Among the questions investors now face: How much rally is left in cotton since skyrocketing 171% already in a year? Among the variables to consider are weather, demand and how much more land gets devoted to cotton. Analysts poi…
The fabled New York Stock Exchange isn’t what it used to be. Today’s NYSE Euronext has lost a huge volume of trading to upstart computerized exchanges in recent years, and scandals have tarnished its luster. Now, Germany’s Deut…
The investment world’s love affair with ETFs continued in 2010, as more than 1,000 funds managed assets of $940 billion. Here’s a review of the best and the worst performers, and a few reminders about how to use these investmen…
A dismal jobs report Friday means federal interest rates are likely to stay low for some time. Interest-rate futures traders, who previously anticipated that the Fed would raise rates at the end of next year, now believe the Fe…
Index futures, index options, equity options and security futures are all set to expire Friday in a phenomenon known as the “quadruple witching” hour. It usually signals a time of higher trading volumes and surprises on Wall St…