commodities futures market

The other bubble of late in the commodities futures market, is deflating quickly as regulators place borrowing curbs on investors using cheap debt to bet on things like rebar and soybeans.

It works the way a regular commodities futures market does, except that the markets don’t relate to the price of soybeans.

The commission regulates the commodities futures market, including trading in ethanol and gasoline.

Traders have always speculated on the agricultural commodities futures market, just as they do in other commodities like copper or oil.

They offered no magic bullets to fix the problems, but saw legitimate ways to put the commodities futures market back where it belongs—in the realm where discovery costs, supply, and demand dictate price.