commodities futures market

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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.

From BusinessWeek • Jun. 8, 2011

Hedge funds and other speculators have become an increasing force in the commodities futures market, attracted in part by a switch to computerized trading.

From New York Times • May 6, 2011

Part of his current crop he profitably sold months ago on the commodities futures market.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tony DeAngelis, a onetime butcher, made himself a wealthy man by steering his New Jersey-based Allied Crude Vegetable Oil Refining Corp. in and out of quick trades in the risky commodities futures market.

From Time Magazine Archive