This must indicate the regulators want to wipe out the traders in leveraged gold and silver futures to get speculation and volatility out of the gold and silver markets.

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Meanwhile, events in two large oil-producing countries are feeding speculation in futures markets.

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The CFTC deals with futures markets, where speculation is a tool that participants use to determine the future price of a good.

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The winger and defender respectively were left out of the Canaries squad for Saturday's win at Hartlepool, prompting speculation about their futures.

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Contrary to what the critics of speculation suppose, the main task of futures markets has been to signal these fundamentals to firms and households, speeding up their adjustment to the changing balance of supply and demand for physical commodities.

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In addition, lawmakers' recent pressure on the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to increase its oversight of energy markets might help curb any speculation contributing to the price run-up.

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