Investments of Speculative Capital in Staple Foods -- Abstract -- Table of Contents -- Abreviations -- Figures -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Aim and Motivation -- 1.3 Current Status of Research and Structure of this Paper -- 2. Theoretical Background -- 2.1 The Theory of Speculative Capital -- 2.1.1 Specification of Speculative Capital -- 2.1.2 Positive Effects of Speculation -- 2.1.3 Negative Effects of Speculation -- 2.1.4 Review of Chapter 2.1 -- 2.2 The Theory of Commodity Futures Markets -- 2.2.1 Historical Overview on Commodity Futures Markets -- 2.2.2 The CME Group -- 2.2.3 The Nature of Futures -- 2.2.4 The Special Nature of Commodity Futures -- 2.2.4.1 Actors Trading Commodity Futures -- 2.2.4.2 Positive and Negative Effects of Commodity Futures -- 2.3 The Determination of the Cornprice -- 2.3.1 Short-term Determinants on the Supply Side -- 2.3.2 Short-term Determinants on the Demand Side -- 2.3.3 Long-term Determinants on the Supply Side -- 2.3.4 Long-term Determinants on the Demand Side -- 2.3.5 Review of Chapter 2.3 -- 3. Discussion -- 3.1 Determinants Affecting the Corn Price -- 3.2 Speculative Capital Affecting the Corn Price -- 3.2 Review of Chapter 3 -- 4. Conclusion -- 5. Recommendations -- 6. Bibliography.