The word is out on the Obama administration's plan for derivative regulation. CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler outlined the plan before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry today. Derivative dealers can look forward to new rules surrounding, "capital requirements,...

Commodities slumped across the board today. Most market watchers are saying that aid for the mortgage markets encouraged some investors to move money from commodities to bonds. But commodities traders had more on their minds than bonds today, as rumors...