Wall Street is gambling on the world's food supply.
 
The Result: inflated food and energy prices and deepening global hunger.
 
Recent reforms were not enough. It's time to stop reckless speculation and bring back common sense rules to commodity markets.

National

CFTC Considers Loosening Dodd-Frank Speculation Limits

by on May 18, 2012

(Bloomberg)-The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission may propose easing Dodd-Frank Act regulations limiting speculation in oil, natural gas, wheat and other commodities, … [Read More...]

Simplifications and Misinformation on Oil Speculation

by on May 2, 2012

A recent article by Wallace Turbeville, a former VP at Goldman Sachs, on the Demos blog cuts through the partisan rhetoric surrounding the role of excessive speculation in rising … [Read More...]

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International

Danish bank Nordea abandons speculation in food commodities

by on May 14, 2012

DanWatch, a Danish independent non-profit media and research center, has reported that the Stockholm-based financial services group, Nordea, will remove food commodities from their … [Read More...]

India tightens position limits on agricultural commodities

by on April 3, 2012

Following last week's announcement to terminate all guar seed and guar gum contracts, India's commodity market regulator, the Forward Markets Commission (FMC), says that it plans … [Read More...]

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Divestment Campaign

Barclays admits that speculation influences prices

by on April 20, 2012

In its February 2012 report on commodity investments, Barclays admitted that an increase in commodity speculation leads to increased prices. The report lists three main causes of … [Read More...]

CalSTRS responds to public pressure, reduces commodity investments

by on November 10, 2010

Civil society won a significant victory in the struggle to bring sanity back to global community markets. Many of the same groups that led the fight for strong derivatives reforms … [Read More...]

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