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Bloomberg Commodity Index

The Bloomberg Commodity Index (BCOM) is a widely-tracked benchmark for commodity investments that provides broad-based exposure to commodity futures contracts. Launched in 1998, it was originally known as the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index before being acquired by Bloomberg in 2014.
== Methodology ==
The index is calculated on an excess return (ER) basis and reflects commodity price movements. It is composed of exchange-traded futures on physical commodities, which are weighted to account for economic significance and market liquidity.
Key features of the index methodology include:
* Annual rebalancing weighted 2/3 by trading volume and 1/3 by world production
* Weight caps applied at the commodity, sector, and group levels to ensure diversification
* Roll period typically occurs from the 6th to 10th business day of each month
== Components ==
As of 2024, the index comprises 23 exchange-traded futures representing 21 physical commodities across sectors including energy, agriculture, industrial metals, precious metals, and livestock.
== Market Impact ==
The BCOM has become a key benchmark for the commodities market, with numerous financial products tracking or referencing the index. In September 2024, CME Group announced the launch of options on Bloomberg Commodity Index futures, expanding the suite of BCOM-linked derivatives available to traders.
== Trading Mechanisms ==
Various trading mechanisms have been developed to facilitate transactions based on the BCOM:
* Basis Trade at Index Close (BTIC): This allows market participants to execute trades relative to the official closing index value, enabling more efficient cash management.
* Cleared OTC Swaps: These instruments provide an alternative to traditional over-the-counter commodity index swaps, offering potential benefits in terms of counterparty risk management and regulatory compliance.
== References ==
Category:Commodity Markets
Category:Indexes
Category:Bloomberg L.P.
Category:Futures Contracts
Bloomberg Intelligence

Bloomberg Intelligence (BI) is the research division of Bloomberg L.P., a global financial, software, data, and media company. BI provides independent, data-driven research and analysis across industries, companies, and global markets. It is exclusively available through the Bloomberg Terminal, a flagship product of Bloomberg L.P.
== History ==
Bloomberg Intelligence was established as part of Bloomberg L.P. to provide in-depth research and data to support investment decision-making. The service offers insights into macroeconomic trends, company fundamentals, credit analysis, government policy impacts, and litigation factors. Its team of over 400 analysts delivers research across more than 135 industries and 2,000 companies worldwide.
Initially designed to complement the Bloomberg Terminal’s robust financial tools, BI has evolved into a critical resource for clients seeking actionable insights in a rapidly changing economic landscape.
== Products and Services ==
Bloomberg Intelligence offers a range of services aimed at enhancing investment strategies and decision-making:
* Industry dashboards: Curated data and content providing an overview of industries, companies, or specific topics.
* Data explorer: Aggregated datasets that integrate proprietary and third-party data into interactive analytical tools.
* Company primers: Detailed financial reviews of companies focusing on critical themes and competitive dynamics.
* Market strategy research: Analysis of market trends and forecasts to guide investment decisions.
* Monitoring tools: Real-time data on company performance, industry developments, and macroeconomic indicators.
The service integrates data from over 300 third-party providers alongside Bloomberg’s proprietary datasets. This allows users to generate creative ideas, analyze trends, and monitor investments efficiently.
== Key People ==
File:TimCraighead.png|Tim Craighead, Global Chief Content Officer and Director of Research
== References ==
Category:Financial services 
Category:Research firms 
Category:Investment analysis 
Category:Bloomberg L.P.
Bloomberg Tradebook, LLC

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Bloomberg Tradebook, LCC is a global electronic agency brokerage for institutions, brokers and dealers. They offer trading technology and expertise, including specialized trading and straight-through processing tools, and Bloomberg professional news, data and analytics integrated into a single platform. It was founded in 1996 and is a subsidiary of Bloomberg.
== Products in Futures ==
Bloomberg Tradebook futures is a market access providers to the global futures markets, offering connectivity to major exchanges, including CME Group, Eurex, Euronext.liffe, Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris, Osaka Securities Exchange, Sydney Futures Exchange and Tokyo Stock Exchange. This service is offered in partnership with UBS, the executing broker for the BLOOMBERG.
The TRADEBOOK Futures platform offers:
*Access to all exchange-based trading tools
*Depth of market and monitor orders within the price order book at the exchange
*The ability to download Trade Blotter to a user's PC and real-time feeds from a user's blotter
*Modification of trades through anonymous execution and multiple order cancellation functionality
*Pop-up tickets, central blotter and user-preference defaults
*Leverage customizable risk controls
*The ability to track intra-day profits and losses
*Ability to access order confirmation screens prior to order submission
*Ability to set exposure and maximum trade ticket defaults and price checks
*Straight-through processing
*Access to real-time API and automated allocation tools
*FIX compliant
== Products ==
*Agency Brokerage
 
