Lind eWire Newsletter   ISSUE 704 | APRIL 2008

Feature Articles

• U.S. Futures Exchange Launches USD SENSEX India Equity Index Futures
• The Fed's Next Move: Reading the Signs and Developing a Pre-FOMC Strategy

ABCs of Futures

• Predictive Indicators

About Markets

• The Fed and the Yield Curve
• Ethanol is NOT the Answer

Ask a Broker

• I'm looking to enter the corn market. How do I capitalize on what I think should be a bullish market? I want to minimize the damage if the expected record crop gets into the ground with no problems.

Book of the Month

• The Market Masters

MF Global Research

• Man Global Research analysts offer their analysis of the impact and influence of investment funds on commodity prices, and whether commodities are a viable long-term passive investment asset class for these new market participants.

Trader's Think Tank

• Using Options to Understand Fed Behavior

Did You Know?

It's spring, and tulips are in bloom. In 17th Century Netherlands, tulips were highly sought-after and were exchange-traded. Since the flowers had yet to bloom, tulip bulbs were essentially futures contracts. "Tulip mania" pushed the price of a single bulb as high as 10 times an average individual's yearly income. Like most bubbles, tulip mania ended with a crash.