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Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
Idealism. Unreal and impractical- too bad, but true! ReplyLieberman
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
Yes, and tell that to the majority of Republican voters whose only answer when asked "WHY are you still a Republican?" gives the answer, "They are better for business."Ha!
It is the most absurd thing I have ever heard! Is $4-5 a gallon gas, the sub-prime mortgage mess, war in Iraq etc... etc... helping your financial statement? It isn't if you are the average midddle class American. If you are a Republican, in on the pillage and plunder of America, you have made your money or are having your final gasps of financial orgasm in the futures market...
I suppose once again the Democrats will have to roll in and do the heavy lifting to get the economy righted.... Reply
High Likelihood of a Market Crash [view article]
Don't worry comrades, Obama and the government will take care of every thing. Your mud hut, shared with all of your relatives, and the semi-warm gruel will make you hate America even more, which is what you "blame America first" idiots want! We will all be able to enjoy the malaise Jimmy Carter promoted. ReplyU.S. Markets: A Ton of Doubt Calls for Caution [view article]
When everything looks bad, its time to buy. ReplyThe S&P 500 Is Struggling - And Peaking [view article]
The prospect of Obama being elected president, people taking Al Gork's hoax, global warming seriously by enacting a carbon tax (which will most likely cause electricity to go up 60% to 150%, and the "greenie weenies" prohibiting drilling, new coal fired and nuclear electric generation plants are enough to make "Atlas Shrug", and cause us to go into a depression. Obama's redistribution of wealth concept will prove disastrous, along with bigger, more inefficient government. My God, we suffered through one presidency of Jimmy "the wimp" Carter! Too bad the "killer rabbit" didn't get him. ReplyWill a Drop in Oil Trigger a Market Recovery? [view article]
10 Reasons Why Oil Price Speculation Requires a Change in the Rule of Law by Michael LevyHigh oil prices that are governed by the commodity markets are in dire need of common sense law and order. When speculation and detrimental logic and reasoning take central command of human society, the results always turn out to be damaging to the majority, at the abundance of the few. The experts and speculators will argue we need free markets and any interference will take away free trade. Well, in many cases they are correct, however, when it comes to essential commodities of food and energy they are completely out of order. Here are a few reasons why essential commodity markets require new legislation.
1. There has been no shortage of gas at any filling station for the past 10 years yet prices are up 1200% because of futures trading going out more than eight years. Even the Saudi oil minister has recently stated the price of a barrel of oil should be no more than $70.00. Demand from China and India is still far less than that of the USA. The Chinese stock market is down 50% signifying a sharp slow down. This news still is not enough to stop the wild speculators hiking the oil prices.
2. When hurricanes hit Florida many gas stations are closed and there is a real shortage of gas for a few days. However, if a gas station increases its prices they will be prosecuted for price gauging. Therefore, if we take the experts argument that there is a shortage of oil then that still does not give anyone the right to profit from the shortage as this is deemed to be prices gauging. How can the USA governments have double standards and prosecute gas station owners who price gauge and not treat commodity markets in the same manner?
3. Oil is an essential commodity for every day living in the same way as water is an essential commodity. It makes no sense to trade water so why leave oil in the hands of anyone who wants to make a quick buck gambling on prices.
4. Pension and hedge fund managers have invested billions of dollars in oil futures. The futures markets are very volatile, thus, no place for pension funds to risk the money for people who trust them to build future wealth. The fiduciary duty of a pension fund manger is to find reasonable returns with low risk and the commodity markets is not that place.
5. If the price of oil was regulated between $40.00 - $80.00 a barrel, the price could go up and down on supply and demand. This would be fair to everyone, for even when supply was plentiful, the price would not drop below $40.00 which will still give a fair profit to most oil related industries. When oil is in short supply the price would be limited to a ceiling of $80.00 which is more acceptable to world economies.
6. There is a moral issue that greed cannot come before peoples basic needs ... No right-minded, ethical, principled government can allow starvation and financial ruin because of a system of trading that is completely out of control.
7. The price of a barrel of oil effects transport, food supply, industrial production and every part of modern day living. If terrorists wanted to devise a plan to destroy the world. economies what better way than finding a method to allow oil to trade at $140.00 a barrel. Why play a game that makes terrorists and anarchists happy.
8. Goodwill to all people is the credo every democratic country is built upon.$140.00 a barrel oil delivers no goodwill. It only brings hardship and political uneasiness.
9. Noble deeds and fair dealing is the hallmark of success for every truly prosperous person. Since the world is made-up from people, where are the noble deeds and fair dealing in the commodity pits.
10. We are all put on earth to help each other succeed in the pursuit of freedom, liberty and happiness. There is no freedom when people are slaves to greed. There are only liberty takers when oil trades over $80.00 a barrel. And finally financial hardship brings misery and discontent.
The time for change in essential commodity trading is now. To quote a few voices from the past...
“Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor”_Thomas Jefferson
“For greed all nature is too little.”_Seneca
“It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all” _ Democritus
“He who is greedy is always in want.” _Horace
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Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
10 Reasons Why Oil Price Speculation Requires a Change in the Rule of Law by Michael LevyHigh oil prices that are governed by the commodity markets are in dire need of common sense law and order. When speculation and detrimental logic and reasoning take central command of human society, the results always turn out to be damaging to the majority, at the abundance of the few. The experts and speculators will argue we need free markets and any interference will take away free trade. Well, in many cases they are correct, however, when it comes to essential commodities of food and energy they are completely out of order. Here are a few reasons why essential commodity markets require new legislation.
