On the Artemis website today, I read one post which spoke to the pain that the heavy February snowfall caused for UK retailers, noting the need for weather risk protection. Under current economic circumstances, the need for prudent financial risk management is paramount, and the weather risk/weather derivatives industry should view this as an [...]

Following some strong performance at the end of Feb when the contract was approaching 14 cents, May sugar futures have come back down to the mid 12 cent range; specs are focusing on anticipated demand erosion that accompanies a stronger $USD. But as we are seeing continued advances in oil (up again this [...]

Just back from the TradeTech 2009 conference in New York this week. Here’s a quick recap:

The mood is very different from other technical trading events that I have attended in past years, for obvious reasons. There was a noticeable humbling of the ‘masters of the universe’ attitude that has in the past been [...]