- CRB Yearbook CD - Feature Articles

• 2001-08 Commodity Bull Market Comes to an Abrupt End
• U.S. Could See Worst Post-War Recession
• World Recession Emerges as Exports and Confidence Plunge
• Crude Oil Prices Fall Back to Earth from Record High of $147
• U.S. Dollar Recovers from Record Low on Global Crisis
• U.S. Housing Problems Mushroom into Global Crisis

• 2001-08 Commodity Bull Market Reaches Post-War Record
• U.S. Faces Recession Due to Housing and Banking System Crises
• World Economy is Threatened by U.S. Housing Slump
• Crude Oil Prices Reach Record High Above $100 Per Barrel
• U.S. Dollar Hits Record Low on U.S. Credit Crunch
• U.S. Housing Bubble Bursts and Banking Crisis Ensues

• Commodity Prices Extend 2001-06 Bull Market to New Highs
• Fed Engineers A Soft-landing for the US Economy in 2006
• World Economic Expansion Continues Through 2006
• Crude Oil Prices Remain Strong in 2006
• US Dollar Remains Vulnerable on Higher Overseas Rates
• US Housing Bubble Bursts and Faces Long Recovery Road
• Strong Ethanol Demand Drives Corn Prices to 10-year Highs

• 2001-06 Commodity Bull Market Posts New Record Highs
• Reuters-CRB Index Is Revised to Reuters-Jefferies CRB Index
• Commodity Index Funds Have Growing Bullish Influence
• Crude Oil Prices Post a New Record High in 2005
• US Dollar Recovers in 2005 But Remains Vulnerable
• US Economic Expansion Continues Despite Hurricane Katrina
• World Economic Expansion Gains Strength
• China Continues to Drive World Commodity Prices

• Major Commodity Bull Market Continues in 2004
• Crude Oil Prices have Nearly Tripled in Last 3 Years
• U.S. Trade Deficit Drives Weal Dollar & Strong Commodities
• U.S. Economy in 2004 Shows Strong Growth
• World Economy in 2004 Shows Improvement
• World Trade and Globalization Continue to Surge
• China Continues to Drive Global Commodity Prices

• Major Commodity Bull Market Emerges in 2003 - by Richard Asplund
• US Economic Surge Drives Global Economic Recovery - by Richard Asplund
• China Breaks Out as Major Player in Global Commodity and Financial Markets - by Richard Asplund
• Free-Trade Talks Produce Some Success but Move From Global to Regional - by Richard Asplund
• Mad Cow Disease Arrives in North America in 2003 and Roils The Markets - by Richard Asplund

2003

• Understanding and Analyzing the Sugar Market - by Walter Spilka
• Conquer the Crash: You Can Survive and Prosper in a Deflationary Depression - by national bestselling author, Robert R. Prechter Jr.
• Chicago Exchanges Stand Tall Once More - by Antony Currie

2002

• Understanding and Analyzing the Coffee Market - by Walter Spilka
• Small Markets in a Big World: Commodity Market Volatility in the Information Age - by The Hightower Group

2001

• Understanding and Analyzing the Cocoa Market - by Walter Spilka
• TechnoTrading: New Markets, New Rules, and New Technology - by Philip Gotthelf

2000

• Understanding Online Futures Trading - by Joseph H. Zoller
• Commodity Investment as an Alternative Asset Class - by Raymond T. Murphy
• A History of the Commodity Research Bureau

1999

• Understanding Electronic Trading - by Joseph H. Zoller
• The Threat of Deflation - by Roger Bootle
• The Reuters-CRB Total Return Index - by Raymond T. Murphy

1998

• El Niño - Not Just a Media Child - by John Dee
• Understanding the Options Markets - by Michele Ruston Gowda and Mark Taborsky

1997

• Seasonality of Volume and Open Interest - by Kenneth H. Shaleen
• The Amber Waves of History—200 Years of Grain Prices - by Hugh Ulrich

1996

• Analyzing the Commitments of Traders Report - by Kenneth H. Shaleen
• Understanding and Analyzing the Cotton Market - by Walter Spilka
• The CRB Futures Price Index, A Glimpse at Tomorrow... Today

1995

• Why 3% of All Traders Make 100% of the Profits - by Laurence Connors and Blake Hayward
• Reading "Price Tops" - by John Knaggs
• Neural Nets, the Market and You... a Primer - by Tom J. Schwartz

1994

• Derivatives and Financial Risk Management in the 1990's - by Leo Melamed
• Helping the Investor Evaluate Managed Futures Investments - by Mark J. Hawley
• Understanding and Analyzing the Energy Futures Markets - by Peter C. Beutel
• Universal Commodity Price Analyses - by Charles Schroeder

1993

• Currency Markets in the 1990's - by Todd E. Petzel
• Expanding World Trade and its Implications for U.S. Meat and Livestock Markets - by James L. Holzer
• Using Derivatives to Enhance the Performance of a Market-neutral Equity Portfolio - by F. Martin Koenig, CFA

