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Food Commodities

Naughty, Naughty Boys and the Collateralized Commodity Bailout

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business

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A hot new trend among traders is betting on packages of energy and agricultural futures. Kind of like the bankers bet on subprime mortgages, traders recently invented Collateralized Commodity Obligations.

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Food Crisis And Commodities Market: Private Investors Could Help, Then Hurt

New York Times | Diana B. Henriques | Posted 06.13.2008 | Business

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Huge investment funds have already poured hundreds of billions of dollars into booming financial markets for commodities like wheat, corn and soybeans...

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