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Table 6. Producer price indexes and percent changes for commodity and service groupings and individual items, not seasonally adjusted [1982=100 unless otherwise indicated] Commodity Commodity code Machinery and equipment 11 [...]

Table 15. Experimental producer price indexes and percent changes for selected commodity groupings of intermediate demand by production now category [1982=100, unless otherwise indicated] Other index Grouping Commodity base Stage [...]

Table 2. Producer price indexes and percent changes for selected commodity groupings by stage of processing [1982=100, unless otherwise indicated] Commodity Grouping code Finished goods Finished consumer goods Finished consumer [...]

Table 6. Producer price indexes and percent changes for commodity and service groupings and individual items, not seasonally adjusted [1982=100 unless otherwise indicated] Commodity Other index Commodity code base Goods [...]

Table 2. Producer price indexes and percent changes for selected commodity groupings by stage of processing [1982=100, unless otherwise indicated] Unadjusted index Commodity June Grouping code 2009 (1) Finished goods [...]

Table 6. Producer price indexes and percent changes for commodity groupings and individual items, not seasonally adjusted Other Commodity index code base Commodity Secondary nonferrous metals 1024 Secondary aluminum 1024-02 [...]

Table 6. Producer price indexes and percent changes for commodity groupings and individual items, not seasonally adjusted (1989 = 100 unless otherwise indicated) Other Commodity index Commodity code base All [...]

Table 2. Producer price indexes and percent changes for selected commodity groupings by stage of processing (1982=100 unless otherwise indicated) Unadjusted index Oct. Jan. Feb. Grouping Commodity 2007 2008 2008 [...]

Table 6. Producer price indexes and percent changes for commodity groupings and individual items, not seasonally adjusted (1982=100 unless otherwise indicated) Commodity Other Commodity code index base All commodities Industrial [...]

Table 2. Producer price indexes and percent changes for selected commodity groupings by stage of processing (1982=100 unless otherwise indicated) Commodity Grouping code Finished goods Finished consumer goods Finished consumer [...]

Table 6. Producer price indexes and percent changes for commodity groupings and individual items, not seasonally adjusted (1982 = 100 unless otherwise indicated) Commodity Other index Commodity code base All [...]

Table 2. Producer price indexes and percent changes for selected commodity groupings by stage of processing (1982=100 unless otherwise indicated) Commodity Grouping code Finished goods Finished consumer goods Finished consumer [...]

During the past few years, the free market in agricultural commodities has become downright freewheeling. Farmers, food processors and their suppliers all have had to cope with wild swings in [...]

Just over nine months ago the New York Mercantile Exchange opened trading in the first-ever electricity futures contracts. As occurred previously in oil and gas, futures trading in electricity promises [...]

After the sun sets over Chicago, and the frenzy of U.S. open outcry dies, machine click: Screen-based future markets awaken in other time zones. Such trading already occurs via 325 […]

Table 14. Experimental producer price indexes and percent changes for selected commodity groupings of intermediate demand by commodity type category (1) [1982=100, unless otherwise indicated] Other Commodity index Grouping code [...]

Table 13. Experimental producer price indexes and percent changes for selected commodity groupings by final demand category (1) [1982=100, unless otherwise indicated] Other index Grouping Commodity base Final demand 11/09 [...]

When Ron Neal started trading and hedging OTC commodity derivatives in 1986, only a few institutions in the world were creatings customized commodity derivatives. These included Bankers Trust Co., Chase […]

Three stories above the boisterous, overcrowded commodity pits of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the air is more cerebral. Perhaps that's because the floor houses the office of Gary Ginter, […]

HOGS, BEANS, AND SPREADSHEETS The prospect of making a fast buck has always lured speculators to commodities trading. Commodity producers and consumers use the commodities markets to lock in prices, […]

Rowayton Capital Management is a new breed of CTA that cares about the operations side of foreign exchange as much as the trading desk. The days of setting up one-man […]

A sustained bull run in markets such as copper has offered tempting returns; gold is seen as a safe haven, and huge demand growth from China and India has pushed [...]

