Market Journal 2009 P

10/05/2009 -- Deutsche Bank alters popular commodity fund
In a recent filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Deutsche Bank AG said it will change the composition of its $3.3 billion PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund (DBC) to become more diversified and to comply with position limits imposed by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
10/12/2009 -- EIA adopts new methodology
The US Energy Information Administration has adopted a new methodology to show high and low ranges for its forecasts of oil and natural gas prices, as revealed in the October issue of its Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO).
11/02/2009 -- Aramco switches from WTI benchmark
Starting with its January sales program, Saudi Aramco, national oil company of Saudi Arabia, will switch from West Texas Intermediate to an index of Gulf Coast sour crudes as the benchmark for pricing its oil for sale in the US market.
01/12/2009 -- Market rally remains 'elusive'
A sustained rally in oil and gas commodity prices "will be elusive" as markets search for a self-supporting recovery and a reduction in asset market volatility into 2010, according to one Deutsche Bank analyst.
04/06/2009 -- Volatile second quarter prices
Oil prices were sharply volatile entering the second quarter of 2009 and are likely to remain "within a rising trend," said Paul Horsnell, managing director and head of commodities research at Barclays Capital.

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