Optiver Charged In Commodity Futures Trading Commission Probe

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Optiver and two subsidiary companies have been charged by the CFTC for their involvement in manipulating oil and other energy prices. The company's website states they offer a "broad range of arbitrage activities, which are becoming more and more sophisticated in form." It seems their "sophistication" has landed them in the ...

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Oil Prices Unable To Rally

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

So far Oil hasn't been able to muster enough steam to return to record levels. The reason? Commodity traders are fearful that demand has slipped in the giant U.S. market. In the last four weeks alone, American drivers have cut another 2.4% of their gas usage from ...

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Gas Prices Hit All Time High In The U.S.

Monday, June 30th, 2008

If you feel like you've been paying more than ever at the pump, you're not alone. The feeling is coming from the fact that you are indeed paying more for gasoline than any American in history. The national average for gas prices in the U.S. has now tipped ...

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Analysts Predict That Fuel Prices Could Drop In 30 Days

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Fuel prices have continued a steady climb upward and lawmakers are looking into making regulations on the very profitable business of oil speculation. Analysts and Oil producers agree that excessive paper trading going on the oil commodity futures is to blame for higher fuel costs. These speculators never actually trade the ...

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Rep. Bart Stupak Pump Act Attempts To End Excessive Commodities Speculation

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Michael Masters of Masters Capital Management testified before congress today that oil speculators are playing a great role in the high cost of crude oil. According to the testimony by Masters to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, crude prices could quickly drop from $135 per gallon to ...

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Investulators Raising Scrutiny For Oil Speculations

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

The word "Investulators" is new to the lexicon of investing. What are investulators? They are a new breed of investors that speculate on oil futures, believed to be a large part of the reason that oil prices have been climbing over the past year. Currently 71% of all oil futures are being ...

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