Today’s Futures News

Today’s Futures News

• 8 For '13: Commodities ETFs For 2013
  Broadly speaking, it was not a good year for commodities as the Thomson Reuters-Jefferies CRB index closed lower for the second consecutive year. That is despite the fact that three of the index's 19 components posted double-digit gains and 13 closed …
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• Community Grains promotes whole-grain products
  OAKLAND — Bob Klein, owner of Oliveto restaurant and founder of Community Grains, hosted a lunch recently at his Oakland restaurant to introduce the new whole-grain products that are 100 percent grown and milled in California. These include …
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• Bonds, commodities have mixed year
  Prices in the bond and commodity markets centered around this question: "Will there be inflation in 2012?" And the answer in most markets was, "No, probably not." Inflation is the enemy of bond investors, because it erodes the value of a bond's fixed …
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• Semi-automatic rifles becoming hot commodities
  Semi-automatic rifles becoming hot commodities. Russ Lay | December 31, 2012. Manufacturers report they cannot keep up with current demand. Shortly after politicians made noises about reviving a so-called “assault rifle” ban from 1989 that expired in …
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• Gold Records 12th Straight Annual Advance: Commodities at Close
  GRAINS, OILSEEDS. Wheat futures fell on speculation that farmers increased sales amid concern the U.S. budget dispute will damp the economy and erode commodity demand in 2013. On the Chicago Board of Trade, wheat futures for March delivery fell 0.1 …
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• 2013 Tech Tips: Commodities to sap FTSE
  … to your playlist. Sign in. Statistics Report. Published on Dec 31, 2012. Dec. 31 – Oil, copper and other commodities look set to come under pressure in 2013, and that could be bad news for the FTSE, says CMC Markets technical analyst Michael Hewson …
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• Atlanta Falcons: Koetter, Nolan, Armstrong, Caldwell are hot commodities

  With the Falcons recent success, teams have raided the coaching staff and front offices when trying to get things turned around. After the 2010 season, Minnesota hired Bill Musgrave away as their offensive coordinator. He was Matt Ryan's first NFL … See all stories on this topic »

  Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)

• Bonds, commodities have mixed year
  Most commodity prices confirmed that. For example, the Commodity Research Bureau index, which reflects a broad basket of commodities, fell 7.7% in 2012. The average price of unleaded gasoline at the pump fell 0.5%, to $3.276 a gallon, according to AAA.
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• Soft Commodities Fall Hard In 2012

  Most markets were very good to bulls this year. Soft commodities, however, were a painful exception. In a sharp shift from the supply concerns of 2011 that had lifted prices of raw sugar, cotton and arabica coffee to multi-year highs, overstock was … See all stories on this topic »

  Wall Street Journal (blog)

• A year of significant events for commodities sector
  A STRING of significant events marked the local commodities sector last year, notwithstanding a rather dismal price performance. The year saw commodity writers doing a trapeze act, swinging from issue to issue not just pertaining to palm oil, rubber …
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• Stocks Beat Bonds, Commodities by Most Since 2009 on Stimulus
  Unprecedented central bank stimulus sent global stocks to the biggest annual rally in three years, beating bonds, commodities and the dollar by the most since 2009 as shares surged from America to Germany and Venezuela. The MSCI All-Country World …
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• COMMODITIES-Wheat, soy top 2012 gains; coffee, juice lead losses
  But annual gains from oil – and copper – were modest as a weak global economy weighed on a strong couple of quarters for the two industrial commodities. The Thomson Reuters-Jefferies CRB index, a widely followed commodities indicator, finished flat on …
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• Stocks Rise Amid Budget Talks as Commodities, Treasuries Decline
  Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks gained, rebounding from a five-day slump, as investors gauged prospects for a compromise in federal budget talks. Treasuries fell and natural gas led commodities lower. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 0.3 percent …
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• Loonie rises as Chinese factory data lift commodities

  Loonie rises as Chinese factory data lift commodities Add to … Malcolm Morrison. TORONTO — The Canadian Press. Published Monday, Dec. 31 2012, 9:27 AM EST. Last updated Monday, Dec. 31 2012, 3:19 PM EST. 0 comments · Print; AA. The Canadian … See all stories on this topic »

  Globe and Mail