Commodities and Futures
Handbooks, Manuals and Guides | Statistics/Pricing | Commodities Exchanges | Journals and News | Web Resources
What is a commodity?
COMMODITY: any tangible good; product that is the subject of sale or barter.
Bulk goods such as grains, metals, and foods are traded on a commodities
exchange or on the SPOT MARKET. (From Barron's Dictionary of Business
Terms)
Handbooks, Manuals and Guides
Commodity
futures trading: Bibliography 1976-1995
Z7164 .F5 C6 2nd Floor / Reference, 1995
Handbook
of World Stock and Commodity Exchanges
HG4551 .H34 2nd Floor / Reference, 1992
The
Irwin Guide to Stocks, Bonds, Futures, and Options : A Comprehensive Guide
to Wall Street's Markets (Chapter 14 - Futures),
2001
Available via NetLibrary
- Requires a NetLibrary account. See here
for instructions.
Statistics and Pricing
CRB
Commodity Yearbook
Knight-Ridder
Financial. Annual
HF1041 .C56 2nd floor / Reference, 2003
Statistical
Universe
Database of statistical tables compiled from government and non-governmental
sources. Includes a search by commodity. Can limit by country or by dates.
International
Financial Statistics Yearbook
International Monetary Fund.
HG3881 .I627 2nd Floor / Reference, 2003
UNCTAD
commodity yearbook
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
JX1977 .A2 / Gov. Info. Microfiche - 4th Floor
OECD agricultural outlook
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Annual publication on agricultural commodities
HD1401 .A338 Basement, 2003
Commodity
Market Review 2001-2002 - Available Online
Commodities and Trade Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations.
Commodities Exchanges and Related Web Sites
Each exchange differs in what products are traded there. Most of these exchanges offer good tutorials and FAQs about the commodities markets and more specifically about the products traded on their exchange.
Chicago
Mercantile Exchange
www.cme.com
(beef,
dairy, livestock, hogs, lumber)
New
York Mercantile Exchange (includes COMEX for metals)
www.nymex.com
(energy, fuels, metals)
Chicago
Board of Trade
www.cbot.com
(agricultural products, metals, gold and silver)
Chicago
Board Options Exchange
www.cboe.com
(includes link to a Learning Center with basic information on Options)
New
York Board of Trade
www.nybot.com
(coffee, sugar, cocoa, cotton, ethanol)
Kansas
City Board of Trade
www.kcbt.com
(wheat)
Minneapolis
Grain Exchange
www.mgex.com
(wheat, corn, soybeans)
Journals and Commodities News Sources
Journal
of Futures Markets
HG6001 .J68 Basement (latest issues in Current Periodicals on 3rd floor)
Futures
Direct link to full text articles in database.
Wall
Street Journal
Direct link to full text articles in database.
Investor's
Business Daily
Direct link to full text articles in database.
Web Resources
Commodities
Futures Trading Commission
http://www.cftc.gov/cftc/cftchome.htm
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) was created by Congress
in 1974 as an independent agency with the mandate to regulate commodity
futures and option markets in the United States. Their web site has a
good explanation of how the futures markets operate and how they are regulated.
They also provide an excellent Online Glossary.
Commodity
Statistics and Information from the USGS
http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/
Statistics and information on the worldwide supply, demand, and flow of
minerals. Best place to get historical data for minerals.
INO.com
http://www.ino.com/
Commercial web site with free quotes and charts for current data.
Bloomburg.com
Commodities Futures
http://bloomberg.com/markets/commodities/cfutures.html
Commercial web site with free current data.
TFC
Commodity Charts
http://tfc-charts.w2d.com/
This is a source of daily commodity futures and financial market information.
TFC tracks commodities and financial indicators, making the information
available in the form of free online charts and intraday commodity quotes.
Also links to a basic introduction
to Commodities Trading and an online Glossary
Stock
and Commodities Exchanges - Rutgers University Libraries
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/busi/stocks.shtml
Page developed
by Elizabeth Howell.
Last updated: June 9, 2004 by Library staff.
