It joins just a handful of firms that have formally told U.S. commodities regulators about plans to set up an EBOT.
But there is no getting around the fact that two of the staples of the world food industry are about to become scarce commodities.
If you've been distracted by whether the Dow Jones stock index will stay in record-setting territory, there's a less-noticed but raging debate about the future of commodities.
How about real estate, then commodities since we have no clothes and they got money?
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But commodities account for about half its exports, leaving it, too, vulnerable to a fall in prices.
Much of the U.S. economic data over the last month has been softer than expected, raising concerns about future consumption of industrial commodities such as copper.
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Some blamed the sharp drop Tuesday on progress made in the U.S. fiscal cliff negotiations, while others said worries about Chinese demand for raw commodities was the culprit.
Commodities firms are complaining about potential limits the CFTC may impose on trading, as the Kitco blog post here shows.
It is about the impact of QE on commodities and the food and energy inflation that it may have inadvertently, or perhaps purposefully, engendered.
Many resource-sector stocks in the region ended lower on a sharp recent sell-off in commodities, and concerns about demand from China, concerns made worse by the March trade data.
He is horribly, howlingly, confused about the effects of speculation in food commodities.
Assurances about an equitable distribution of the American commodities purchased with such credits will not be sufficient.
She is less sanguine about copper, aluminum and other industrial commodities, whose prices went through the roof during 1970s stagflation.
But the deal has one great advantage: it is supported by the government via the BNDES. Brazilian policymakers are worried about Brazil becoming mainly an exporter of commodities.
Flynn cited worries in the market about possible deflationary forces taking a toll on commodities in general.
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Recent market volatility and uncertainty about the prospects of the dollar have pushed commodities to center stage.
His firm hasn't cut staff yet, but its bankruptcy specialist recently briefed Mr. Villani and his mining-focused colleagues about a potential slew of insolvencies, should commodities prices continue to sink.
This already seems to have happened with hedge funds and commodities, and it may be about to happen with private equity, given the amount of capital that it has recently raised.
Unsurprisingly, money managers have strong views about what 2010 holds for stocks, bonds and commodities.
As the sums devoted to commodities have grown, so have complaints about the damage that speculative cash causes.
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The pattern for trade in primary commodities is much the same, with about 90% of them priced in dollars.
For him, it was all about the money he was losing trying to trade commodities in the realms of feudal Italian rulers in the 16th century.
Because money managers are skittish about sharp penciling numbers for banks, tech houses, commodities producers and oil operators, money flow into the healthcare sector is notable.
We talked about Apple (AAPL), small caps, oils, commodities, industrials and tech.
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Americans during the Great Depression voiced the same concerns about excess bank reserves, budget deficits, competitive devaluations and commodities speculation as they do today.
Progress on forestry has come about largely through national efforts, helped by lower demand for commodities and reinforced by bilateral agreements to do with climate change.
The primary indicators of excess dollar liquidity gold, commodities and the dollar itself are signaling doubts about the Fed.
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