Oil Speculators

CFTC Pins Blame For Oil Spike On Speculators

Wall Street Journal | By IANTHE JEANNE DUGAN and ALISTAIR MACDONALD | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business


The Commodity Futures Trading Commission plans to issue a report next month suggesting speculators played a significant role in driving wild swings in...

Are Speculators to Blame for Soaring Oil Prices?

Michael Martin | Posted 06.28.2009 | Business


Michael Martin

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.

Oil Prices Rising: Are Speculators Back In Action?

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...