Russia Wrestles With Ruble Collapse

Russia Wrestles With Ruble Collapse Vitaliy N. Katsenelson - Forbes Bad decisions when times were fat spell a rough road ahead for those who ... growth in this decade was completely driven by rising commodity prices, mainly of oil and gas. As the global economy goes into recession and commodity prices either decline or remain at today’s levels [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 14:02:46

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Shocker: Federal Regulators Conclude That Oil Speculators Not Responsible For High Gas Prices

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has released financial data indicating that commodities traders engaged in oil speculation have had little ... driving the future price of oil down. Commodity index funds also have a much smaller share ... of transactions worth billions of dollars between January and June of this year. Commodity futures [more...]

Date: 2008-09-15 14:50:11

Southeast Asia: Newsmakers of 2008

The big story of the year in Southeast Asia was the global economic downturn. A rice and food price crisis hit the region last summer. It was compounded by the dramatic rise of oil and gas prices. When prices of these commodities began to stabilize, Wall Street announced the crash of several banks and major financial institutions [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 05:36:57

Federal Reserve Chairman Thinks High Gas Prices Are Here To Stay [Gas Prices]

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told congress today that he expects the economy to stay sluggish, ... and causing a commodities bubble, Bernanke doesn't agree. From the NYT: Mr. Bernanke was especially ... by speculation in futures markets. Instead, he said high energy costs reflected the markets’ [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 18:42:24

Price of Oil Lowers After Government Reports Reserves

Its simply a matter of supply and demand, and it seems we have a surplus of oil supply that is allowgin for reasonable prices for oil.  Sure you can argue that we can’t always expect such low prices for gas since inflation ... energy commodities?  OPEC?  *shiver* A Breakdown of Where Oil Goes According to a report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 10:13:23

Gas Prices: Boy, was I wrong….

  Back in May, I wrote an article on the continuously rising gas prices and future predictions ... Merrill Lynch Commodity Strategist Francisco Blanch and Gulf Oil CEO Joe Petrowski, say that crude oil [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 21:45:24

Closing Enron Loophole Would Drop Oil Prices 25% - 50% Overnight

The way Republicans tell it, the minute we start drilling off the coasts of California, Florida and elsewhere, the price of gas will go down ... for the Commodities Future Trading Commission (CFTC), the government board that oversees commodities markets: “Yes ... follows.) The Enron Loophole is the nickname for a provision written into the [more...]

Date: 2008-06-22 18:55:04

One Upside To The Economic Crisis: Cheap Gas

As the US dollar crashes and the financial markets around the world start to implode, we may see an happy side effect: cheap gas ... prices to several other measures, and concluded that crude oil is the most overpriced commodity ... higher than any other commodity. Relative to per capita income, oil prices would have to fall [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 19:55:40

Economics 101 for Congress

The New Hampshire Union Leader has a great idea.MAYBE THE quickest way to lower oil and gas prices would be this: ... on them the price would fall. But here is what Walter Lukken, chairman of the Commodity Futures ... are not unregulated traders, as Shaheen keeps saying. The real problem is that with demand continuing [more...]

Date: 2008-07-14 13:18:00

Not an optimal investment allocation

Bob Greer and John Cavalieri at Pimco have put together an interesting article that drives yet another stake into the investment thesis favored by ... two-thirds of their retirement money to stocks and continuing to do so indefinitely into the future ... commodity prices as well. We saw it most obviously at the gas pump, but in fact a very broad range [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 15:39:00

delhistockclub Antique-Sun Sets On Oil, Negative for Reliance, Cairn, Selan, Gail & Ongc

Please find enclosed our Oil & Gas sector report 'Sun sets on oil era' covering Indian upstream companies ... prices, since with falling commodity prices and increased availability of contractors, capital costs ... . Key highlights:•        Contrary to market expectations, we believe that oil prices to remain [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 06:05:00

Olbermann Blames McCain for Bipartisan Clinton-signed 'Enron Loophole'

Almost two years ago, NewsBusters wondered when media would begin reporting Enron's ties to higher oil and gas prices ... "Enron Loophole" created by the enactment of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000. Though ... trading, deregulation that lets speculators overwhelm trading in oil futures, those complicated [more...]

Date: 2008-06-20 14:38:34

Why Are Gas Prices Going Down?

I suppose they’re not actually going down right now, are they? ... by the laws of demand and supply, as is any product or commodity. So, of course, those laws play [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 22:20:47

a wise man spoke…

Back in the long gone days of Summer 2008, our gas prices were in the $4.00 range. Congress was looking in to the price of oil and why it had risen ... futures market, in which investors buy and sell promises to deliver oil at a later date, and claimed ... commodity futures — “is almost equal to the increase in demand from China.” Many economists scoffed [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 04:13:22

1 Penny = 1 Billion Dollars

Taking a look at these humorous cartoons about how high gas prices were this summer, ... ) The global recession has caused significant demand destruction of all commodities around the world. Arguably ... . Photo Credit: jackslife Advertisement: Real Estate Investing Forums Discuss real estate, network [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 19:44:34

DrumBeat: October 17, 2008

The dark side of lower prices NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stock prices have plunged in recent weeks. So have oil prices ... the gas don't want to be sitting in traffic. Time is a commodity," says restaurateur Jason Chan [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 13:14:58

Gas Price Deflation: Should It Affect What Automobiles We Purchase?

