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Climate Exchange Rebounds on Robust Results

Late last week, Climate Exchange (London: CLE) posted strong operating results , stemming a massive loss in market value of about 50% (from about 2,000 to 1,000 pence per share) in the wake of the financial crisis and near market meltdown. The stock has since settled at the 1,300 level as carbon trading growth in the Company's two climate exchanges (European – ECX + Chicago – CCX) demonstrated health growth during the first half of 2008. The ECX posted gains from the year-ago period of 150% on over 1 billion tons wh

NAVIGATING THE CREDIT CRISIS

The current credit crisis and liquidity crunch has made even the professional investors balk on calling a bottom. One stomach churning event after another has proven the most optimistic analysts to not only be wrong, but little more than contrarian indicators.

CME NXM ICE pretty much match each other as oil drops ICE is the smallest value jumping inversly the greatest amount to the OIL Trend.

Call fall when heating oil will kick a little bit back up in winter but fall in spring THESE three may fall just before winter again, but raise on the oil fall for spring. The summer is to far away to see. Lets just get through the fall/winter first.

Filed under: Forecasts, CIGNA Corp (CI), Washington Mutual (WM), Economic data, Stocks to Buy, Recession

CME is the dominant issuer of stock options in the U.S. markets.  As trading volatility increases, and as investors become more sophisticated, options become more and more attractive for hedging risks and reducing volatility.  With potential for future overseas expansion, I think CME should do well for a long time to come.

(I own this as of this writing, 11/02/2007)