*Multi-Asset
*Advanced Trading Algorithms 
*Direct Market Access
*Transparency
*Analytics
== Key People ==
*CEO and President, Raymond M. Tierney III 
*CSO, Gary Stone
*COO, David J. Loffredo 
*Head of Global Sales, Rick Gould 
== References ==
Category:Bloomberg
Bloomberg US Large Cap Index Future

The Bloomberg US Large Cap Index is a float market-cap-weighted benchmark of the 500 most highly capitalized US companies. It is offered in futures trading as Micro and Nano forms. Bloomberg US Large Cap is a product of FairX.
Nano Bloomberg US Large Cap Index Futures	Nano Bloomberg US Large Cap Index Futures 	Nano Bloomberg US Large Cap Index Futures 	Nano Bloomberg US Large Cap Index Futures
Contract Unit 	$100 x NBF Index (~20-point level/~$2,000 notional) 	$100 x NBF Index (~20-point level/~$2,000 notional) 	$100 x NBF Index (~20-point level/~$2,000 notional)
Trading Hours 	Sunday-Friday 6pm-5pm ET 	Sunday-Friday 6pm-5pm ET 	Sunday-Friday 6pm-5pm ET
Minimum Price Increment 	0.01 index points = $1.00 	0.01 index points = $1.00 	0.01 index points = $1.00
Product Code 	B5 	B5 	B5
Listed Contracts 	Quarterly contracts (Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec) 	Quarterly contracts (Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec) 	Quarterly contracts (Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec)
Settlement 	Financially Settled 	Financially Settled 	Financially Settled
Termination Of Trading 	Trading terminates at 4pm ET on the 3rd Thursday of the contract month	Trading terminates at 4pm ET on the 3rd Thursday of the contract month	Trading terminates at 4pm ET on the 3rd Thursday of the contract month
Micro Bloomberg US Large Cap Index Futures	Micro Bloomberg US Large Cap Index Futures 	Micro Bloomberg US Large Cap Index Futures 	Micro Bloomberg US Large Cap Index Futures
Contract Unit 	$10 x MBF Index (~2,000-point level)/~$20,000 notional) 	$10 x MBF Index (~2,000-point level)/~$20,000 notional) 	$10 x MBF Index (~2,000-point level)/~$20,000 notional)
Trading Hours 	Sunday-Friday 6pm-5pm ET 	Sunday-Friday 6pm-5pm ET 	Sunday-Friday 6pm-5pm ET
Minimum Price Increment 	0.10 index points = $1.00 	0.10 index points = $1.00 	0.10 index points = $1.00
Product Code 	LB5 	LB5 	LB5
Listed Contracts 	Quarterly contracts (Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec) 	Quarterly contracts (Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec) 	Quarterly contracts (Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec)
Settlement 	Financially Settled 	Financially Settled 	Financially Settled
Termination Of Trading 	Trading terminates at 4pm ET on the 3rd Thursday of the contract month	Trading terminates at 4pm ET on the 3rd Thursday of the contract month	Trading terminates at 4pm ET on the 3rd Thursday of the contract month
== Notes ==
==References==
Category:Sponsored Pages
Category:Reserved Pages
Category:FTSE Indices Futures Contracts
Category:Indices Futures Contracts
Category:Futures Data in Template
Bloq

