Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Congratulations to investors who read our last post and did the trade of either shorting silver (NYSE: SLV), or buy gold (NYSE: GLD) and short silver. It was a very post as silver just crashed on Thursday, dropping 9% on Tuesday, and then another 14% on Friday. Gold was crushed as well, dropping...

In the current market, would you be content with a one year, 50% return on investment? That is precisely the question that investors in gold are going to have to ask, and ultimately answer for themselves. Early Tuesday morning, gold futures (/GC) hit an all time high of $1923.70 on heavy volume,...

On May 16, Rahm Emanuel will take up the reins of the city of Chicago, ending the six-term administration of Mayor Richard M. Daley. Emanuel , a former White House chief of staff and Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, is well known for his blunt, take-no-prisoners style. But...

It's May, and summer is almost here. Time to think about throwing a packed bag in the car, putting the top down and heading out on the open road, right? But wait: with oil well over $100 a barrel and the price of gasoline creeping toward $5 a gallon in some places, the traditional summertime road...

CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) is on tap to report first-quarter 2011 earnings before the market opens on Thursday, April 28. Analysts are looking for the holding company to announce that per-share earnings rose 13.6% from a year ago to $4.19. The consensus estimate has climbed in the past 60 days from $3...