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The July 2014 Fed funds futures contract, albeit thinly traded, implies a 0.50% Fed funds rate only by mid-2014, while the 2-year Treasury note yield hovers around 0.25% (see Chart 1). The Fed’s forecast will be published on January 25 …

Avoiding a Haircut on CrudeWall Street JournalAs a futures contract expires, commodity ETFs are required to close the open futures position and trade into the next month. Because oil for delivery later in the future has been more expensive than oil for…

FuelFixCME plans launch of Gulf Coast Crude Oil FuturesFutures and Options Intelligence (subscription)CME Group are in discussions with oil market participants over the development of a Gulf Coast Crude Oil Future. The new contract will be designed at …

FuelFixCME Group to Develop New Gulf Coast Crude Oil Futures Contract at Enterprise …MarketWatch (press release)7, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it will wo…

FuelFixCME Group to Develop New Gulf Coast Crude Oil Futures Contract at Enterprise …MarketWatch (press release)7, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it will wo…

CME Group Launches Argus US Biodiesel Swap Futures ContractMarketWatch (press release)Argus recently expanded its US biodiesel coverage to include a daily heating oil-soybean oil spread as well as reporting basis differentials and cash prices for both …

Crude oil, cattle upNews SentinelInvestors, fearing that lower domestic supplies may lead to higher prices in the future, bought up the crude futures. The January futures contract traded Thursday at $103.37 – the highest price seen in more than five …

3 ETF Pair Trades For Risk-Adjusted Futures ProfitsSeeking AlphaA large part of the futures market is trading by farmers arranging to lock in prices for their crops. Companies use futures as well to hedge costs of their raw materials like oil and agric…

MiamiHerald.comFollow From the WiresSalonGoldman recommended investors buy the December 2012 futures contract. In other Nymex trading, heating oil added 1.1 cents to $3.17 per gallon and gasoline futures fell 0.8 cents to $2.53 per gallon. Natural gas …

TheStreet.comOil draws a bead on $100 a barrelMarketWatchWhile Europe's debt crisis has dominated financial market headlines over the past few weeks, oil prices have been quietly, steadily on the rise. The December crude-oil futures contract briefl…