Speculation

Does JPMorgan's Derivatives Fiasco Portend the Collapse of Crude Oil and Gasoline Prices?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Rex Tillerson, JPMorgan Chase, Price of Gasoline, Directional Bets, Speculation, Financial Derivatives, Exxonmobil, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Oil, Financial Crisis, Federal Reserve, Vlcc, Wall Street Banks, Jamie Dimon, Senate, Business News

It is a grotesque symbol of how the Wall Street banks control our government. Mr. Dimon, sir, out of respect to our waning confidence in government institutions, your resignation from the Fed Board is well past due.

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'Green News Report' - April 17, 2012

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Green Jobs, Epa, Regulation, Green News Report, Green Energy, Climate Scientists, Video, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Global Warming, Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Barack Obama, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Green News, Sustainability, Natural Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Republicans, Glaciers, Himalayas, Tornadoes, Rush Limbaugh, Speculation, Wall Street, Japan, Extreme Weather, Nuclear Waste, Solar Energy, Military, Radioactivity, James Cameron, Louisiana, Biofuels, Arctic, BP Oil Spill, Algae, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Obama cal...

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When You Speculate With Financial Derivatives, You Hurt Society

Slate | Eric Posner and Glen Weyl | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Derivatives, Speculation, Slate, Financial Derivatives, Derivatives Reform, Derivatives Regulation, Financial Speculation, Credit Default Swaps, Cftc, Financial Regulation, Business News

On Monday, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued an order prohibiting the marketing of a new set of derivatives that would have enabled...

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Wall Street Speculation Drove Oil Price Spike Higher, Federal Reserve Study Finds

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Video, Gas, Wall Street, Central Bank, Fed, Economy, Speculation, Oil, St. Louis Fed, Oil Prices, Federal Reserve, Jobs, St. Louis Federal Reserve, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Two economists at the St. Louis Federal Reserve have published findings that indicate that Wall Street speculation is responsible for 15...

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Finally President Obama Utters That Freighted Oil-Drenched Word "SPECULATION"

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Group, Politics, Oil Energy, Financial crisisEric Holder Attorney General, Speculation, Gasoline Prices, President Obama, Superman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Video, Oil Prices, Oil Speculation, Oil Speculators, Business News

This surprising aside while sermonizing us with the usual exculpatory rhetoric emanating from the White House that "...what I've said about gas prices is that there is no silver bullet ..." to high, ever higher gasoline prices.

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Why Rising Gas Prices Could Backfire on the GOP in November

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Oil Prices, Gas Prices, Ahmadinejad, President Obama, 2012 Presidential Campaign, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Speculation, Wall Street Reform, 2012 Elections, Dodd-Frank, Elections 2012, Politics News

The sight of Republicans rooting against America and hoping that rising gas prices will derail the economic recovery is not pretty.

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Oil Slicks: Who Benefits From Gambling on Gas Prices?

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Phil Gramm, Oil Speculation, Regulation Reform, Speculation, Oil, Oil Prices, High Oil Prices, Oil Demand, Low Oil Demand, Government Regulation, Video, Politics News

We can't know for sure what's behind these oil prices. But what we can know is that we don't know -- and that our government should have the resources to track these markets and intervene when they're being misused.

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Without Congress, President Obama Can Provide a "Tax Cut" That Really Will Spur Economic Growth

Paul Abrams | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, Futures Markets, Oil Prices, Speculation, Economic Growth, Tax Cuts, Business News

Oil prices are rising and a large part of that increase is due to speculation on the futures market.

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What MF Global Can Teach You About Investing

Dan Solin | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Jon Corzine, MF Global Corzine, Jon Corzine Mf Global, Europe Debt Crisis, Speculation, MF Global, Investing Tips, Sovereign Debt Crisis, Business News

About 150,000 customer accounts were frozen by the trustee in charge of liquidating MF Global. These customers face long delays in resolving this mess. You can learn some valuable lessons from this debacle.

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Key Financial Reform Gets Boost From Occupy Wall Street

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Video, Transaction Tax, Wall Street, Financial Speculation Tax, Speculation, Financial Reform, Occupy Wall Street, Tom Harkin, Peter DeFazio, European Union, New York Stock Exchange, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Boosted by the Occupy Wall Street movement, two Democrats in the House and Senate are renewing a push for a transaction tax on speculati...

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Media Squawked When It Should Have Jumped on Oil Market Speculation Coverage

Dan Froomkin | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Oil Market, Bernie Sanders, Oil Market Manipulation, Speculation, Media News

When Bernie Sanders leaked confidential data last month that dramatically illustrated how speculators were dominating the oil futures market during the 2008 spike in oil prices, many news outlets jumped on the story in the worst possible way.