1992

• Japanese Candlestick Charting - by Steve Nison
• The Structure and Impact of the 1990 Farm Bill - by Richard Loewy
• Worldwide Importance of the Former USSR's Oil and Gas Production - by Peter C. Fusaro

1991

• The Flare for Natural Gas Futures - by George B. Parker
• Seasonal Volume and Open Interest Analysis - by Kenneth H. Shaleen
• An Introduction to German Interest-rate Futures - by Ralf Herklotz

1990

• Financial Uncertainty and the TED Spread - by Kenneth B. Kauke
• Understanding and Analyzing the Soybean Market - by Walter Spilka
• Analyzing the Commitments of Traders Reports - by Kenneth H. Shaleen

1989

• Food and Energy Prices as Inflation Indicators - by Walter L. Emery

1988

• Hedging in Stock Index Futures: Lessons from the Crash - by James M. Nevler
• Outlook for Industrial and Agricultural Commodities Following the 1987 Stock Market Plunge - by Susan Buchanan
• Using the Commodity Yearbook - by James M. Nevler

1987

• The U.S. Agricultural Dilemma and Prospects for Change - by Richard A. Loewy
• Spreads in Financial Futures - by Phillip E. Tiger

1986

• The Cycle of Food and Fiber Production - by David S. Salmon
• Foreign Exchange Option Basics
• The Impact of the 1985 Farm Bill on Major Agricultural Commodities - by Susan Buchanan
• The Changing Market Structures of Crude Oil and Platinum - by Elizabeth L. Saxe, PHD

1985

• Understanding the Eurodollar Market - by John Morris
• Soybean Oil and its Competition - by Walter L. Emery
• Guidelines to Corporate Hedging - by William J. Johnson
• Analysis of the CFTC Commitments of Traders Reports Can Help You Forecast Futures Prices - by William L. Jiler

1984

• The Petroleum Futures Complex: Factors Affecting Supply/Demand and Prices - by Dr. Arnold E. Safer
• Understanding the Aluminum Futures Market - by Arnold Brisk
• Spreading in the Soybean Complex - by Phillip E. Tiger
• The CRB Futures Price Index—A "Basket of 27 Commodities" That May Soon Be a Futures Contract - by Stephen W. Cox

1983

• Long-term Charts in Commodity Price Forecasting - by John J. Murphy
• The Agriculture and Food Act and Commodity Prices - by Walter H. Spilka
• Introduction to Commodity Options - by William J. Johnson
• The Stock Index and Options Markets - by H.J. Maidenberg

1982

• Prospects for Global Food and Feed Shortages in the 1980's - by Robert E. Fink
• Futures Market Strategies for Consumer Goods Corporations - by William J. Johnson
• Interest Rates and Commodity Prices - by Allan R. Ermann
• The Expanding World Demand for U.S. Soybean Meal - by Richard A. Loewy

1981

• A Trader's Guide to Analyzing the Potato Futures Market - by Jack D. Schwager
• Practical Tools for Trading Currency Futures - by Robert Boston
• Heating Oil Futures—An Expanding New Market - by Jayne B. Ball
• Trading Interest Rates Futures Time Curves - by Jacob Grossman and Stanley R. Jonas

1980

• Understanding the London Metal Exchange (LME) - by Arnold Brisk
• Sugar and its Shifting Role in the World Economy - by George T. Hirai
• Spread Opportunities in Livestock Futures - by Phillip E. Tiger
• The Role of Cycles in Commodity Price Forecasting
• Commitments of Traders Reports as an Aid to Price Forecasting - by William L. Jiler

1979

• Long-term Factors in the Cattle Price Outlook - by Robert E. Fink
• Inflation and Today's Role for Precious Metals - by Howard L. Levine
• New Guidelines for Analyzing Wheat Futures Prices - by Walter L. Emery
• Interest Rate Analysis: A Preliminary View - by Richard L. Sandor and John Fyfe
• How to Analyze the Cotton Market - by Herman S. Kohlmeyer, Jr.

