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On 3/9/2012 8:40 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In articlej4mdnTwKEaY7Z8TSnZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d@earthlink .com, dump-on- says... On 3/9/12 6:33 AM, BAR wrote: In articlez4WdnWeTHI5G_cTSnZ2dnUVZ_sCdnZ2d@earthlink .com, dump-on- says... On 3/8/12 7:29 PM, BAR wrote: In raweb.com, 5@ 5.com says... On 3/8/2012 6:41 PM, X ` Man wrote: Have Oil Speculators Already Priced In War With Iran? By Matthew Philips on March 07, 2012 The last time the price of Brent crude closed below $100 a barrel was Oct. 6, 2011. It?s since gone up nearly 30 percent, to a high of $126.20 on March 1. Tensions over Iran?s nuclear program have people spooked that a potential attack would disrupt the country?s 2.2 million barrels of daily oil exports. And so money has been pouring into oil futures contracts, driving up the price without any significant change in the underlying supply-and-demand fundamentals. Only the threat of one. So who?s buying? Talk to oil analysts these days and chances are they?ll tell you that more than half the spike in the oil price is due to speculators?specifically noncommercial users. That?s jargon for investors who are buying up futures contracts not because they intend to use the oil, but because they think it?s a good investment. These aren?t airlines or refining companies; these are money managers betting that the price will go up. And so far they?ve been right, thanks to themselves. - - - And we should allow oil speculating assholes to control our economy? Then do something about it, dammit. Harry doesn't know what a commodity is and how they are traded. D'oh. I went to college, I took two econ courses, and I used to be active in the market, and I've even speculated a bit. The actions of many of today's oil speculators are having a drastically negative impact on the economy and it shouldn't be tolerated. These aren't farmers trading wheat futures or airlines trying to lay in a supply of fuel for future use. Are we supposed to be impressed by the fact that your transcript states you passed, barely with a C, two econ classes. Obviously you didn't learn anything in those econ classes. You're confusing my grades with those of your hero ex president, George "Dumbya" Bush. And why are you ranting? You didn't have the smarts to succeed in any college and enlisted in the marines. D'oh. Because someone has the means to attend a college doesn't make him "smart", and because someone chose a different path to success doesn't make him NOT smart. The only reason Krause isn't living in a cardboard box is that his daddy left him well fixed, and the generosity of a certain Dr.Dr.Dr. -- O M G |
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