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Articles of Interest
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| 12/14/2011
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Explaining High Oil Prices | | Whether it's emerging-market demand or speculation that's boosting prices, the end result doesn't bode well for a U.S. economic recovery.
Wall Street Journal | |
| | 12/12/2011
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Fat-tail fears catch oil traders between $50 and $150 bets | | Investors and traders are buying large numbers of oil contracts that would profit from a price super-spike – and a collapse.
Financial Times | |
| | 10/19/2011
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CFTC Raises Bar on Betting | | The Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Tuesday approved a much-debated, long-delayed rule designed to curb bets on oil, gold, sugar and other commodities.
Wall Street Journal | |
| | 10/18/2011
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Regulators impose limits on oil speculation; More needed but a good first step | A divided Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted along party lines Tuesday to impose new restrictions on speculative trading in energy futures markets.
The Hill | |
| | 10/18/2011
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CFTC Votes 3-2 to Approve Limits on Commodity Speculation | | The top U.S. derivatives regulators voted 3 to 2 today to curb trading in oil, wheat, gold and other commodities after a boom in raw-materials speculation, record- high prices and years of debate and delay.
Bloomberg Businessweek | |
| | 9/24/2011
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Speculators Get a Break in New Rule | | Congress told federal regulators to write rules that would ensure that Dodd-Frank does what it’s supposed to do, which includes protecting consumers. But the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has proposed rules that critics say might actually encourage speculation in the commodities markets, rather than reduce it.
New York Times | |
| | 9/6/2011
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It's Right to Release Speculator Info | | The American people are sick and tired of paying outrageously high oil and gas prices. Now they know why. Prices soared because speculators played the markets.
Wall Street Journal | |
| | 8/31/2011
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Oil Speculation Debate: Public Citizen Demands Disclosure | | Commodities traders, unlike big buyers and sellers of stocks, have never had to disclose their holdings publicly. But that hidebound system is coming under attack.
Wall Street Journal | |
| | 8/31/2011
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Debate Heats Up Over Commodities Holdings | | The debate has simmered in the three years since oil prices spiked to record highs in 2008, sparking concerns that speculators were driving the move. But it intensified in recent weeks after The Wall Street Journal published confidential regulatory data that identified some of the biggest players in commodities markets, and big chunks of their positions, during that historic rally.
Wall Street Journal | |
| | 8/30/2011
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Challenge to conventional wisdom on speculators | | A Washington hearing room was rapt last week as a man lectured on commodities markets. Money pouring in from investors had precipitated the “financialisation” of the sector. “Flows in these markets are having major effects on prices,” he said. “That’s the takeaway.”
Financial Times | |
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