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Roosevelt Explains It All to You, and to Obama

Jonathan Schmock | Posted 11.04.2011

Read More: Class War, New Deal, Speculation, Labor, Banking, Hatred, Big Money, Franklin Roosevelt, Democrats, Conservativism, Roosevelt, Presidential Candidates, Republicans, Politics News

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Whack-A-Mole in China's Bubbly Housing Market

Nigel Chalk | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Property Crash, Housing, Shanghai, Investment, International Monetary Fund, Speculation, Beijing, Imf, Construction, Overheating, Property Market, China, Business News

We can expect that policymakers will continue to have to periodically step back into the property market with successively tighter administrative controls, continuing to play Whack-a-Mole with China's burgeoning property bubble.

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Oil Foolishness -- Is THIS the Market We Want?

Daniel Dicker | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Oil Prices, Oil, Gas Prices, Commodities, Finance, Opec, Speculation, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Business News

Yesterday, with absolutely nothing going on from a supply or demand standpoint, with most hedge fund managers at the beach during this short week, Brent crude oil rallied more then FOUR dollars. HUH? What the heck was that about?

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Republicans Want You to Pay More at the Pump

Rep. Bruce Braley | Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Gas Prices, Crude Oil Prices, Wall Street, Middle East, Speculation, Oil Prices, Bruce Braley, Oil, Oil Speculation, Cftc, Eric Cantor, Republicans, Green News

While we pay more and more at the pump, Republicans in the House are looking for new ways to protect Wall Street oil speculators from regulation.

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WATCH: Exxon CEO Blames Wall Street For High Gas Prices

Posted 07.12.2011

WASHINGTON -- Exxon Mobil Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson said Thursday that heavy Wall Street trading has driven up the price of oil well beyond the l...

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Dems Blast 'Wall Street Crude Oil Casino'

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Dodd-Frank, House GOP, Financial Reform, Speculation, Barney Frank, Wall Street Reform, Obama, Collin Peterson, Democrats, Cftc, Ed Markey, Wall Street, Oil, Oil Prices, Maxine Waters, Position Limits, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A cadre of top Democrats said Wednesday that heavy Wall Street speculation was driving up gas prices and blasted Republicans for pushing...

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What Really Caused Oil's Record Drop?

Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Oil Prices, Speculation, George Soros, Oil Prices Fall, Commodity Prices, Commodities Trading, Hedge Funds, Gas Prices, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When oil prices fell below $120 a barrel in early New York trade last Thursday, a few big companies that are major oil consumers ...

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Obama's Fraud Squad Targets Record Oil Price Plunge

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: Fraud, Gas Prices, Politics, Holder, Wall Street, Speculation, Economy, Oil Prices, Obama, Position Limits, Cftc, Business News

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder sent a memo to the federal agencies involved in the president's new Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Gr...

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Big Silver and Oil Moves End All Speculation About Speculators

Daniel Dicker | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Oil Prices, Oil, Gas Prices, Speculation, Cftc, Business News

If margin increases could be a tipping lever for a big sell-off in silver, could we do the same to crude oil and slice the costs that people are paying at the pumps?

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House GOP Bill To Delay Financial Regulations Clears Key Hurdle

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: Politics, Gas Prices, Joe Courtney, Wall Street, Commodity Prices, Speculation, Wall Street Reform, Oil, Bernie Sanders, Obama, Business, Position Limits, Cftc, House Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- With gas prices approaching record highs and soaring food prices fueling global unrest, Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee p...

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The Alternative Osama

Roderick Spencer | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Islam, Iraq, President Obama, Speculation, Bin Laden, Osama Bin Laden, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Osama Bin Laden Killed, Saddam Hussein, World News

I don't agree with our president that it's a "great day for America." The death of Osama bin Laden is something other than great.

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Bernie Sanders Demands Obama Action On Oil Prices

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 06.29.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Politics, Wall Street, Commodity Prices, Speculation, Oil, Regulation, Obama, Bernie Sanders, Business, Cftc, Politics News

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) demanded on Thursday that regulators impose limits on oil speculation to help lower the price of gas in a letter sent to P...

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Obama's Oil Market Fraud Squad May Miss Wall Street Abuses

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 06.22.2011

Read More: Commodities Prices, Politics, Gas Prices, Chilton, Wall Street, Economy, Speculation, Financial Reform, Wall Street Reform, Oil Prices, Task Force, Obama, Working Group, Cftc, Business News

WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, President Obama unveiled a new working group to combat any fraud or manipulation in the oil and energy markets that may be ...

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How To Balance the Budget in One Easy Step

Raymond Griffith | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Taxes, Debt, Federal Budget Deficit, Speculation, Derivatives, Stock Market, Tax Revenues, Sales Tax, Leverage, Business News

OK. I am going to start out by admitting that I am not an economist. Like most people, I hadn't heard about derivatives, securities or exotic financia...

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