In the commodity markets, consumers, producers, and investors will occasionally lose out on
positions in the futures and options markets. Very large losses in commodity trading can …

Risk Journal| Volume 3 redefining industries almost every month since Baar-based
commodity trader glencore completed its $80 billion merger with Zug-based mining giant …

TRADING: INDUSTRY-ALTERING PARADIGMS IN PROGRESS it is difficult to open a
newspaper without reading about another multi-billion dollar deal by a previously unheard …

Futures market participants were caught off-guard when MF Global, a commodity futures
broker, filed for bankruptcy on October 31st, 2011. By now, bankruptcies of financial firms …

In the fall of 2011, futures market participants were caught off-guard when MF Global filed for
bankruptcy. Essentially, this episode educated industry participants that customer …

Over the last decade, commodity futures have become a popular asset class for portfolio
investors, just like stocks and bonds. This process is sometimes referred to as the …

Using a novel comprehensive database of 230 commodity futures that traded between 1871
and 2018, we document that futures prices have on average been set at a discount to future …

This article covers the trading blowups at the hedge fund, Amaranth, and at the Futures
Commission Merchant, MF Global. Although the lessons from the Amaranth blowup can best …

This paper examines how increased speculator participation in the commodity futures
market affects market outcomes, including trades' price impacts, price volatility, and market …

Enormous capital inflows into the emerging commodity futures markets in China raised
concerns about the impact of speculation. Using a broad sample of 30 commodities across …