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Learn how the Commodity Exchange Act governs U.S. commodities and futures trading, its role in financial markets, and the evolving challenge of cryptocurrency regulation.

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This review shows how commodities fared against asset classes in 2025, using BCOM data to examine volatility spikes, tariff effects, metal-market divergence, laggard mean reversion, and supply ...

Commodity derivatives are central to global markets, but the systems that support them are still built for yesterday’s world. Exchanges like the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and Intercontinental ...

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Long-term demand for copper will rise, tariffs or not. Gold and other precious metals have climbed as investors look for stores of value. Commodities can offer diversification for a portfolio. Greg ...

Equities remain elevated for now, but a tired market cycle and rising commodity prices signal increasing downside risk into late 2024 and 2025. Cyclical commodities, especially industrial metals and ...

A panel set up by India's market regulator will recommend easing curbs on commodity derivatives and suggest steps to make it ...

The second leg of the commodities bull supercycle is just getting started. You can feel it—not just in the charts, but also in the subtle shifts happening across the global economy. Energy costs that ...