Commodity markets are markets where raw or primary products are exchanged. These raw commodities are traded on regulated commodities exchanges, in which they are bought and sold in standardized Contracts.

This article focuses on the history and current debates regarding global commodity markets. It covers physical product (food, metals, electricity) markets but not the ways that services, including those of governments, nor investment, nor debt, can be seen as a commodity. Articles on reinsurance markets, stock markets, bond markets and currency markets cover those concerns separately and in more depth. One focus of this article is the relationship between simple commodity money and the more complex instruments offered in the commodity markets.

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MarketWatch.com - MarketPulse

Detroit's Home Federal Savings 117th bank failure
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:22:28 -0000
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The Office of Thrift Supervision on Friday shut down Home Federal Savings Bank of Detroit, Michigan, making it the 117th bank closure of 2009. All deposit accounts have been transferred to Liberty Bank and Trust Company of New Orleans, Louisiana. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
Berkshire to borrow $8B to pay for Burlington
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:04:53 -0000
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Berkshire Hathaway said late Friday that it plans to borrow roughly $8 billion to help the company pay for its acquisition of railroad operator Burlington Northern Santa Fe . Berkshire agreed earlier this week to pay $26 billion for the rest of Burlington it doesn't already own. The company is paying 60% of that with cash and the rest with Berkshire stock. In a regulatory filing late Friday, Berkshire said it "expects to fund about 50% of the total cash consideration of approximately $16 billion with internally generated cash and the remainder with borrowings expected to be repaid over a three year period." Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
Berkshire quarterly net income more than doubles
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:22:10 -0000
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Berkshire Hathaway said late Friday that third-quarter net income more than doubled as the insurance-focused conglomerate run by Warren Buffett benefited from a rebound in the value of its large equity investments and derivatives exposures. Third-quarter net income came in at $3.24 billion, or $2,087 per Class A equivalent share, versus $1.06 billion, or $682 per Class A equivalent share, a year earlier. Operating earnings, which exclude investment and derivative gains and losses, were $2.06 billion, or $1,325 per Class A equivalent share, in the latest period. That was slightly lower than a year earlier. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

Elliott Wave International NewsWire

If The US Economy Is Out Of The Woods, Then I'm The Queen Of England
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:09:29 -0500
Almost everywhere I look in the mainstream financial media, I see story after story celebrating the end of the worst U.S. recession since the 1930's AND start of an all-out recovery to a brighter, smarter-for-the-pain bull market. "The grimmest days are now behind us," begins a November 5 BBC report. "All that talk of a return to the thirties now seems fanciful."
If The US Economy Is Out Of The Woods, Then I'm The Queen Of England
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:21:44 -0500

10.2% Unemployment Today on the Way to 33% Tomorrow
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:41:21 -0500
As bad as that unemployment level is now, the upcoming bear market and accompanying deflationary depression will make it worse, says Bob Prechter. Here's why.

FT.com - Commodities News and Market Data

Gold passes $1,100 level
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:25:36 -0000
Gold hit a fresh peak above $1,100 an ounce on Friday but crude oil prices fell as a disappointing rise in US unemployment fuelled concerns about prospects for a recovery in consumption
Bullion quest is no golden opportunity
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:42:29 -0000
Gold purchases do nothing to change the monstrous growth of reserves in surplus nations, particularly in Asia, which means they also do nothing to address the global macroeconomic imbalances that leaders profess to worry about
Oil-gas price link to weaken
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:03:36 -0000
The practice of natural gas prices mirroring crude oil is about to come to an end, due to a looming surplus in the supply of the former

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