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	<title>The CTRM Blog</title>
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	<description>The CTRM Blog by Dr. Gary M. Vasey of CommodityPoint</description>
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		<title>CommoditiesNow Commodity Business Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.ctrmblog.com/2010/09/commoditiesnow-commodity-business-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Vasey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CommoditiesNow magazine is busy with its all new  Commodity Business Awards program and will utilize CommodityPoint research reports in judging two of its awards categories &#8211; CTRM Software and Data Management. 
The Commodity Business Awards (CBAs) reward talent and excellence throughout the commodity markets &#8230; whether that&#8217;s in the physical and/or financial arena, in [...]


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		<title>The New Risk Management &#8211; Data Management?</title>
		<link>http://www.ctrmblog.com/2010/09/the-new-risk-management-data-management/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ctrmblog.com/2010/09/the-new-risk-management-data-management/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Vasey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Risk Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[These days, risk management is high on most trading firms&#8217; agendas. That is risk management in both the broadest and narrowest sense. Increased oversight, regulation and both the rapid evolution and increasing speed of markets is driving this need. In a climate of price volatility, volumetric uncertainty, innovation in deal structures, changing regulations and globalization, [...]


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		<title>A Rational Look at the Plans for Moving Forward in the Gulf by Patrick Reames</title>
		<link>http://www.ctrmblog.com/2010/08/a-rational-look-at-the-plans-for-moving-forward-in-the-gulf-by-patrick-reames/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ctrmblog.com/2010/08/a-rational-look-at-the-plans-for-moving-forward-in-the-gulf-by-patrick-reames/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Vasey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CommodityAlert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gulf of Mexico]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though non-binding, a report released late last week by the Bipartisan Policy Center should provide momentum toward the lifting the deepwater drilling moratorium currently in place in the wake the of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.  

The BPC, a Washington based non-profit think tank, was founded by four former Senators, two each representing Democrats and [...]


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		<title>How About a Bit of Video Blogging?</title>
		<link>http://www.ctrmblog.com/2010/08/how-about-a-bit-of-video-blogging/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ctrmblog.com/2010/08/how-about-a-bit-of-video-blogging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Vasey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CommodityPoint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video blogging]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I decided to try blogging with a difference &#8211; using video&#8230;. Please keep your comments impersonal!



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		<title>An Easily Understandable Explanation of Derivative Markets</title>
		<link>http://www.ctrmblog.com/2010/08/an-easily-understandable-explanation-of-derivative-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ctrmblog.com/2010/08/an-easily-understandable-explanation-of-derivative-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Vasey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risk Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[derivative markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funny stuff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this recently and I just couldn&#8217;t resist posting it here&#8230;.. Sheer genius.
Heidi is the proprietor of a bar in Detroit. She realizes that virtually all of her customers are unemployed alcoholics and, as such, can no longer afford to patronize her bar. To solve this problem, she comes up with new marketing [...]


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		<title>A Quick Update</title>
		<link>http://www.ctrmblog.com/2010/08/a-quick-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Vasey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CommodityPoint Research]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CommodityPoint Sourcebook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very busy period at CommodityPoint with numerous projects on going right now. I guess the summer must be officially over now? Right now, other than client work, we are working on the following;
1. Update for the CommodityPoint CTRM Sourcebook &#8211; vendor updates are trickling in and at least 5 new listings will be included for [...]


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		<title>Hivedome &#8211; Busy Bees!</title>
		<link>http://www.ctrmblog.com/2010/08/hivedome-busy-bees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Vasey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TRM Vendors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ags]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CTRM]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spoke to Vic Thomas this morning at hivedome.net. Hivedome is another CTRM vendor that we discovered only recently offering CTRM solutions primarily in the Ags space but also in other commodities. Founded in 1983, Hivedome has 10 employees in the UK and a rich set of functionality. Mr. Thomas described all 10 employees as [...]


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		<title>Non Energy Commodity CTRM Vendor Perception Study</title>
		<link>http://www.ctrmblog.com/2010/08/non-energy-commodity-ctrm-vendor-perception-study/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ctrmblog.com/2010/08/non-energy-commodity-ctrm-vendor-perception-study/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Vasey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CommodityPoint Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CTRM vendors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non energy commodities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[survey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CommodityPoint is still seeking responses from traders and consultants around non-energy commodity CTRM vendors via our survey instrument. Please do take the time to complete our survey which can be found here.
If you are a CTRM vendor please DO NOT complete the survey as your response will be diregarded. Instead &#8211; why not send it [...]


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		<title>It Could Only Happen Here!</title>
		<link>http://www.ctrmblog.com/2010/08/it-could-only-happen-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ctrmblog.com/2010/08/it-could-only-happen-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Vasey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brno outage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Czechs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E.On.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday morning last week, the city of Brno experienced a 40 minute power outage. Living without electric power is always a bit of a shock and this event proved yet again how dependent we are. All the computers died of course but the electric security doors would no longer work making it difficult to [...]


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		<title>And Now for Something Totally Different . . .</title>
		<link>http://www.ctrmblog.com/2010/08/and-now-for-something-totally-different/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ctrmblog.com/2010/08/and-now-for-something-totally-different/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Vasey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CommodityAlert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CommodityPoint]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CTRM]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Being a CommodityPoint analyst has its moments. It would seem that few of my friends and relatives can actually grasp what it is I do for a living and so they politely ask me how is business and nod wisely as I reply. Quite honestly, it is difficult to explain to almost anybody what I [...]


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