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Futures
Overview
A futures contract is an agreement that calls for a seller to deliver to a buyer a specified quantity and quality of ...
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Some commodity-tracking ETFs actually hold commodities under lock and key. Others, like United States Oil Fund USO, hold futures contracts -- storing barrels of gooey oil would be too messy. The re...
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The oil prices streaming below the talking head on cable TV hardly resemble what you see if you own an oil fund.MacroMarkets invented macros, an exchange traded product that tracks the price moveme...
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U.S. government bond prices inched down Tuesday as a glowing April manufacturing survey reminded investors yet again that the economy is too strong to warrant a cut in interest rates.At 5 p.m. EDT,...
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A former currency trader convicted of defrauding hundreds of investors has been ordered to pay more than $33 million in one of the largest fines against an individual sued by the U.S. Commodity Fut...
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Yet another commodity exchange traded fund recently hit the ETF market: the United States Natural Gas Fund UNG.It's the first pure natural-gas ETF, tracking the near two-month natgas futures contra...
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British Gov't to guarantee all deposits at Northern Rock
LONDON - The British government will guarantee all deposits at
struggling housing finance firm Northern Rock plc, Chancel...
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85 killed, over 100 injured in explosion in Bhutto's rally
KARACHI - The death toll in a big car bomb explosion in the
rally of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Karachi ea...
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U.S., N. Korea officials meet in N.Y. over bilateral issues
WASHINGTON - Working-level officials from the United States and
North Korea met in New York on Monday to discuss ways ...
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