Commodities Speculation

Bubble-Topia

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 08.07.2008 | Business


Max Fraad Wolff

Our national politics and economics have come to be defined by the inflation and violent pricking of bubble after bubble.

Oil Prices Were Manipulated, U.S. Government Commission Charges

Janet Ritz | Posted 08.01.2008 | Green


Janet Ritz

The agency charged with "ensuring the integrity of the futures & options market," has accused Optiver Holding of manipulating the prices of crude oil, heating oil and gasoline futures on the NY Mercantile Exchange.

Making Money On Oil Without Buying Oil

Reuters | Jeremy Gaunt | Posted 06.19.2008 | Business


LONDON (Reuters) - A story is told in financial circles that it was not the miners of the California Gold Rush who made money, it was the people who s...

WATCH: OPEC Chief: "There Is No Shortage Of Oil"

Reuters | Darcy Lambton | Posted 06.19.2008 | Business


OPEC takes another swipe at speculators blaming them for driving oil prices to record highs. Speaking at the Reuters Energy Summit, the oil cartel's ...