Once again everyone is hyperventilating over "secret" moves to trade oil in currencies other than the US dollar. Please consider The Demise of the Dollar by Robert Fisk.  “In

Back at the end of June, I said that the S&P 500 should, at a minimum, rally into the 1000 level, and with the amount of liquidity the government has been printing, I wouldn’t be surprised

As he travels the country, chatting with C-suite executives from a range of diverse industries, Joe Milano, the 37-year-old manager of the T. Rowe Price New America Growth Fund (PRWAX), hears a commo

If I buy a single futures contract for ethanol on the Chicago Board of Trade, am I literally buying 29,000 gallons of the stuff?What about picking up a contract on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for

Editor's Note: This article was written by James Quinn, a senior director of strategic planning for a major university. James has held high level financial positions with a retailer, home

So you wanted to be a trader, eh?I'll tell ya, this business has more swings than a Hedonism vacation. One minute you're up half a million in soybeans and the next, boom, your kids don't go to colleg

As the first half of 2009 draws to a close, it's certainly proven to be a trader’s market, with many opportunities to make money both long and short. After an ugly start in the first quarter, e

There's trouble coming for wheat. Last week, both the US and Canadian crop forecasts were released. Both countries are predicting the wheat crop for 2009 will be 18-20% below the 2008 harvest. Howeve

I got a cool birthday present last week. It was a rusty old cotton seed planter from my late grandpa’s farm. The reason I am so bullish on certain commodities perhaps is best summed up with thi

In sea of red a few of the commodity and futures exchanges are seeing green on hopes that an announcement, which could come as soon as after the close today, will push to have certain derivatives lis