Bloq is a fintech company specializing in dApps and blockchain technology.
== History ==
Bloq was founded in 2016 by Jeff Garzik and Matthew Roszak, who currently serve as CEO and chairman respectively. They created Bloq to develop new blockchain technology. In October 2018, the company hired Hadley Stern, the former head of Fidelity Digital Assets' cryptocurrency and blockchain incubator, as Bloq's first-ever COO.
== Products and Services ==
There are four major branches of Bloq's business: Bloq Enterprise, Bloq Cloud, Bloq Think, and Bloq labs. Bloq Enterprise is a blockchain platform that includes a wallet for digital assets, tools for setting up private blockchains, data analytics for cryptocurrency exchanges, and a smart contracts development function called BloqOra. BlockThink is a blockchain consultancy service. BlockLabs is a technology research and advisory service aimed at helping smaller startups utilize blockchain technology. Bloq Cloud is a cloud-based blockchain service that is expected to launch mid-Summer 2019.
=== Metronome ===
In 2017, Bloq announced Metronome (MET), a new cryptocurrency designed to be transferred across multiple blockchains. The announcement said that Metronome would be designed to function "like a boxcar" atop blockchains - that it would eventually be transferrable across several blockchains without affecting its price. The announcement also said there would be an opening auction of 10 million MET - 8 million of which would be available to the public, while 2 million would be set aside for Bloq as the principal development team. Proceeds of the sale would be used to support smart contracts that would distribute them to MET users "over decades." Garzik said at the Money2020 conference in Las Vegas in October that year that MET was designed to build on the strength of existing blockchains, not supplant them.
In November 2019, the Metronome mobile wallet launched. In July 2019, developers of Metronome enabled MET holders to transfer MET tokens from the Ethereum blockchain to the Ethereum Classic blockchain and back at will. This feature was added in order to allow MET tokens to move from blockchain to blockchain while mitigating the risk of price volatility affecting the value of their tokens. This feature was also designed to make Metronome more decentralized by eliminating blockchain permanence through "chainhopping," or enabling the transfer of digital assets across different blockchains.
== Key People ==
*Jeff Garzik - Co-founder, CEO 
*Matthew Roszack - Co-founder, Chairman 
*Hadley Stern - COO 
*Steve Beauregard - CRO 
*Alexandra "Lexy" Prodromos - Business Development Manager
*Gavin Andresen - Advisor 
*William Mougayar - Advisor 
*Colleen Sullivan - Partner, Board Member
==References==
Category: blockchain
Category: fintech
Category: smart contracts
Blue-chip stocks

Blue chip stocks are stocks of well-established, stable companies thought to be in excellent financial shape. Blue chips generally pay dividends and are favorably regarded by investors. The 30 companies that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average are some of the bluest of blue chip stocks. A few examples of blue chips are Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola, Gillette, Berkshire Hathaway and Exxon-Mobile. 
The term "blue chip" is derived from poker, since the poker chip with the highest value is blue. 
Terms often used in conjunction with blue chip include "bellwether" and "large cap." Bellwether is a term used to describe a company that is recognized as the leader in its industry. For example, Microsoft would be considered a bellwether stock for computer software. 
== References ==
Category:Stocks
Category:Shares
BlueMountain Capital Management LLC

BlueMountain Capital Management LLC is a private investment firm with offices in New York and London. Its founders helped pioneer credit-default swaps. 
BlueMountain manages BlueMountain Credit Alternatives Fund, a relative-value fund that serves primarily institutional investors. The fund invests--both long and short--in the global credit markets, primarily through credit default swaps and other credit derivatives. It was launched in November 2003 by Andrew Feldstein, Stephen Siderow and Gery Sampere. 
BlueMountain Capital Management is also one of the hedge fund founders of CMDX, the joint venture between the CME Group and Citadel Investment Group to clear credit default swaps. The venture has been in the works for almost a year but has not yet begun clearing the swaps. 
BlueMountain had earlier bought pieces of General Motors Corp.’s $4.5 billion credit line and purchased derivatives linked to GM’s unsecured debt that would pay out if the company defaults, according to a letter from BlueMountain to shareholders. (GM filed for bankruptcy protection on June 1, 2009.)
== History ==
== Products and Services ==
== Key People ==
*Andrew Feldstein, Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chief Investment Officer, Partner
*Stephen Siderow, Co-President, Partner
*Michael Liberman, Co-President, COO, Partner
*Derek Smith, Co-Chief Investment Officer, Partner
*Scott Beardsley, Head of Treasury & Operations, Partner
*Louisa Church, Co-CEO, Europe, Head of Client Advisory – Europe and Middle East, Partner
*Paul Friedman, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer, Partner
*Noam Leslau, Head of Client Advisory – North America and Asia, Partner
*Marina Lutova Meyers, Portfolio Manager, Partner
*Charles Kobayashi, Portfolio Manager, Partner
*Perry Vais, Head of Quantitative Strategies, Partner
*Omar Vaishnavi, Portfolio Manager, Partner
*Amy Wierenga, Head of Portfolio Construction and Risk, CRO, Partner
*David Zorub, Portfolio Manager, Partner
*Alan Gerstein, Senior Advisor
== References ==
Category:Private Investment Firms
Blue Mountain Capital

Blue Mountain Capital Management LLC is a private investment company with offices in New York and London.
 
