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To: Jomini

Speculators strike again. This is not about supply and demand.


5 posted on 09/19/2005 12:42:15 PM PDT by BoBToMatoE
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To: BoBToMatoE
Speculators strike again. This is not about supply and demand.

Yep, they couldn't allow the price to drop anymore so thanks to Rita, they have an excuse to start screwing the consumer once again.

10 posted on 09/19/2005 1:55:03 PM PDT by COEXERJ145 (Cindy Sheehan, Pat Buchanan, John Conyers, and David Duke Are Just Different Sides of the Same Coin.)
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To: BoBToMatoE
Speculators strike again. This is not about supply and demand.

Wouldn't speculation be entirely about supply and demand? The speculators are bidding up futures in anticipation that supply will be affected, and that demand will remain constant.

13 posted on 09/19/2005 3:43:20 PM PDT by Slainte
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