Day: May 17, 2022

Recent events in the commodities market have raised a spotlight on price levels and volatility. On the 8th March 2022, the price of Nickel soared by 250% to more than $100,000 a ton and the Bloomberg Commodity Spot index leaped 13% in a week — the largest one-week price increase in 60 years.   What happened …

Extreme volatility in commodities – Distress in the nickel market Read More »

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced a formal action against a number of individual parties and Archegos Capital Management as part of a multi-billion dollar market manipulation action.  The SEC is seeking to enjoin the parties from further violations of Section 17(a) of the Exchange Act as well as SEC Rule 10b-5.  The SEC …

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