Speculation

Chairman of Gazprom Predicts $100 Oil Because of Speculation. Speculation, Really?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Energy, Treasury Department, World, Opec, Trading Exchanges, Speculation, Cftc, Gazprom, Bank Holding Companies, Alexei Miller, State Deoartment, Oil, Russia, Manipulation, Natural Gas, Commerce Department, Philip Verleger, Donald Marron, Green Energy, Cnbc, NY Mercantile Exchange, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

"Manipulation" is immeasurably more sinister than "Speculation." It bespeaks of controlling, orchestrating and maneuvering to falsify and rig.

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That's Not How Bubbles Work

Garrett Johnson | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Mania, Speculation, Housing Bubble, Business News
Garrett Johnson

If you want an accurate prediction of when the housing market will bottom: it will be when people have stopped calling a bottom in housing.

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The Mystery of the Missing Unemployed Man: On Jobs and Banks

Barbara Garson | Posted 08.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Bailout, Lehman Brothers, Speculation, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Aig, Bear Stearns, Credit Default Swaps, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Barclays, Business News
Barbara Garson

People are speculating on derivatives and derivatives of derivatives because there's no action in the real world.

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The New Economy Won't Be Like the Last One

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 07.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Infrastructure, CEO Pay, Wall Street, Local Economies, Finance, Money, Military Spending, Health, Speculation, Economy, President Obama, Economic Crisis, Obama Economy, Business News
Sarah van Gelder

The current economic downturn offers an exceptional opportunity to rebuild and, this time, to make it an economy that works for all.

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Are Speculators to Blame for Soaring Oil Prices?

Michael Martin | Posted 06.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Oil-Speculators, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Crude Oil Prices, Speculation, Oil, Oil Prices, Oil Speculation, Goldman Sachs TARP, Business News
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.

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Gensler Confirmed as Head of the CFTC - Will He Be Watching Oil Prices?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 06.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Sec, Gary Gensler, The Senate, Financial Crisis, Finanacial Times, Oil, Oil and Gas Prices, Green Energy, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Energy Policy, Manipulation, Seculation, Speculation, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Gensler will have to move away from the agency's "head in the sand" policy of recent years, while defending commodity futures trading against accusations of undue influence.

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Brazil's Lula: U.S., Sort Your Banks Out

Diane Francis | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

Read More: U.S. Economy, Commodities, World Economic Crisis, U.S. Banking Crisis, Speculation, Futures Arkets, Banking Crisis, Brazil, Economy, World Economic Forum, World News
Diane Francis

"Like the Titanic, no one will escape," Lula said. "First class, third class, everyone will sink with the boat. The role of everyone, from the mass media to business, labor ad politicians, must be examined."

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Tomorrow's Info Today: Staying Ahead of the News Cycle

Randall Amster | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media

Read More: The Future, Future, Media News, Unified Theory, Information Overload, Green Collar Economy, Green Jobs, Rush Limbaugh, Current Events, Economy, Victory Gardens, Information Age, The Commons, Teleportation, Recession, Star Trek, Nature, Privatization, Agribusiness, Robotics, Gardening, Gmo, Robots, Vulture Capitalism, Humor, Speculation, New Media, Humor and Satire, Media News
Randall Amster

From now on, I will only get my news from future-based sources, and thus seek to remain ahead of the curve. Outlandish, you say? Impossible? You are obviously so behind the times.

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Curbing the Wall Street Addiction

Stephen H. Dinan | Posted 11.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Gambling, Wall Street Crisis, Speculation, Insiders, Economic Crisis, Addiction, Daytraders, Stock Market, Excess Profit, Stet, Business News
Stephen H. Dinan

While most of the financial world prays that the market has bottomed, another kind of bottoming out is necessary. And that is our own co-dependence with the addict that Wall Street has become.

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Bailout Confuson -- All Over The Web (Salient Links)

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Hank Paulson, Speculation, Economy, Web, Media, Links, Main Street, Blogs, News Sites, Bailout, Barack Obama, Financial Crisis, Huffington Post, Wall Street, Hank Paulson Plan, Politics News
Stephen C. Rose

By Stephen C. Rose Each morning I dutifully post links from sites I value for their news sense or opinion pertinence. Today the general theme is bai...

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Wall Street Under Oath: What Have We Learned?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, John McCain, Wall Street, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Race, Lehman Brothers, Economy, Aig, Wall Street Under Oath, Speculation, Ferdinand Pecora, Financial Speculation, United States Senate, Banking and Currency Committee, Great Depression, Pecora Commission, Business News
Jeff Biggers

Bailout or otherwise, we don't need no stinkin' commission to understand the roots of the current Wall Street crisis.

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The Long-Term Damage Done by Consensus Thinking

Jeff Madrick | Posted 09.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil Prices, Manufacturing, Speculation, Trade Deficit Economists' Failure, High Dollar, Exports, Business News
Jeff Madrick

The barrenness of the US manufacturing landscape was very much the consequence of a dollar that was too high for too long.

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Speculation About Speculation: Does A Hedge Fund's Collapse Pin Oil Prices On Them?

ClusterStock | Corey Lorinsky | Posted 08.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Why Are Oil Prices High, SemGroup, Speculation, Why Are Oil Prices Dropping, Oil Prices, Oil Speculation, Commodities Market, Business News

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...

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Behind Skyrocketing Oil Prices

Robert Weissman | Posted 06.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Market Manipulation, Oil Price, Peak Oil, Big Oil, Speculation, Climate Change, Business News
Robert Weissman

Market manipulation may be contributing to the recent oil price spike -- though even in the worst case, it is only part of the story.

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