Tag Archives: inflated-prices


Commodities R.I.P. as Leverage Vanishes, Growth Slows

October 6, 2008 : Permalink

Bloomberg – Commodities markets are heading for the biggest annual decline since 2001 as investors exit leveraged bets and slowing economic growth erodes demand for raw materials. The value of the 19 commodities in the Reuters-Jefferies CRB Index fell $280.6 […]

Commodities ravaged as traders flee risk

September 16, 2008 : Permalink

Times Online – Surging fears of Armageddon in the global financial system ravaged a wide selection of commodities across Asia as groups ranging from hedge funds to day traders spent the day in a headlong flight from risk. The shock […]

Hedge funds caught out as Hurricane Gustav fails to lift oil price

September 4, 2008 : Permalink

Times Online – Several hedge funds face big financial losses after wrongly predicting that oil and gas prices would rise as a result of Hurricane Gustav slamming into the Gulf coast of the US earlier this week. As Gustav swept […]

Fuel hedges could waste airlines’ money

August 5, 2008 : Permalink

Reuters UK – U.S. airlines are cheering a steep decline in the price of jet fuel since mid-July, when crude oil began a nearly $27-per-barrel descent, but that good news may come with a slight sting for carriers that locked […]

Hedge funds caught in short squeeze

July 30, 2008 : Permalink

Globe and Mail- Hedge funds may post their worst month in at least five years after bets on financial stocks falling and on crude oil rising backfired. Hedge Fund Research Inc.’s Global Hedge Fund Index of more than 55 funds […]