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ICE Canada Barley Contract Languishing

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 18, 2010

Open interest in the ICE Futures Canada barley market has declined to where the contract is no longer a viable pricing option, despite recent efforts made by ICE Canada to raise its appeal to a broader range of participants. But the contract is not likely to be delisted any time soon; ICE Canada is still

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Be Wary Of Pension-Unlocking Schemes

By Manitoba Government Release March 11, 2010

Mani tobans who hold locked-in registered retirement savings plans (RRSPs) should be cautious of schemes that promote unlocking of these funds, Labour and Immigration Minister Jennifer Howard, minister responsible for the Pension Commission of Manitoba, said last week. “Manitobans should be wary about potentially fraudulent schemes being offered for unlocking pension funds,” said Howard. “The

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Harami Warns Farmers Of An Impending Collapse In Oat Prices

March 4, 2010

David drozd The Japanese are true pioneers of technical analysis of the markets. You may remember last month’s column where I illustrated the weekly canola chart and identified the two-week reversal that materialized at the height of the rally in early January. Similarly, another reversal pattern known as a harami also developed at the end

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Water-Gulping Companies Don’t Disclose Risk

February 18, 2010

Most publicly traded companies that depend on water do not adequately disclose their financial risks to droughts and future regulations, even as water scarcity problems mount, according to a report released Feb. 11. The report produced by Ceres, a coalition of investors and environmentalists and Swiss Bank UBS, ranked 100 of the biggest publicly traded

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Low Interest Rates Fuel Speculation

By Christopher Johnson February 11, 2010

“With grains you have quite clearly a structural bull market for many years to come. If you could store grains for 10 years, then you would buy them and put them away.” – jonathan compton, bedlam asset management Ultra-low interest rates are bringing a wave of speculation to commodities, inflating a bubble that will inevitably

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Canola Market Fails To Break Through Resistance

February 4, 2010

DAVID DROZD The rally that began in the canola market with the delayed harvest is over. The chart pat-t erns were textbook perfect in predicting the inevitable, which was for prices to peak in early January and turn lower. It all started with prices breaking down below the line of support (A) in December 2009.

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2010 — The Year Of The Commodity Fund

January 28, 2010

2 010 may turn out to be the year of the commodity fund. Burnt by the financial crisis of the last two years, money managers are now raising sharply the amount of money allocated to raw materials such as oil, gold, copper, sugar and coffee. The value of commodity funds looks set to grow by

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CME Warns Traders To Trade For Real

January 21, 2010

The CME Group, parent of the Chicago Board of Trade, warned on Jan. 12 it would punish traders who try to manipulate opening prices in Chicago by entering and then cancelling orders early on its Globex electronic trading platform. “Market participants are reminded that all orders entered on Globex during the pre-opening are expected to

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Speculators Not Blamed In Cotton Futures Spike

January 14, 2010

“There is no smoking gun. If there was, obviously somebody would have been prosecuted.” – SHARON JOHNSON, FIRST CAPITOL GROUP Market manipulation did not cause cotton futures prices to artificially spike in 2008, the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Jan. 5, after a lengthy investigation spanning nearly 20 months. Evidence found a host

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Canadian Dollar Fails To Reach Par

December 10, 2009

The Canadian dollar was supposed to go par. At least this was the hype when the market peaked at .9798 on Oct. 15, 2009. When a commodity makes the headlines of major newspapers and magazines, it is often a telltale sign that it is near the end of the rally. When most consumers know that

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Tag Archives Investment

ICE Canada Barley Contract Languishing

Be Wary Of Pension-Unlocking Schemes

Harami Warns Farmers Of An Impending Collapse In Oat Prices

Water-Gulping Companies Don’t Disclose Risk

Low Interest Rates Fuel Speculation

Canola Market Fails To Break Through Resistance

2010 — The Year Of The Commodity Fund

CME Warns Traders To Trade For Real

Speculators Not Blamed In Cotton Futures Spike

Canadian Dollar Fails To Reach Par

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