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 The role of a CTA, a commercial commodity consultant   Business,Business News Commodity Trading Advisor, Genuine Trading Solutions, a CTA registered with the CFTC, states that today's role of a CTA is constantly evolving. Dwayne Strocen, Chairman of Genuine Trading Solutions, says that once a Commodity Trading Advisor was content to be known as a portfolio manager by exchanging commodities and futures for a managed fund. There is no doubt that today's investor has become more sophisticated. In response, today's selection of investment products has become increasingly complex and varied, the need for the CTA to understand the uses and management of these products becomes even more acute. So, what exactly is the role of the current Commodity Trading Advisor. Surely the derivatives trading for a managed futures fund continues to be as important as before. A CTA has also become more involved in the analysis of derivatives. This role is essentially focused on becoming an analy...

 Cameroonian Hostages Freed from CAR Captivity   YAOUNDE— Eleven Cameroonians, including the mayor of the northern town of Ladgo, have been freed from captivity after they were seized by a rebel group from the Central African Republic more than a year ago. Government ministers, family members and a crowd of onlookers turned out in Cameroon's capital Monday to receive Mama Abakai and 10 others, who were seized by armed men from the east Cameroonian villages of Gbbabio and Yokossire, and taken across the border to the bushes of the CAR. Upon capture, Abakai said, the group was divided into pairs and chained at the leg and abdomen and, at times, the hands. Two people were given a liter of water to share for 24 hours, and they ate the same meal, once a day, for 16 months. One captive reportedly was held for 18 months.The captives were allowed to go to the toilet twice a day, at 10 a.m. and at 5 p.m. The captives lost hope, Abakai said, when rebels told  them that if the gove...