Peter Gratton, M.A.P.P., Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, risk management, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex ...

Oil exchange-traded funds opened higher on Tuesday, tracking a rise in crude futures as investors weigh the immediate supply ...

Bitcoin futures are seeing a record high in net short interest among leveraged funds, yet don’t mistake that for an overwhelming sense of bearishness among hedge funds. It’s more likely due to an ...

VIXY is not a suitable long-term portfolio hedging tool due to negative roll effect in VIX futures, down -85% in 3 years. VIXY is only profitable in rare events, up 9.9% for the year despite a 55% ...

Markets are always hunting for the next big trade. In 2026, I believe the trade will be a new wrinkle on the traditional basis trades where investors go long Digital Asset Treasury companies (DATs), ...

Asset managers BlackRock (NYSE:BLK), Invesco (NYSE:IVZ), and Fidelity Investments have launched a wave of exchange-traded ...

Brazil’s weather caused some excitement in the soybean market this week. One day forecasts showed no rain, and the next it did. Until late January, farmers should expect South America’s weather ...

LONDON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Portfolio investors boosted their petroleum positions in the final two weeks of last year, as some short positions in crude were squared up, but short-covering did little to ...