On 16 November, headlines reported that metals prices had plummeted, leading a broad sell-off in commodity markets as traders and investors dumped risky assets, concerned about inflation in Asia and [...]

China's rate rise should remind those investors, seduced by heady returns, that the world's high-growth economies are far from infallible. The initial reaction to China's surprise decision to increase its [...]

Rises in commodity markets cannot be sustained given western demand is likely to slow, according to MAM Funds. Martin Gray, manager of the CF Miton Special Situations Portfolio, said the [...]

THE TRADER gives his updated views on the market as of Monday 18 October The sharp turnaround the Euro has seen in the last couple of days could feed through [...]

Barclays Capital is making its Barclays Pure Beta Commodity fund available to offshore life bond investors. The fund aims to participate in mid to long-term commodity prices and the strategy [...]

SECTOR FOCUS: Retail shares have had a torrid six months, but the nightmare scenario discounted by the market may not come to pass Business-related news doesn't often make the front [...]

Agriculture stocks have a positive earnings outlook thanks to improved farm economics and high grain prices, according to Baring Asset Management. Jonathan Blake, manager of the group's GBP113.7m Global Agriculture [...]

A continued spike in food prices could drive global inflation and improve the performance of inflation-linked bonds in the remainder of 2010, according to Chris Iggo. Mr Iggo, chief investment [...]

Palm oil prices hit 18-month high on weather concerns, boosting our key pick in the sector The El Nino climate pattern has a troublesome counterpart, La Nina, and the threat [...]

COLUMNIST: Rising crop prices remind us that future global growth is likely to be concentrated in the developing economies - and investors should get ready now The response of the [...]

FUNDS: Agricultural product prices are soaring, but this is one area where a fund might be a better way to play the story Of the three easy ways to lose [...]

Commodity markets are hugely volatile as sentiment switches back and forth from optimism about a recovery to fears of a double dip recession. As each new set of data points [...]

Standard & Poor's has launched a number of sub-indices based on the S&P World Commodity benchmark, which will now include single commodity, sector and regional indices. Michael McGlone, director of [...]

TIP UPDATE: Acquisition forecast to add 60 per cent to profits over three years First quarter figures from New Britain Palm Oil (NBPO) suggest that the company is on course [...]

ANALYSIS: Gold shines as base commodities slide in the face of public sector debt concerns For many months until just recently, it was possible to confidently predict that commodity prices [...]

TIP UPDATE: The recovery in the palm oil price following 2008's sharp sell off is encouraging REA Holdings to expand its planted acreage in Indonesia. Following a sharp fall in [...]

TRADING IDEA: Wheat must clear several obstacles to prove that any recovery has staying power Wheat prices have drifted down this year towards 2009's lows at 425.25, says Philip Allwright [...]

Castlestone Management last week launched its third Ucits fund, the Intelligent Portfolio Asset Allocation fund, which is available on Cofunds. As a multi-asset fund, the fund manager trades actively in [...]

In 2007-08, food price inflation and food shortages hit headlines. With new highs in grain prices reached, reports on food riots and grain hoarding were common. However, as the world [...]

TIP UPDATE: A potentially lucrative acquisition leaves the future looking slick for palm oil producer New Britain Palm Oil Don't get too excited by the apparently hefty profit hike - [...]

Demand from China and other emerging markets is expected to underpin commodity prices this year, said Lipper. The company's latest research report said commodity investing would continue its recent move [...]

China's Ministry of Commerce runs a comprehensive 'textiles market monitoring' website that updates analyses of the commodity indices. To those in the textiles trade, both within and beyond China, the [...]

Brandywine Asset Management Inc. has given the concept of going back to school a whole new meaning. The commodity trading advisor, based in West Chester, Pa., began tapping the talents […]