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This article was written by Jim Wiederhold, Commodity Indices Product Manager at Bloomberg. Long-only commodities investment returns can be attributed to spot, curve and carry components. In this blog ...

July 25, 2024 - In 2010, Congress added Section 5c(c)(5)(C) to the Commodity Exchange Act ("CEA"), providing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with the authority to prohibit the listing of ...

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