Tag Archives: Commodities

Can speculation really raise the price of oil in the long term?

By pcgumban | December 22, 2009

crookmatt asked: It seems to me based on my basic economics 101 experience, that if the price of oil is pushed higher than what would normally be supported by worldwide supply and demand, then the artificially high price will cause demand to decline, supply to rise which would normally cause a surplus. Speculators would [...]

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The media tell us what they want us to hear. Only once they talk about the big bucks the oil companies make?

By pcgumban | August 10, 2009

Trini asked: They made 9.3 Billion dollars in three months.
Why can they not pass on the savings to the consumer?
Instead of paying $2.50 a gall, we can pay $1.20,
And all of our commodities will be much more reasonably priced. The savings will pass down in everything we do in our daily lives.
Ps. Forget the price [...]

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What is meant by “played on oil” in this sentence?

By pcgumban | April 9, 2009

danny asked: —————
Use of oil and commodities as a distinct asset classes in private and institutional funds was very limited. Investors *played on oil* through equities of the oil companies.Bob

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gasoline is not on the list of American commodities, why ? the “oil president” want to crush and not help

By pcgumban | March 2, 2009

omnimog asked: that’s a fine “how do you do…” - shouldn’t W with all the oil connections be doing a better job at ACHIEVING …something? in oil at least????Jacques

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should the government regulate the oil industry like other commodities?

By pcgumban | February 15, 2009

theizzardking2 asked: have the goverment buy out and operate these guys becuase it’s something far to important to our country to leave it in the hands of profiteers with no desire to operate in such a manner that is benifical to the us’s best intrests, instead they operate on pofits alone, which is alright [...]

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