30.04.2010 - Commodity ETFs battle regulator
From Thestreet.com: The SEC's focus on leveraged and active ETFs is not the only regulatory war waging within the ETF realm. Futures backed commodity ETFs are battling with the CFTC over the regulatory body's efforts to enforce position limits on certain commodity markets. With oil prices loitering around the $85 per barrel level, regulators are becoming increasingly concerned that speculators controlling a large slice of the market could manipulate prices, driving them to the debilitating levels last seen in 2008........................................Full Article: Source
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