Picture this: You see the corn market offering a profitable futures price. You’re booking your inputs, so you don’t want to tie up cash for a margin call. Plus, committing to your grain delivery time ...
Did public pension funds cause an energy price bubble? More than a few noteworthy investors, George Soros among them, believed there was, indeed, a correlation between crude oil prices running up ...
On December 21, 2025, the CFTC’s Market Participants Division (“MPD”) issued a no‑action letter that could materially expand hedging options for commercial energy companies by allowing firms to ...
PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Traders in physical commodity markets from grains to oil to sugar and gas are worried that a U.S. government push to regulate opaque over-the-counter trading will ...
Discover how commodity prices impact inflation and your investments. Understand economic factors and risks shaping this relationship for better financial decisions.
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Big energy companies like Royal Dutch Shell and commodity merchants like Cargill have a simple argument in pushing back against looming new swap market rules: We're not a bank, so ...