== History ==
Blue Mountain was founded in 2003 by Andrew Feldstein and Stephen Siderow. Feldstein and Siderow met at Harvard Law School.
In November of 2008, Blue Mountain Capital Management froze its largest hedge fund after clients asked to pull a “meaningful percentage” of their money.
== Products and Services ==
== Key People ==
*Andrew Feldstein, Co-Founder, CEO/CIO 
*Stephen Siderow, Co-Founder and President
== References ==
Category:Private Investment
Blue sky laws

In the U.S., blue sky laws are the states' securities laws and rules designed to prevent investment fraud. The origin of the term is unclear, but U.S. Supreme Court Justice McKenna in a 1917 opinion said the name indicates "speculative schemes which have no more basis than so many feet of 'blue sky'". 
The laws vary from state to state, but they require registration of securities offerings and of brokers and brokerage firms. Each state has a regulatory agency which administers the law. 
== References ==
Bluefin Energy, LLC

Bluefin Energy Group is a subsidiary of Bluefin Trading. Bluefin Energy is a market maker for numerous energy, currency, metal, and soft commodity futures and options. 
== History ==
Bluefin is a member of NYMEX, the CME Group, the InterContinental Exchange and the London Metal Exchange. They were one of the first members at NYMEX to trade crude oil and natural gas electronic futures first listed in 2001.
== Products and Services ==
== Key People ==
Stephen Ardizzone, President
== References ==
Category:Energy Firms
Bluford Putnam

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Bluford (Blu) Putnam is as managing director and chief economist of CME Group. He has held the position since May of 2011. 
Putnam is responsible for leading economic analysis on global financial markets by identifying emerging trends, evaluating economic factors and forecasting their impact on CME Group and the company's business strategy. He also serves as CME Group's spokesperson on global economic conditions and manages external research initiatives.
He is a co-founder of EQA Partners, LP. EQA Partners is a boutique currency and global macro investment manager founded in October 2006 and based in Stamford, CT.
He is the author of five books on international finance, and has published a number of articles in academic journals and business publications.
He has served on the boards of the St. Mary's College of Maryland Foundation and Eckerd College in Florida, and has chaired their endowment investment committee. He is also a member of the board of directors of Maryland Bankshares, Inc., the holding company for Maryland Bank & Trust Company.
== Background ==
Before joining CME Group, Putnam served as managing partner for Bayesian Edge Technology & Solutions, Ltd., a financial risk management and portfolio advisory service he founded in 2000. He also has served as president of CDC Investment Management Corporation and managing director and chief investment officer for Equities and Asset Allocation at the Bankers Trust Company in New York. His background also includes economist positions with Kleinwort Benson, Ltd., Morgan Stanley, Chase Manhattan Bank and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
== John Lothian News Interview ==
*Five Minutes With Bluford Putnam - February 2012
== Education ==
Putnam holds a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from Florida Presbyterian College (later renamed Eckerd College) and a PhD in Economics from Tulane University.
== References ==	
Category:CME Group
Category:EQA Partners, LP
Bo Chung

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Bo Chung is a long-time veteran of the financial services industry who is currently senior vice president, global sales and index licensing at Cboe Global Markets. He joined the company in that role in October 2021. He is responsible for overseeing the strategic growth and adoption of Cboe's holistic Data and Access Solutions offering.
== Background ==
Chung has been in the financial services industry for 30 years, holding several senior leadership roles and managing teams across continents. Before joining Cboe, he served as an independent strategic advisor to select start-ups in the early and growth stages. 
Earlier, he was managing director, global head of sales and relationship management at S&P Dow Jones Indices, where he worked for more than two decades. In that role, he led a team of 50 global sales and relationship managers and was responsible for business expansion, revenue growth and strategic partnership development. Prior to that role, Chung was managing director, business development, sales and marketing.
== Education ==
== References ==
Bob Bogda