1. There has been no shortage of gas at any filling station for the past 10 years yet prices are up 1200% because of futures trading going out more than eight years. Even the Saudi oil minister has recently stated the price of a barrel of oil should be no more than $70.00. Demand from China and India is still far less than that of the USA. The Chinese stock market is down 50% signifying a sharp slow down. This news still is not enough to stop the wild speculators hiking the oil prices.
2. When hurricanes hit Florida many gas stations are closed and there is a real shortage of gas for a few days. However, if a gas station increases its prices they will be prosecuted for price gauging. Therefore, if we take the experts argument that there is a shortage of oil then that still does not give anyone the right to profit from the shortage as this is deemed to be prices gauging. How can the USA governments have double standards and prosecute gas station owners who price gauge and not treat commodity markets in the same manner?
3. Oil is an essential commodity for every day living in the same way as water is an essential commodity. It makes no sense to trade water so why leave oil in the hands of anyone who wants to make a quick buck gambling on prices.
4. Pension and hedge fund managers have invested billions of dollars in oil futures. The futures markets are very volatile, thus, no place for pension funds to risk the money for people who trust them to build future wealth. The fiduciary duty of a pension fund manger is to find reasonable returns with low risk and the commodity markets is not that place.
5. If the price of oil was regulated between $40.00 - $80.00 a barrel, the price could go up and down on supply and demand. This would be fair to everyone, for even when supply was plentiful, the price would not drop below $40.00 which will still give a fair profit to most oil related industries. When oil is in short supply the price would be limited to a ceiling of $80.00 which is more acceptable to world economies.
6. There is a moral issue that greed cannot come before peoples basic needs ... No right-minded, ethical, principled government can allow starvation and financial ruin because of a system of trading that is completely out of control.
7. The price of a barrel of oil effects transport, food supply, industrial production and every part of modern day living. If terrorists wanted to devise a plan to destroy the world. economies what better way than finding a method to allow oil to trade at $140.00 a barrel. Why play a game that makes terrorists and anarchists happy.
8. Goodwill to all people is the credo every democratic country is built upon.$140.00 a barrel oil delivers no goodwill. It only brings hardship and political uneasiness.
9. Noble deeds and fair dealing is the hallmark of success for every truly prosperous person. Since the world is made-up from people, where are the noble deeds and fair dealing in the commodity pits.
10. We are all put on earth to help each other succeed in the pursuit of freedom, liberty and happiness. There is no freedom when people are slaves to greed. There are only liberty takers when oil trades over $80.00 a barrel. And finally financial hardship brings misery and discontent.
The time for change in essential commodity trading is now. To quote a few voices from the past...
“Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor”_Thomas Jefferson
“For greed all nature is too little.”_Seneca
“It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all” _ Democritus
“He who is greedy is always in want.” _Horace
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Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
Speculation has no meaningful impact on the price at the pump. For every buyer of oil who is not willing to accept delivery of the physical commodity there is a seller who does not have oil to deliver. Speculation is a zero-sum betting game played around the underlying forces of supply and demand. But when a villain must be found for political purposes, speculators make an appealing target. ReplyGlobal Inflation Rates [view article]
DrBagel - Some price effects are country/location specific, real estate, fuel, subsidies - however such a big difference can only be explained that the real inflation data is being supressed. Everyone knows the methods of calculations have changed over the years and many items dropped or weightages changed. User 166668 has a point - ask/feel the pulse, the govt. is BS ReplyWall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News [view article]
How does oil speculation affect the price at the pump?Is the effect of speculation different than that of supply and demand? Reply
Anthropy
High Likelihood of a Market Crash [view article]
If we keep our attention on the fundamentals, all will be well. What are the fundamentals? That any policies we formulate will ensure that the super rich become even richer. Therefore, keep an eye on policies regarding the banks and the oil companies. They will get richer in any political climate. I have yet to see a good analysis of past 10 years of leveraged profits by the banks. The current losses do not strike me as being large enough to offset the cumulative profits of the past. I could be wrong on this, and if anyone has the actual facts, please post them. ReplyHigh Likelihood of a Market Crash [view article]
Hey, "Expert" and jdlech: The RBS analyst and this guy are talking about 300 points on the SPX, not the Dow. That's about 2000-3000 points on the Dow, depending upon which stocks get taken down more. That IS a crash.Not saying it's going to happen. But there is quite a bit of indecision in the market - in terms of volume indicators as well. Reply
Is It Possible to Predict the Next Big Crash? [view article]
I guess one can predict a crash when the mass clearly sees an uptrend in something .......My prediction ? Oil crash ......... Reply
High Likelihood of a Market Crash [view article]
We've managed to spend nearly a trillion dollars outside the country. That is to say, we've managed to take nearly a trillion dollars out of the economy. We have a crumbling infrastructure with bridges and levees already failing. Oil at $130+ per barrel with no end in sight - cheap oil is history. We have ignored the very support structures of our economic strength. Of course there's going to be a reckoning; it's a matter of when, not if.A crash of 300 pts may seem like a lot today, but we'll look back on it as a drop in the bucket soon enough. Reply
Plessis
U.S. Markets: A Ton of Doubt Calls for Caution [view article]
SB-tiger: Please bear in mind that this is simply a weekly review, summarizing important events/comments during the week. The purpose of the compilation is therefore not to draw specific conclusions or offer recommendations. That I try and do in between as you will see from my other posts on Seeking Alpha and on my blog: www.investmentpostcard...Reply