Entries from Asian Chemical Connections tagged with 'futures markets'
A fresh vote of confidence for the DCE
By Malini Hariharan (Malini is now joint blogger for Asian Chemical Connections) It helps to have a commodity bull on your side and that's just what the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) has succeeded in doing. Jim Rogers, the noted investment...
China lends guiding hand to futures markets
The Chinese government appears to have an important objective to achieve while promoting commodity futures trading in the country? A report in today's Wall Street Journal says that the government is positioning its futures markets in setting world prices for...
Chemical execs go long on realism
Offsetting the risk of being over-optimistic? Source of picture: thetradingpit.net MAYBE there should futures contracts in realism versus recklessness. That way any senior company executive who wants to take a punt on next year being better than 2009...
Equities, Futures, Sentiment = Recovery?
Forget supply and demand, just record the index cards.... Source of picture: Heatusa.com This amateur pundit is beginning to think he got it very wrong. "I've been thinking the same thing - I was as gloomy as you a few...
PTA futures growing in influence?
Source of picture: 1st-commoditytrading.us It's only one comment from one consultant, but this is what he said today about the growing role of the Zhenghou Commodity Exchange's purified terephthalic acid (PTA) futures contract. "PTA futures have been exerting a...
Is Dalian setting the markets?
Make your own mind up about the role of the Dalian Commodity Exchange linear-low density polyethylene (LLDPE) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) futures contracts from the interviews below.The first quote is from Sinopec - from an ICIS news story. There then...
Credit Expansion Linked To Dalian Boom?
Source of Picture: http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/ We have just started doing our research and so more details later - but see attached this Excel spreadsheet - lendingVDalianOI.xls It compares the increase in lending from China's banks with the amount of open...
Dalian LLDPE futures explained?
My last blog entry quoted a North American industry source who was concerned over the potential for physical delivery on the Dalian futures exchange to flood the real market and send prices crashing. In my ignorance of how futures markets...
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