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- 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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- The Airlines Attack Oil Speculators
- I must admit that I've learned far more about the workings of the oil markets recently than I ever thought I would. The high price of fuel has certainly spurred an increased interest, but the airlines recently pushed that into overdrive with their seemingly ridiculous attempt to blame oil...
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- Incorrect Media Speculation About Those Oil Speculators
- James Hamilton submits: I normally leave it to folks like Dean Baker to beat up on the press. But I can't resist shining a bright light on yesterday's story about oil speculators in the Washington Post, which has also been discussed by Mark Thoma and Tyler Cowen. David...
- External links 2008-08-22
- Oil Speculators: If You Own an ETF, You Could Be One
- Tom Lydon ETF Trends submits: Oil prices are nowhere near steady, and investors are perplexed as they try to figure out why. Analysts believe that there is one thing that is creating these gyrations in shares prices and exchange traded funds ETFs: the dreaded speculator. But before you...
- External links 2009-07-17
- Speculators Cut Net Longs
- Speculators Cut Net Longs Oil speculators on the New York Mercantile Exchange Nymex pared their net long positions during the week ended Jun. 4, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC said Friday, as bullish sentiment continued to ease even as the summer driving season in the US ramps...
- Research articles 2002-06-11
- Speculators Amass Net Longs
- Speculators Amass Net Longs Crude oil speculators on the New York Mercantile Exchange added to net long positions during the week ended Sep. 24 as bullish sentiment swelled due to tight supplies ahead of heating season, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC said Friday. The...
- Research articles 2002-10-01
- Speculators Boost Net Longs
- Speculators Boost Net Longs Crude oil speculators on the New York Mercantile Exchange boosted net long positions during the week ended last Tuesday, as active tropical weather in the Gulf of Mexico cut deeply into production, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC said Friday. The...
- Research articles 2002-10-08
- Index Funds Don't Drive Oil prices
- Futures market speculators are a favorite scapegoat for politicians looking to assign blame for rising oil and energy prices. The rapid run-up in oil prices from late 2007 to mid-2008, and their subsequent collapse into year-end, has invited even more attention to the machinations of crude oil speculators. ...
- External links 2009-09-10
- Do oil speculators have U.S. consumers over a barrel?
- Having previously placed the blame for rising energy costs on Big Oil, OPEC, greedy refiners and various other vilified price gougers and corporate misfits, Congress is now focused on a new culprit: speculators. Specifically, the hedge funds, pension funds and other large institutions that buy and sell oil futures contracts...
- Research articles 2008-06-30
- Speculators Amass Net Longs
- Speculators Amass Net Longs Petroleum speculators on the New York Mercantile Exchange Nymex gathered net long positions in the week ended Aug. 20 as growing war fears bolstered bullish sentiment, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC said. The CFTC's weekly Commitments of Traders report said...
- Research articles 2002-08-27
- Feds Eye Oil Speculators
- The price of gas has been on a roller coaster, and many blame speculators who trade oil futures like stocks. Now the U.S. government is weighing a new way to regulate oil trading. Armen Keteyian reports.
- Videos 2009-07-08
- Speculators Trim Net Longs
- New York Mercantile Exchange oil speculators trimmed their net long futures positions in the week ending Aug. 12, after hitting the highest level in nearly four years during the previous week, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission CFTC said on Friday. The CFTC's weekly Commitments of Traders Report said...
- Research articles 2003-08-19
- Consider PowerShares DB Oil Fund as a Contango Play
- Alex Filonov submits: There is a straight way to play oil contango: buy physical oil and oil futures for the equal amount of it several months ahead. Store oil in Cushing, OK or in a supertanker somewhere offshore, paying about a dollar per barrel per month and deliver it...
- External links 2009-06-05
- 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
- Whether it's corn or oil, futures market no bed of roses
- Despite Congress' periodic hauling of weak-kneed oil executives before their committees to charge them with collusion and price- gouging, subsequent federal investigations turn up no evidence to support the charges. Right now oil company executives are getting a bit of a respite as Congress has turned its attention to crude...
- Research articles 2008-07-09
- On Oil Prices and Barron's Bullishness
- Moby Waller submits: Once the high-flying commodity and the scourge of all who drive, crude oil has gone from the penthouse to the outhouse in a matter of a few months for oil bulls. It was only a few months ago that Congress was grilling all the large oil...
- External links 2009-02-06
- More choice for oil speculators.
- Byline: John Wasiliev Aug 18, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Macquarie Bank launched four oil price warrants on 18 August 2005. This means Australian derivatives...
- Research articles 2005-08-18
- 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
- Oil surges to record, but gas prices don't follow suit
- The price of oil was higher Monday than it's ever been, presaging increases for gasoline and other fuels -- though not for long if oil speculators get cold feet and additional supplies hit the market as expected. The closing price of $86.13 per barrel eclipsed the...
- Research articles 2007-10-16
- U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserves a Weapon Against Price Spikes and Speculators
- Here's an interesting bent on the role of energy speculators and last summer's skyrocketing oil prices: using government-controlled strategic petroleum reserves to limit the power of speculators. According to a paper released Thursday by Rice University's James A. Baker Institute for Public Policy, (reported by Dow Jones via Rigzone and...
- Blog posts 2009-08-28
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