Chevron
Net Profit Margin 8.02%
Return on Equity 25.41%
Exxon/Mobile
Net Profit Margin 9.72%
Return on Equity 35.59%
Microsoft
Net Profit Margin 28.33%
Return on Equity 45.28%
Oracle
Net Profit Margin 24.20%
Return on Equity 27.79%
Proctor & Gamble
Net Profit Margin 13.90%
Return on Equity 16.93%
Source: MSN Financial
Not sure what you are angry about or why. Oil companies financial performance is nothing that great compared to other successful US companies. Furthermore, all companies charge replacement value for products they sell, to do otherwise is foolish.
Yes, maybe the big guys are messing with the market/futures. Good luck catching them, and if you do so what? It seems the solution is to increase US based supplies of energy and simplify our markets. The problem is not Exxon-Mobile, the problem is the US Congress and the fascist environmental lobby.
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They are absolutely messing with the futures market and the last time I checked that sort of thing was punishable by prison time.
Which I hope they all get.