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Posts Tagged ‘ Cftc ’

Blame the Speculators, Continued

May 30th, 2008 | By Dave Gonigam | Category: Stock Market Investing

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has launched a witch hunt to slake the blood-thirst of Congresscritters and their constituents looking for someone to blame for high oil prices.



And Then There’s This… Friday, May 30, 2008

May 30th, 2008 | By Ed Steer | Category: International Investing

Both gold and silver did virtually nothing on Thursday until shortly after London opened. Then (just like Wednesday) a sell-off began in both metals which lasted until shortly after the Comex opened in New York.



Crude Beats a Retreat – Drop Comes Despite Huge Inventory Plunge

May 30th, 2008 | By Doug Casey | Category: Oil Investment & Alternative Energy

In the energy market Thursday, crude for July delivery retreated, closing at $126.62/barrel, down $4.41. June reformulated gasoline lost 5 cents, to $3.40/gallon.



Whither the Price of Oil?

May 24th, 2008 | By John Mauldin | Category: Oil Investment & Alternative Energy

Those Nasty Index Speculators. Is Correlation Causation? Where Are All the Tankers? Where Will Oil Prices Go? Is it 1980 All Over Again? The Middle East, California, and Help for Myanmar.



And Then There’s This…Thursday, May 15th, 2008

May 15th, 2008 | By Ed Steer | Category: Gold Market

Not a lot happened in both gold and silver yesterday. The tiny rally in the Far East got sold off starting at 3:00 a.m. New York time, then rallied slightly in London and into the Comex open…and that was that once again. Ditto for silver.