Market participants have an obligation to periodically explain the economic role of futures trading and the role of speculators in these markets. This will be the main task of this paper. In addition, this paper will discuss two other challenges in the commodity markets: the impact of the Risk...

In 2007, the highly dynamic commodity markets had attracted new classes of participants such as algorithmic high-frequency traders; sophisticated product structurers; and Chinese entrepreneurs. This paper will briefly cover the market developments that brought in these new participants by...

With concerns on inflation flaring up, there has been renewed interest in potentially including commodities in diversified portfolios. This article builds off prior research in examining which commodities to include and in what size. The article briefly reviews the relevant literature and...