Do speculators provide more help than harm to commodities markets? Speculators often get a bad rap, especially when headlines report a crash in stocks, a spike in oil prices, or a currency's value ...
Governments are often latecomers to speculative crazes, entering when the risk is highest. Government officials are constrained by rules and regulations that limit their ability to take risks, yet ...
US dollar index speculators turn net long, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The non-commercial futures contracts of ...
Participation by these financial speculators is rife in the EU ETS, and estimated to make up most of the market's multi-billion dollar trading activity. One finance industry insider described the ...
Large currency speculators turned around to increase net long position in the Pound futures, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading ...
An additional 3.87 trillion yen was spent on May 1 to prop up the yen. “If we allow speculators to overwhelm our intervention, they will gloat over their victory and see no need to be afraid of ...