NEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters)- For the small club of companies who trade the food, fuels and metals that keep the world running, the last decade has been sensational. Driven by the rise of Brazil, China, ...

Javier Blas is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering energy and commodities. He is coauthor of “The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources.” ...

Commodity trade financing by the world's banks is drying up at a rate not seen in more than 20 years, leaving small and medium sized firms most exposed, banking and trading sources said. By Julia ...

The election was a watershed event. Commodities are a strategic imperative. Dodd-Frank and high taxes scared the merchants away. A friendlier environment will increase their presence. Fewer ...

Following several weeks of widespread buying across most commodities and sectors, hedge funds began to exhibit signs of caution, adopting a more selective approach during the week leading up to ...

NEW YORK (Reuters)- For the small club of companies who trade the food, fuels and metals that keep the world running, the last decade has been sensational. Driven by the rise of Brazil, China, India ...

Big banks are on track for their highest commodity-trading earnings in a decade as they benefit from wild swings in oil and gold prices. Combined net revenues in commodities from the 12 largest global ...

Investment manias throughout the centuries have ranged from tulips to tech stocks to housing; is bitcoin different? Image/Video: Daniel Epstein (Originally published Nov. 10, 2017) Traders weary of ...

A number of years ago, I worked as an equity portfolio manager at a Commodity Trading Advisor that used trend following models. While I knew nothing about the specifics of their models, I knew that ...

The world’s top commodities traders have pocketed nearly $250bn over the last decade, making the individuals and families that control the largely privately-owned sector big beneficiaries of the rise ...

It was May 5, 2011, Osama Bin Laden had just been captured and killed, and general instability in the Middle East was on the uptick. Surface logic might dictate a spike in oil prices, and BlueGold ...

Mr. Blas and Mr. Farchy are journalists at Bloomberg News. In the final days of Donald Trump’s presidency, all eyes in Washington were on the unprecedented second impeachment of a sitting president ...