Commodity Trading Corp and the 2012 FEC cycle

Commodity Trading Corp crossed with 2012

This page is not a restatement of the employer hub and not a restatement of the 2012 cycle hub. It is the inner join: employer string in one column, two-year FEC cycle in the other. $1,675,000 is that match. Seven itemized gifts produced it. One unique donor produced those seven gifts.

Average gift size is about $239,286 if you divide $1,675,000 by 7. That average is a ratio, not a typical check, and it can mix several committees inside the same cycle. It is not a corporate treasury transfer.

The name on the form is the grouped employer text. The Commission does not certify that the donor was an officer, trader, or owner of an entity with that legal name.

About 41% of the grouping’s FEC total

$4,106,103 is every cycle combined. $1,675,000 in 2012 is about 40.8% of that stack. Other windows still hold a little more than 59%. A single cycle above 40% is a dominant chapter for this modest lifetime bucket, but it is not the entire employer story.

With one donor in the cell, the 40.8% share can be that person’s 2012 calendar rather than a change in a trading desk’s headcount. The table shows the split; it does not show the reason.

One donor, seven contributions

A donor count of 1 next to 7 contributions is repeated itemized activity by the same unique-donor key. Seven rows can still cover several committees. The join publishes the counts, not the recipient list.

Commodity in the employer name does not make these receipts a CFTC filing or a futures-industry PAC. Individual contribution files remain personal receipts.

2012 as the cycle side

2012 covers federal activity in 2011–2012. Commodity Trading Corp’s $1,675,000 is one employer slice of that window. Ranking employer cells as influence would add a meaning the FEC individual file does not carry.

Presidential years raise national itemized totals. That seasonal fact does not assign a motive to this donor.

Seven rows, 41% of a modest bucket

Seven itemized contributions totaling $1,675,000 from one unique-donor key is an extreme concentration. Average gift size near $239,286 follows from that arithmetic. The overlay is short enough to read end to end. This page still does not name the donor.

A 40.8% share of $4,106,103 makes 2012 a dominant chapter for this modest lifetime bucket. Other cycles still hold a little more than 59%. With one donor, a later amendment can move a large fraction of both the 2012 cell and the grouping’s published history. Keep the industry hub in view.

Commodity in the employer name does not create a CFTC filing, a futures-industry PAC, or a USDA/DOE award link. Those systems use different identifiers. The 2012 cycle tag is a two-year window, not a harvest year or a contract year.

Seven rows totaling $1,675,000 is the shortest contribution list in this slice. A researcher can read the overlay in one sitting. The 40.8% share of $4,106,103 is the lifetime fact that makes 2012 a dominant chapter for a modest bucket. One unique-donor key means the chapter can move if those seven rows are amended.

Commodity in the name does not authorize futures-market commentary, CFTC docket numbers, or harvest-year metaphors. The 2012 cycle is a two-year FEC window. Average gift size near $239,286 is a ratio across seven itemized receipts that may span several committees. Corporate treasury treatment would require other FEC forms. Federal awards would require USAspending.

Limits of a concentrated employer join

Do not treat the 40.8% share as evidence that a trading business “peaked” in 2012. Do not treat the dollars as federal contract money. Campaign receipts and USAspending awards are separate ledgers.

For receipt-level browsing use the Commodity Trading Corp 2012 overlay. For other years stay on the industry hub. For the rest of 2012 use the cycle hub. Other employer-cycle pairs live on the ties index.

Questions

How much FEC money links Commodity Trading Corp to 2012?

The 2012-cycle cell is $1,675,000 in itemized individual contributions, from 7 contributions and 1 donor, per FEC.gov aggregates. That join is not PAC spending and not the grouping’s $4,106,103 all-cycle total. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the industry hub holds other cycles; the cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

Why is 2012 such a large share of this grouping?

Because $1,675,000 is about 40.8% of $4,106,103. With only one donor in the cell, a small number of large itemized gifts can dominate a modest lifetime bucket. The share is a table ratio, not a finding about a firm’s strategy.

Did the corporation donate $1,675,000?

The file is individual contributions tagged with the Commodity Trading Corp employer grouping. Individual receipts are personal gifts. They are not the same as a corporation writing a committee check. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the industry hub holds other cycles; the cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.

Are these donations tied to federal awards?

No. These figures are FEC individual contribution aggregates. Federal obligations are published by USAspending. This page does not claim that campaign gifts funded those awards. The overlay lists itemized rows for this cell; the industry hub holds other cycles; the cycle hub holds other employer strings from the same window.