[RegulatorCountry]

I’m wondering if the spare change (inflated dollars) being dumped by the gummint to ‘help the economy’ isn’t going directly into futures / commodities markets, thereby exacerbating the problem.

Cheap money is going to have an effect somewhere, and commodities are rising at a faster rate than the dollar has declined, so it seems more than likely to me. I've read comments that suggest raising margin requirements would knock quite a bit of the speculation out, to the tune of -$15/bbl or more.

[tgusa]

That’s the first good idea I’ve heard in a LONG time about the current state of affairs!

[pointsal]

You are right about the margin change.

The types of investments that the hedge funds can get into needs some oversight too.

Locally, one has bought high-end vacant land (estate ranchettes) with the expectation of turning them quickly for big bucks.