TMCnet - Several months ago, economist David Hale had a private meeting with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who was trying to ward off a recession by lowering interest rates and increasing the money supply in the economy.
The problem with that approach is that the value of the dollar plunged against foreign currencies, causing crude […]

Globe and Mail - A year ago, Dwight Anderson was being hailed as the "king of commodities," a precocious 40-year-old hedge fund manager who made a prescient - and highly profitable - bet that global food prices would spike in unprecedented fashion.
Now he is merely another in a long line of hard-luck speculators, his crown […]

istockAnalyst.com- Investors face something of a new landscape in financial markets this week after tumbling oil and food prices eased immediate concerns about inflation, potentially freeing central banks to fight slow economic growth.
The focus, however, will also be on some old stalwarts - a continuing stream of corporate earnings reports and the U.S. employment […]

Daily Telegraph- The chief executive of the sugar refining group Tate & Lyle has hit out at hedge funds and other commodity speculators, calling for them to face greater regulation in a bid to hold back soaring food prices.
Hedge funds have been blamed for contributing to the rocketing price of commodities including oil, wheat and […]