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• Sugar Market Update

  01 Mar 2010

  Both markets experienced another Monday-morning collapse today, and the overall picture remains very heavy. The inverse structure continued to flatten over the past week in both markets, which is consistent with a weak picture.

• Natural Gas Update

  26 Feb 2010

  In the medium-term, NGAJ0 is trending lower, within a descending channel. The forward curve and the weekly continuation chart illustrate a weak market.

• Large hedge funds shorting euro: WSJ

  25 Feb 2010

  LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Large hedge funds are betting on a drop in the euro, expecting that the European currency will fall to parity with the U.S. dollar, according to a Wall Street Journal report late Thursday. The report cited unidentified people quoting comments from "all-star hedge-fund managers" representing the likes of SAC Capital Advisors LP and Soros Fund Management LLC at a recent New York gathering. Some of those managers said the euro, which traded at $1.51 in December but was at $1.36 Thursday amid concerns about Greek sovereign debt and other issues, could soon fall to $1.00. However, the report added that "few traders expect the value of the euro to totally collapse, the way the British pound did in 1992."Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

• Managed futures post second worst monthly return in 13 months

  25 Feb 2010

  The equity market reversal and tumbling commodities in January hit trend-following strategies, causing managed futures managers to post their second worst monthly return in 13 months, according to a report by Lipper Tass.

CTA Rankings for Mar 10*

1. Kinkopf, Prop S&P
2. Roe, Monticello Equity Spreads
3. Roe, Jefferson Index
4. Paskewitz, Contrarian *QEP only*
5. Dominion, Sapphire
6. FCI, Option Selling
7. Van Essen, Spread Low Min *QEP only*
8. Welton, Global Directional
9. Swing Capital
10. Cypress Classic