Comments on: CFTC’s Commodity ETF Limits Put Future In Question http://www.etftrends.com/2009/08/cftcs-commodity-etf-limits-put-future-question.html Keeping a grip on exchange traded funds (ETFs) Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:39:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jst_becuz http://www.etftrends.com/2009/08/cftcs-commodity-etf-limits-put-future-question.html/comment-page-1#comment-5681 jst_becuz Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:59:42 +0000 http://www.etftrends.com/?p=16076#comment-5681 This makes no sense. Speculating on front-month futures cannot push the price of a commodity up arbitrarily b/c those contracts have to be rolled to future months eventually (thereby selling the front-month and buying the next). I could understand the govt setting limits on speculative delivery (storage / hoarding) of commodities, but futures just can't be manipulated in this way. This makes no sense. Speculating on front-month futures cannot push the price of a commodity up arbitrarily b/c those contracts have to be rolled to future months eventually (thereby selling the front-month and buying the next). I could understand the govt setting limits on speculative delivery (storage / hoarding) of commodities, but futures just can't be manipulated in this way.

]]> By: jst_becuz http://www.etftrends.com/2009/08/cftcs-commodity-etf-limits-put-future-question.html/comment-page-1#comment-5068 jst_becuz Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:59:42 +0000 http://www.etftrends.com/?p=16076#comment-5068 This makes no sense. Speculating on front-month futures cannot push the price of a commodity up arbitrarily b/c those contracts have to be rolled to future months eventually (thereby selling the front-month and buying the next). I could understand the govt setting limits on speculative delivery (storage / hoarding) of commodities, but futures just can't be manipulated in this way. This makes no sense. Speculating on front-month futures cannot push the price of a commodity up arbitrarily b/c those contracts have to be rolled to future months eventually (thereby selling the front-month and buying the next). I could understand the govt setting limits on speculative delivery (storage / hoarding) of commodities, but futures just can't be manipulated in this way.

]]>