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- Wallstrip: Speculation
- Wallstrip focuses on a potential scapegoat for our failing economy: YOU.
- Videos 2008-08-01
- Why Oil Prices Are So Volatile
- Oil prices have been all over the map this past year: as high as $145 and as low as $30. Here's what's causing the big swings — plus some experts' bets on where prices are headed now. Crude Oil Prices 2000-Present ...
- Articles 2009-09-01
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- Is Regulating Oil Speculation a Good Idea?
- Ryan Avent submits: Oil prices have behaved erratically over the past two years, you may have noticed. After increasing steadily for most of the decade, prices rose dramatically in 2007, and then really dramatically in 2008. The 2008 spike could have been due to a speculative bubble, or it...
- External links 2009-07-09
- Heard the One About the Baker Institute and Oil Speculators?
- Craig Pirrong submits: In an apparent attempt to make Michael Masters look good, Rice University’s Baker Institute has released a report on oil speculation, that concludes that increasing volumes of speculation have caused oil prices to be higher than they would otherwise be, and in a novel twist, have...
- External links 2009-08-30
- Northwest Airlines CEO Steenland Testifies before Congress; Outlines Remedies to Record Oil Prices
- Steenland details the impact of surging oil prices on airline industry; calls for greater regulation of oil speculators EAGAN, Minn. -- Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) CEO Doug Steenland told members of Congress that surging oil prices are severely challenging the airline industry - and unregulated oil speculation is a...
- Research articles 2008-06-23
- Suspicious of oil prices, commodities cop takes action
- The push to improve the integrity of the white-hot oil futures market is gaining momentum. With suspicions of oil speculation on the rise, the USA's top commodities cop announced steps Tuesday to close some regulatory loopholes that hindered its ability to detect market abuse. The moves...
- Research articles 2008-06-18
- Speculation and the Price of Oil: An Unfriendly Note
- Ferdinand E. Banks submits: Not too long ago I took the liberty of publishing several short papers on speculation and the oil price. Needless to say, I felt it necessary to publish them in more than one place, and also to exploit my beliefs in this matter in several lectures,...
- External links 2008-08-27
- Two Types of Speculation: One Harmful, One Not
- Mark Thoma submits: Suppose you think that a hurricane might disrupt oil flows in the future. What should you do today? Tropical storm Edouardo gives an example. As the storm approached, people believed there was a chance that oil flows would be disrupted in the future, and the current...
- External links 2008-08-05
- Closing the Enron Loophole: Feds May Limit Speculative Trading of Oil, and Calm Prices
- The crazy behavior of oil prices in 2008 has been blamed on excessive speculation in the futures markets from pension funds and endowments. In keeping with the new appetite for tighter financial regulation, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC is looking into limiting energy futures trading volumes, to bring them...
- Blog posts 2009-07-08
- What's Been Moving Oil Prices?
- Konrad Imielinski submits: Oil prices have risen $12.20 (34%) within this time frame: March 18th Wednesday - Oil falls $1.02 to $48.14 a barrel The reason: Wednesday's weekly EIA report showed that gasoline inventories rose by 3.2 million barrels. Analysts expected a drop of 2.1...
- External links 2009-03-19
- Major Oil Kicks Off "King of the Canadian Oilpatch" Contest
- Canadian oil sands, filled with 173 billion barrels of hard-to-reach oil, are quickly becoming the staging ground for the world's largest oilpatch wrestling match. You'd think the $100 drop in oil prices, which caused companies to cut capital spending and delay projects, coupled with the threat of...
- Blog posts 2009-02-17
- Recapping My Great Calls on Oil
- Phillip Lyon submits: I have written quite a few articles about the speculation in oil over the last few months and I want to revisit some of those articles because I have been proven correct. First, there can no longer be a debate about whether the excessive rise in...
- External links 2008-08-17
- Shock Draws in US Oil Stocks, Iraq Speculation Fuel Futures
- Shock Draws in US Oil Stocks, Iraq Speculation Fuel Futures Gains Buoyed by bullish US oil inventory numbers and relentless speculation about the impact of a possible US attack on Iraq, crude and product futures in New York and London extended gains on Thursday. On...
- Research articles 2002-09-06
- Is Excessive Speculation in Oil and Commodities Markets Actually Occurring?
- Craig Pirrong submits: Almost exactly a year ago, I testified before the House Ag Committee and wrote an oped for the WSJ on the effect–or lack thereof–of speculation on oil prices. The issue was high on the political agenda at the time, as oil prices hit $147/bbl, and...
- External links 2009-07-09
- OPEC chief Youssef Yousfi says speculators influenced crude oil prices in recent weeks.
- OPEC chief Youssef Yousfi says speculators influenced crude oil prices in recent weeks, and worries that the market is having trouble finding its proper price level. "Demand for oil has not fully recovered and price speculation has evolved,&qu OPEC chief Youssef Yousfi says speculators...
- Research articles 1999-06-17
- IEA sees oil thirst easing, says high prices not just speculation
- PARIS AFP — Slowing economies in leading countries will moderate thirst for oil but high prices are not the result of speculation alone and are here to stay, the International Energy Agency warned on Tuesday. The day after after the oil price topped 107 dollars a barrel for the...
- Research articles 2008-03-11
- Opec Sees $10-$15 Premium in Oil Prices.
- Traders could be inflating the crude oil price by $10-$15 per barrel through heavy speculation, fears of supply disruptions and worries that the market will not be able to produce enough crude and products to meet runaway demand, Opec said in its Mo Traders could...
- Research articles 2004-08-19
- Houston-Based Oil Firm Conoco's Shares Fall amid Takeover Talk.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Dec. 21--Conoco shares dropped Monday on speculation that the Houston company is considering a $4 billion bid for British oil company Lasmo. Dec. 21--Conoco shares dropped Monday on speculation that the Houston company is considering a $4 billion bid for British oil company ...
- Research articles 1999-12-20
- OIL PRICES FALL AS WAR RHETORIC SUBSIDES AND OPEC CONTINUES TO OVERPRODUCE
- Oil prices fell last week as speculation continued that the United Nations would have to make a decision soon on a resolution to disarm Iraq, and that a military strike could be avoided. West Texas Intermediate WTI fell to $26.86 per barrel for Decem Oil prices fell last...
- Research articles 2002-11-04
- Oil Price Speculation Concerns Raised in Thailand.
- Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 4--Local oil traders will face new reporting requirements as concern rises about possible irregularities and price speculation in the volatile world market. The Commerce Ministry said yesterday that it would order oil...
- Research articles 2004-06-04
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