Tag Archive | "lean hogs"

Swine Flu, hog futures and the benefit of spreads

This is a short follow up to my previous article on Swine Flu (H1N1).

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Swine Flu and how to make money the smart way

This is textbook stuff. “Sell fear, buy reality” – that’s my spin on the old saying “buy rumour, sell fact”. It’s been an interesting two weeks in the Hogs pit. The events of the last two weeks are a perfect example of how logical spread trading can be. On a trip to the CME floor [...]

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Swine flu and how pigs can fly!

It seems like this swine flu is part of almost every story on the news at the moment. It is however interesting to step back and take a look at how it has affected the market – the Lean Hogs futures market traded out of Chicago. There are two ways news like this affects a [...]

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