https://freerepublic.com/tag/oilspeculators/ en-us Wed, 9 Sep 2009 20:44:20 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335739/posts BASHING “speculators” is a popular pastime for American politicians trying to explain high and volatile oil prices. But whether speculation has really been responsible for spiking prices is a controversial issue. In 2008 the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a report dismissing the role of speculators in last year’s startling run-up in prices. But banks, hedge funds and others who bet on oil (without a use for the stuff itself) still face limits on the positions they can take, if Gary Gensler, the new CFTC head, can show that their influence in markets does harm. On September 4th the... The Economist https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335739/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 20:44:20 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026175/posts As the price of GAS is the subject of every conversation and the effects have stretched far and wide to every corner of this great country, we are desperately in need of relief. I received an e-mail today referring to a earlier post on Free Republic regarding the Democrats keeping the price of gas inflated and attached to the bottom of the e-mail was a piece about how the price of gas in Venezeula is 12 cents a gallon. It also went on to say about the possibility of gas in this country being around 53 cents a gallon in... https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2026175/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 00:28:03 GMT