The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has referred forged comment letters it received on a proposed derivatives trading rule to the Justice De...

In the past six months a huge fraud concerning manipulation and racketeering in the silver market (and now it seems also gold) looks like the making of a horror film.

President Obama and leading Democrats are calling the "Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010" the greatest overhaul of Wall Street since ...

WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission will propose new rules covering cancellation of trades in the wake of the May 6 stock market...

There is a great deal the president could do to change the psychology of the oil market and put downward pressure on prices. We don't have to accept $4/gallon oil on a permanent basis.

Since we'll never eliminate the commodity exchanges that trade oil futures, we must at least control speculation and trades.

Two congressional committees in charge of drafting legislation to regulate derivatives have quietly killed a provision that would allow the Federal Re...

Will the U.S. Congress listen to the echoes of Brooksley Born's voice when they tackle forthcoming legislation to better regulate the over-the-counter derivatives market?

Women like Brooksley Born have a long history of being whistle-blowers in systems dominated by men. Perhaps this time Congress -- and the American people -- will listen.

LONDON -- Its superfast, supersecret oil trading software was called the Hammer. And if the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is right, the name...

WASHINGTON — With consumers hit by oil price swings, federal regulators may be moving toward imposing limits on speculative energy trading, whic...

The run-up in oil prices that began earlier this year was not as steep as last summer's record climb, but it was almost as mystifying. ...

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will consider new measures to curb speculation in the markets for energy and other commodities, the agency is...

Gensler will have to move away from the agency's "head in the sand" policy of recent years, while defending commodity futures trading against accusations of undue influence.

Let's think of derivatives like plutonium and the financial system as a nuclear power plant. By all means, use the fuel but never, ever forget its awe-inspiring capacity to wreak destruction.

The NYT reports: The Bush administration on Monday rolled out the broadest overhaul of Wall Street regulation since the Great Depression, presenting...