So, you’re the world’s biggest sports fan. You get ALL the sports networks: ESPN in all its variations (ESPN2/Plus/Classic/U/News…), Fox Sports, Fox College Sports (Pacific, Central, Atlantic), Fox Soccer; even Fox Sports en Español can hold your attention despite the fact that all the Spanish you know you learned watching Dora the Explorer with your four-year-old daughter. Your family knows to steer clear when “the game” (more…)

New health drinks and energy drinks seem to fill the coolers and store shelves these days. New beverages are marketed as sports drinks, vitamin water, energy drinks, diabetic drinks,weight-loss or weight-gain drinks and exotic fruit or plant extract drinks- with “miracle” health benefits. The spin is endless – the health claims are often based on fuzzy or no science. There are a few things we should consider when substituting these new beverag (more…)

Most CFD traders in the UK relate commodities to the harder metals and oil issues, but many CFDs are available in the important area of ‘softs’. This sector generally refers to commodities that are grown instead of being mined, and this brief paper describes the background and factors that affect supply and demand.

The main ‘softs’ are as follows:

Sugar

This is a form of carboh (more…)