LONDON -- Its superfast, supersecret oil trading software was called the Hammer. And if the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is right, the name...
Washington Post | Zachary A. Goldfarb | Posted 08.06.2009 | Business
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will consider new measures to curb speculation in the markets for energy and other commodities, the agency is...
Michael Martin | Posted 06.28.2009 | Business
Speculators can be to blame for price volatility in the short term -- and by that I mean intra-day. But not for days and weeks. Speculators do not cause trends in commodity prices.
BusinessWeek | Posted 06.12.2009 | Business
Many are asking the question about oil prices: Is this deja vu all over again? Didn't we just go through a several-year run-up in prices based largely...
RJ Eskow | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics
I don't want to see more offshore drilling, but if we can put an end to oil profiteering -- and to the exhaustion of our natural resources to enrich a few -- it would be a trade-off worth considering.
Jeff Madrick | Posted 09.12.2008 | Business
Oil is a financial asset now. It attracts hundreds of billions of dollars of institutional investment. And like all financial assets throughout time, it is given to fashion and fad.
ClusterStock | Corey Lorinsky | Posted 08.01.2008 | Business
Did the collapse of a little-known private oil-marketing firm, SemGroup, play a roll in oil's 14% price drop over the past 10 days? The Wall Street Jo...
Olivia Zaleski | Posted 07.23.2008 | Green
Although it's great to see Bush take on our nations concerns, I must call out five dumb things he said Tuesday. Most notably, "The president doesn't have a magic wand. You can't just say: 'Low gas!'"
Rep. Lois Capps | Posted 07.22.2008 | Green
80% of the oil and gas resources off our coasts are already available for leasing and drilling. Listening to Bush, McCain and others, you'd think we've been locking up all our resources -- the opposite is true.
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 07.07.2008 | Business
Given the unwillingness of the Saudis and their assembled OPEC brethren to propose anything meaningful that would alter current price or supply trends, the Jeddah oil "summit" was a dud.
CNBC.com | Vince Farrell | Posted 07.03.2008 | Business
One of the most dangerous places to be is between a politician and a TV camera. The orgy of self-importance going on in Washington over the role of "s...
MarketWatch | Laura Mandaro | Posted 06.19.2008 | Business
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The Commodities Futures Trading Commission said Tuesday that it is establishing a task force to study the role of specu...
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...
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 ...
nytimes.com | LANDON THOMAS Jr. | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business