1978

• What You Should Know About the Gold Markets - by Arnold Brisk
• Trading the Foreign Currency Futures Markets - by Charles J. Dushek and Carol J. Harding
• How the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 Influences Prices for Corn, Cotton, and Wheat - by Walter L. Emery and Malcolm Clough
• Understanding the T-Bond & Commercial Paper Futures Markets - by Tully R. Davia and Carol J. Harding
• Computers Can Help You Trade the Futures Markets - by Frank L. Hochheimer

1977

• How to Forecast the Silver Market - by Arnold Brisk
• Analyzing Sugar Price Trends - by Lawrence Myers
• New Guidelines for Analyzing the Soybean Complex - by Victor De Mayo
• The Importance of Carrying in Today's Futures Markets Charges - by Phillip E. Tiger

1976

• New Guidelines to Copper Futures Market Analysis - by Arnold Brisk
• Understanding Platinum and World Platinum Markets - by Vincent J. Conway
• New Concepts in Hedging Commodities - by Ray Dalio
• Understanding the U.S. Treasury Bill Futures Market - by Charles J. Dushek and William M. Bradt
• Understanding the GNMA Futures Market - by Charles J. Dushek

1975

• Commodity Futures as a Hedge Against Inflation - by Anthony M. Reinach
• Analyzing Hogs and Pork Bellies Price Trends - by Mary Elberty
• How To Trade and Hedge in The Lumber and Plywood Futures Markets - by James P. Olmedo, Jr.
• New Factors in Forecasting Cattle Futures Prices - by George B. Parker
• Understanding The Natural Rubber Market - by P. Radhakrishnan
• The Management of Risk - by Richard J. Teweles, Charles V. Harlow and Herbert L. Stone

1974

• New Guidelines For Forecasting Corn Prices - by Malcolm Clough
• Understanding the Soybean Oil Market - by Walter L. Emery
• Understanding the Coffee Market - by Dr. William C. Struning
• Understanding Gold and The World Gold Markets - by Vincent J. Conway
• The Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973
• How to Adjust Trading and Hedging Methods to the Volatile Markets of the Seventies - by Frederick T. Clifton

1973

• Understanding The Lumber And Plywood Futures Markets - by James P. Olmedo, Jr.
• How To Analyze The Soybean Futures Complex - by Scott E. Cramer
• Computers And Commodity Price Forecasting - by Robert Fink and Dennis Turner
• Observations On Price Forecasting With Charts - by Robert Feduniak
• Old And New Factors In Popular Commodity Spreads - by Frederick T. Clifton
• Understanding The Money Futures Market - by Walter Greenspan

1972

• Forecasting Hog Futures Prices - by Frank Lessiter
• A Method Of Forecasting Cocoa Prices - by William Stern
• How To Analyze The Orange Juice Futures Market - by Clarence H. Rosenbaum
• Understanding The Oats Futures Market - by David M. Inkeles
• Trading The Dynamic Futures Spreads - by Frederick T. Clifton

1971

• Understanding The Egg Futures Market - by David M. Inkeles
• Understanding The Copper Futures Market - by Robert T. Keck
• How To Analyze The Soybean Futures Market - by Walter L. Emery
• Price-Making Factors And "Technical Conditions" In Commodity Futures - by Frederick T. Clifton
• Understanding The London Futures Markets - by George B. Parker

1970

• The Long-Term Outlook For Lumber And Plywood - by W.B. Sayers
• Understanding The Corn Futures Market - by Walter L. Emery
• Understanding The Silver Futures Market - by David M. Inkeles
• New Hedging Concepts In Commodity Futures - by Frederick T. Clifton
• Forecasting Pork Belly Prices—The Fundamental Approach - by Michael L. Maduff

1969

• Understanding The Maine Potato Futures Market - by David M. Inkeles
• Cocoa—The Effect Of Inventories On Price Forecasting - by F.H. Weymar
• Price Making Influences In The Chicago Cattle Futures Markets - by George B. Parker
• Understanding The Iced Broiler Futures Market - by Fred Bailey
• May-July Wheat Spread At Chicago - by Frank Vannerson
• The Long-Term Outlook For Gold - by J. Patrick Ryan

1968

• How To Analyze The World Sugar Futures Market - by David M. Inkeles
• Understanding The Cotton Futures Market - by Walter L. Emery
• Understanding The Frozen Orange Juice Market - by Leslie Green
• The Long-Term Outlook For Platinum And Palladium - by Harold W. Lynde, Jr.
• The Long-Term Outlook For Silver - by J. Patrick Ryan

1967

• Understanding The Wheat Futures Markets - by Walter L. Emery
• A Long-Term Outlook For The Major Fertilizer Commodities - by Richard W. Lewis
• Price Characteristics Of Soybean Meal Futures - by Arthur F. Shane
• Forecasting Butter Prices - by David M. Inkeles
• The Long-Term Outlook For Mercury - by George B. Parker

1966

• The Long Term Outlook For Copper - by Frank L. Wideman
• Forecasting Pork Belly Futures Prices - by Dick Stoken
• How To Forecast Egg Futures Prices - by David M. Inkeles
• Carrying Charge Spreads and Premium Spreads in Commodity Futures - by Frederick T. Clifton

1965

• Intercrop Grain and Soybean Spreads - by Frederick T. Clifton
• How To Analyze Live Beef Futures Price Movements - by COL. H.L. Oppenheimer
• Techniques of Forecasting Commodity Prices - by Irwin Shishko
• The World Pulp, Paper and Board Outlook - by Bentley H. Paykin