Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...
Most of us don’t spend much time thinking about commodities, but they touch nearly every aspect of our lives. Almost everything we use, work with, watch, eat, or wear was made with a commodity or used ...
Recently, a United States District Court in Massachusetts ruled in favor of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) argument that a virtual currency (My Big Coin or MBC) is a “commodity” ...
Perhaps one of the most important questions since the Dodd-Frank Act is “What is a commodity pool”? Close behind is “Who is a commodity pool operator”? The CFTC has begun to shed light on these ...
Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA) on Tuesday reintroduced the Agricultural Trucking Relief Act (H.R. 1673) to clarify the definition of "agricultural commodity." These are questions that trucking companies ...
Murphy:Your work has been key to the rise of commodities ETFs. They have in fact been one of the fastest-growing ETF asset classes recently. But some argue that there’s no such thing as commodities ...
European stock indices displayed mixed sentiments on Friday, led by varying performances in individual sectors and stocks. The Stoxx 600 index slightly edged up by 0.1% around 11:22 GMT, despite ...