... when it comes to the future price of such a vital commodity with so many different fingers in the pool [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 20:00:02

Recessions are a good time to make lifestyle changes

HOUSTON – All that money you're saving these days at the gas pump? You might want to put it in the bank ... in the same spiral?" asked Yergin. "Some volatility is inevitable in global commodity markets ... have been investing when prices were high," she said. "Now that prices have crashed, they say prices [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:06:00

The Fed Shouldn’t Escape Blame for Investment Bubbles

If you haven’t noticed, gas prices are back down ... the credit mania and then compounded the felony with a commodity bubble and run on the dollar whose ... can be a problem. But if we want more stable markets in the future, we need to be sure to address [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 13:16:17

Clipping Biodiesel Recipes

I love recipes, especially unusual cooking projects ... -minded citizens and budding chemists, is becoming more mainstream. The spike in gas prices is making fryer oil, the messy aftermath of super spuds and mozzarella sticks, a hot commodity. It has even [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 14:56:00

U.S Market Update

- Equity markets have begun the week in positive territory, helped by declining commodity prices. Oil futures have shed about $4/bbl and gold has fallen this morning as the dollar has firmed ... % in Chicago led by Wheat while August natural gas is off close to 5% despite the formulation [more...]

Date: 2008-07-07 15:35:29

The Price of Gas will soon be $1.50, right?

This will teach them, right? H.R. 6377 directs CFTC to use all its authority, including its emergency powers, immediately to curb the role of excessive speculation in the energy and swaps futures markets ... that an artificially high demand for essential commodities such as oil and corn has been created [more...]

Date: 2008-06-27 20:30:06

Democratic Energy Bill Defeated; Republicans Show Some Stones

—Gabriel Malor Harry Reid's attempt to interfere in the commodities exchanges failed this morning along mostly partisan lines. Democrats are blaming high gasoline prices on "excessive" speculation in oil and gas futures. This is typical of Democrats, who would rather blame hedge funds (framed as "fat cats", but who serve [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 18:45:08

Mika: Offshore Drilling Wouldn't Lower Gas Prices for Ten Years

Mika Brzezinski might be an Obama backer, but she really should sit down with Hillary Clinton. The woman who turned $1,000 into $100,000 could clue her in to the workings of the commodities markets.  Be it cattle or crude oil, the concept's the same: these are "futures" markets in which [more...]

Date: 2008-07-15 11:11:46

Open Thread

Open Thread By NB Staff | June 11, 2008 - 09:55 ET For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: oil and gas prices ... ? Amongst such supply options as ANWR, shale, off-shore, etc., should we also be considering commodities [more...]

Date: 2008-06-11 13:55:46

MortgageNewsClips: Restore TARP, Decline Accelerates, Soros, FN Jumps, Jim Rogers, Cool Chart, Not So Smart, Debt to GDP, What About Chase, POA Chart, Proposal, HPI Decline, Price of Gas, 3 more. Ira Has 3

Restore TARP to Its First Purpose - Peter Ackerman and John Vogelstein - … The market wants to understand ... —— bloomberg Rogers Says Dollar to Be `Devalued,’ Buys Commodities - By Ron Harui and Mike Schneider [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 14:03:19

Natural Gas Situation Cliff and Credit Situation - Nate Hagens Interview

Natural Gas and Credit Situation - Nate Hagens Interview on Global Public Media Posted by Gail the Actuary on January 6, 2009 - 7:06pm Topic: ... lead to commodity deflation, including "$50 oil." Topics in this program highlight how the current ... the dreaded "natural gas cliff" as rigs go idle due to low prices. We discuss whether this means economic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 00:06:38

Don't Shoot The Price Messenger, aka Speculator

The futures market may be a convenient scapegoat, but it's simply a price discovery mechanism ... and demand, as well as the rate of inflation. The political theory is that such futures trading ... fundamentals. Thus, $4 gas. But there's no inherent reason to "bet" that commodities will go up rather than [more...]

Date: 2008-06-24 15:39:02

Why is Gas at $4 a Gallon?

Conspiracy theories abound, but the soaring price of crude oil (today around $137 a barrel) is related to four more mundane forces: (1) ... is one of the commodities that looks like a good bet. Hence, there's speculation in oil futures [more...]

Date: 2008-06-09 14:05:56

SoCal heating gas costs at 2-year low

The global market meltdown has this financial benefit: Tumbling energy prices mean that residential natural gas users handled by SoCal’s Gas Go ... of consumers’ November bills to commodity-market prices equal to 45.6 cents per therm, an industry ... losses from hurricanes have helped natural gas prices to decline from historical peak prices in July [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 08:01:43

November 2008 Philippine Gas Prices

I was mistaken to believe last month that the downward momentum in Philippine gas prices has slowed down as ... and cocoa futures prices. “Sugar, cocoa and coffee have outperformed energies, metals and even grains ... In recent weeks, all three commodities have shown resilience after a period of falling prices. [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 04:01:37

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