HIS MONEY TO MF GLOBAL AFTER GOLDMAN SACHS....BUT LUCKY DON WILSON OF DRW HOLDINGS, ONE OF CHICAGO'S BIGGEST TRADING FIRMS, IS ONE FIRM THAT CLOSED ITS ACCOUNTS EARLY ENOUGH.
By Ann Saphir and Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - Oil major ConocoPhillips, billionaire investor Carl Icahn, Coca Cola and giant energy trader Mercuria are among a crop of previously unnamed, high-profile...

(2012, Mar)WALL STREET HISTORY: HIGH FREQUENCY TRADING IS NOTHING NEW
By Lee Brodie These days you can't go 10 feet on Wall Street without hearing something about high frequency trading or ultra-fast computer trading. It's a sensitive issue and one that generates...

(2012, Mar)WILL MF GLOBAL HAUNT CME IN 2012?
by Elizabeth Dexheimer It's been four months since MF Global Holdings Ltd. filed for bankruptcy, but how long will the fallout continue to impact CME Group Inc.? It's still too soon to...

(2012, Mar)HIGH-FREQUENCY TRADERS SHOULD BE REGISTERED TO AID OVERSIGHT, CHILTON SAYS
By Nina Mehta Creating a registration category for high-frequency trading firms that buy and sell rapidly will help U.S. regulators determine whether new rules should be imposed on them as...

(2012, Mar)TRADING VOLUMES PLUMMET, "CHOOSE NOT TO PLAY"
By Larry Doyle "The problem here is, when the public becomes aware of the nature of the game, they may choose not to play. This is the problem not only for...

(2012, Mar)NASDAQ TO CHARGE HEAVY QUOTERS
By Peter Chapman, Nasdaq OMX plans to start penalizing trading firms that quote excessively. Beginning June 1, Nasdaq will charge traders on its three exchanges a fee for posting what it considers...

CFTC TARGETS RAPID TRADES
BY SCOTT PATTERSON,

BOCA RATON, Fla.�A top U.S. regulator said his agency plans to widen day-to-day monitoring of the commodities and futures markets, targeting the high-speed trading firms that are a growing force.

Instead of just policing completed futures trades, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission will seek to watch the fleeting buy and sell orders that increasingly influence the market, CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler said in an interview.

The move follows a Securities and Exchange Commission plan to sharpen oversight of stock trades following the 2010 "flash crash." Regulators are seeking to catch up with high-frequency trading firms that are responsible for roughly ...