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Bob Bogda is a veteran financial journalist who is currently editorial director at StreetAuthority, a online investment website published under the umbrella of 
Capitol Information Group.
== Background ==
Bob Bogda joined StreetAuthority in 2009 as vice president, editorial, and was promoted to editorial director in 2019. Previously, he was editorial content director at Magna Publications and was a chief correspondent for Bridge News.
From 1985 through 1998, Bogda was the Chicago bureau chief for Knight-Ridder Financial News, leading a team of reporters who covered the Midwest derivatives markets as well as economic issues, central bank policy, market structure and the growth of the futures and options exchanges. In the early 1980s, he was the Chicago bureau chief for Commodity News Service (CNS), the wire service that was later taken over by Knight Ridder and became known as Knight-Ridder Financial News.
He was a recipient of a Knight-Ridder “Editorial Excellence” award, which cited him for “hiring, training and inspiring a team that (it) believes is the best in the business.” 
Both Suzanne Cosgrove and John Lothian of John Lothian News worked for Bogda at CNS and Knight Ridder Financial News.
== Education ==
Bogda received his bachelor's degree in agricultural journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
== References ==	
Category:Journalists
Category:Knight Ridder Financial News - Former Employees
Category:Commodity News Service - Former Employees
Bob Lang

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Bob Lang is the founder and chief trader for Explosive Options. He has been a private trader in equity and option markets for over 10 years and manages separate accounts via Aztec Capital LLC.
== Background ==
He has managed a $300 million pension and 401(k) plan for a Southern California cooperative. In early 2000, Lang started a hedge fund for private and institutional clients. This fund, Aztec Partners, was a top-performing fund that year relative to its peer group. 
In 2002, Lang worked with floor traders in the active bond-trading group of Countrywide Capital Markets. Lang joined BigTrends.com in 2003, where he remained until May 2011, principally as author of their "Grand Slam Options" service and as a trading coach to individual retail investors.
In May 2011, Lang launched an options trading newsletter service called Explosive Options.
== Education ==
Lang holds an MBA from the University of Redlands. Additionally, he holds a bachelor's degree in Finance from San Diego State University.
== References ==
Bob Meade

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Bob Meade is a co-founder of McKay Brothers LLC and Quincy Data LLC.
== Background ==
After graduating from Harvard, Meade moved to the derivative research group at JPMorgan and transitioned to quant-trading Fleet Bank’s Robertson Stephens investment bank. 
From 2004 to 2010 he ran a High Frequency Trading group at Ronin Capital.
== Education ==
Meade received a PhD in Theoretical Physics from Harvard University. He continued physics research at MIT, where he studied the propagation of microwaves. 
== References ==
Category:Ronin Capital
Category:Ronin Capital
Bob Petersen

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Bob Petersen is the former president and CEO of the Kansas City Board of Trade. He resigned the position in 2004 and was replaced by Jeff Borchardt.
Petersen was with the KCBT for four years, having been previously at the National Grain Trade Council for 20 years.
== Background ==
== Education ==
== References ==	
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:Kansas City Board of Trade
Category:NFA Educational/Testing Advisory Committee
Bob Pisani

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Bob Pisani is an American financial journalist, author and senior markets correspondent for CNBC. He is known for his on-air reporting from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and his analysis of market trends and events.
== Background ==
Pisani has been a fixture on CNBC since 1990, covering Wall Street and the financial markets. He has been at the NYSE covering the markekts for all the major events of the last quarter century, including the Asian Financial Crisis, the dot-com bubble and collapse, the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and the Great Financial Crisis.
He is particularly recognized for his expertise in exchange-traded funds (ETFs), initial public offerings (IPOs), and market structure. Pisani's reporting style combines in-depth market knowledge with an ability to explain complex financial concepts to a broad audience.
He began reporting for CNBC on real estate, then moved to financial markets reporting at the NYSE in 1997.
He is the host of TraderTalk on CNBC. He is the author of the 2022 book Shut Up and Keep Talking: Lessons on Life and Investing from the Floor of the New York Stock Exchange
== Education ==
Pisani graduated from St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia with a bachelor's degree in English literature. He later earned a master's degree in American studies from Brown University.
== References ==	
Category:Journalists
Category:CNBC
Category:New York Stock Exchange
Category:Financial Markets
Category:Television Personalities
Category:Forbes - Former Employee