speculators

Hardships for consumers provide a reason to check in on the Dodd-Frank act, as regulators revise the rules for players in the commodities markets.

France enjoys a AAA credit rating, but speculators are pressuring the Gallic republic, which they see as the Eurozone's next weakest link

High oil prices are here to stay and they're caused by surging demand and limited new supply, not Wall Street speculators.

Stock and commodity prices are soaring as speculators pour cheap US dollars into red-hot markets. Policymakers are plotting how to contain the damage.

As weak stocks rally and speculators take control, there are reasons to believe the market could be in for a pullback. But I'm not betting on it -- at least not yet.

Crude topped $139 a barrel at its high today after a Morgan Stanley analyst said he expects it to hit $150 by July 4.

Meanwhile, the dollar fell on news the E.U. central bank might hike interest rates. All that got speculators going.

John Dimsdale reports.

Rising commodity prices are providing endless opportunities for speculators, but as Steve Henn reports, some investors are losing the stomach for one volatile nursery rhyme commodity.

Speculators armed with subprime or adjustable rate loans flooded the condominium market a couple of years ago. Now, many are in trouble, and the rest of their community is paying the price.

Dan Grech reports.

Real estate in Dubai has been open to foreigners since 2002. Speculators and would-be Dubai transplants have been coming ever since.

And developers are having trouble keeping up. Sean Cole reports.