Recommended websites for your commodities project:
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Congress created the CFTC in 1974 as an independent agency with the mandate to regulate commodities, futures, and option markets in the United States. This site provides access to news reports, market reports, laws and regulations, and economic analysis.
TradingCharts.com Daily charts and archives of commodities. Set up your own chart.
Wall Street Journal Commodities page of the online version of the Wall Street Journal.
National Futures Association - Investor Learning Center National Futures Association (NFA) is the industrywide, self-regulatory organization for the U.S. futures industry. The "Investor Learning Center" has developed online learning programs to help investors understand the basics of trading futures, options on futures and foreign currency.
Peterson Institute for International Economics The Peterson Institute for International Economics is a "private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy." See the HOT TOPICS feature on this site for the latest news on international economic situations.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission While the SEC does not regulate futures, this site does provide an explanation of how futures trading is regulated. Provides a wealth of information for investors.
Charles Hayden Library
Recommended websites for your commodities project:
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Congress created the CFTC in 1974 as an independent agency with the mandate to regulate commodities, futures, and option markets in the United States. This site provides access to news reports, market reports, laws and regulations, and economic analysis.
TradingCharts.com
Daily charts and archives of commodities. Set up your own chart.
Wall Street Journal
Commodities page of the online version of the Wall Street Journal.
National Futures Association - Investor Learning Center
National Futures Association (NFA) is the industrywide, self-regulatory organization for the U.S. futures industry.
The "Investor Learning Center" has developed online learning programs to help investors understand the basics of trading futures, options on futures and foreign currency.
Peterson Institute for International Economics
The Peterson Institute for International Economics is a "private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy." See the HOT TOPICS feature on this site for the latest news on international economic situations.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
While the SEC does not regulate futures, this site does provide an explanation of how futures trading is regulated. Provides a wealth of information for investors.
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA. 02210 617-973-3000
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