energy futures

• Crude oil hits ceiling as hedge funds attack euro

  By Darrell Delamaide, Oilprice.com  |  March 1, 2010

  Crude oil broke through the $80 a barrel ceiling repeatedly last week, but kept falling back as hedge funds placed big bets on the euro's decline.

• CFTC holding public meeting on futures and options trading in metals market

  By Press Release  |  February 24, 2010

  The meeting will be open to the public and will be webcast via the Internet. In addition, audio of the meeting will be available via a listen-only conference call.

• Regulator discusses potential for resource market position limits

  By Cftc  |  January 15, 2010

  In a closing statement by Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler at a commission meeting on Jan. 14, the top regulator proposed considering position limits in resource markets.

• Regulators seek to throw light on hedge fund impact in energy trading

  By Darrell Delamaide  |  January 11, 2010

  The debate as to whether hedge funds impact energy trading has come to resemble the medieval theological dispute about how many angels can dance on the head of the pin.