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In February, metals, crops and fuel posted bigger gains than the dollar, bonds and stocks for the third straight month, representing the longest streak since June 2008.
Credit Suisse released a report this week that concluded gold - which is trading at near record levels - will outperform oil as rising consumer prices drive investors to the metal as a haven asset.
Natural gas futures fell in New York for the first time in three days on Wednesday on forecasts of unseasonably warm weather.
<a href="http://www.ccstrade.com/mkt/NG/">Natural gas futures</a> declined on Monday in trading in their biggest drop in three months on forecasts for milder weather in the coming week.
After falling early in trading, <a href="http://www.ccstrade.com/mkt/NG/">natural gas futures</a> finished the day mostly unchanged after revised weather forecasts called for colder-than-normal weather that could spur increased demand for the heating fuel.
Passed last year, the Dodd-Frank financial bill was crafted in response to the global financial crisis. However, the financial overhaul bill is causing headaches for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which is charged with enforcing regulations on speculative commodity investing. The CFTC's members are split largely on partisan lines and are currently debating how best to move forward with the deadline to rein in traders only four days away.
Commodity prices reached their highest levels in more than two years today on speculation that there will be a sustained global economic recovery and on forecasts from the U.S. calling for lower agricultural inventories.
Often an arbiter of market trends, hedge funds are making bearish bets on natural gas in the new year on forecasts that higher-than-normal temperatures will drive down demand during the first few weeks of the new year.
Jim Rogers, the famous investor who rose to prominence nearly 40 years ago as a co-founder of the Quantum Fund with George Soros, recently spoke at the Reuters 2011 Investment Outlook Summit in New York and asserted that the producers of the world will drive future global growth, <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6B67CT20101207">according to Reuters</a>.
Today, the price of <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-06/natural-gas-rises-for-fourth-day-in-new-york-on-colder-weather-forecast.html">natural gas climbed to its highest point in nearly four months</a> after U.S. weather forecasters expect unseasonably cold weather, sending heating systems into overdrive and increasing demand for the energy source.
Stoked by fears that unseasonably cool temperatures in the Northeast would bolster demand, natural gas futures rose to more than $4.00 in New York. Temperatures throughout the Northeast – from New York to Boston – are expected to drop over the next 15 days.
The U.S. natural gas market is clogged with a glut of supply that's making it difficult for energy firms to grow in the sector.
The advent of cooler weather helped boost natural gas futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange Wednesday, as traders looked at an oversold market and predicted higher demand in the coming months.
Natural gas futures traders continue to bide their time for the first cold snap or snowstorm of the year, as the key heating fuel fell again on Monday. Gas may be one of the most cyclical of all commodities, driven as it is by the demand for heating in the winter.
Natural gas futures hit the lowest level in 13 months, driven down by a government report which showed that the U.S. has a significant oversupply of fuel.
Commodity traders sold off their futures positions, depressing prices, as the dollar showed signs of stabilizing around a nine-month low. The pessimism about risk assets in commodity positions extended to equities, which declined about 1 percent globally.
The U.S. Department of Labor released the latest figures for employment in September - and the picture's not pretty, though it could have been worse. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment in the U.S. is essentially stagnant: While the private sector managed to eke out a gain of 64,000, that progress was overshadowed by the continuing weakness of the public sector.
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SEASONAL TENDENCIES ARE A COMPOSITE OF SOME OF THE MOST CONSISTENT COMMODITY FUTURES SEASONALS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.THERE ARE USUALLY UNDERLYING, FUNDAMENTAL CIRCUMSTANCES THAT OCCUR ANNUALLY THAT TEND TO CAUSE THE FUTURES MARKETS TO REACT IN SIMILAR DIRECTIONAL MANNER DURING A CERTAIN CALENDAR YEAR.EVEN IF A SEASONAL TENDENCY OCCURS IN THE FUTURE, IT MAY NOT RESULT IN A PROFITABLE TRANSACTION AS FEES AND THE TIMING OF THE ENTRY AND LIQUIDATION MAY IMPACT ON THE RESULTS.NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT HAS IN THE PAST, OR WILL IN THE FUTURE, ACHIEVE PROFITS USING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT PRICE PATTERNS WILL RECUR IN THE FUTURE.
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