Plantinseeds

Who's to Blame for the Commodities Boom?

I do not understand alot about investments. I have a question as to why there is short selling to begin with?
I'm sure wall street is the culprit who started it as another way to make $$$. My question is why not do away with betting (speculating) on a particular fund/stock/commodity going down? Yes if something goes up yes it will come down also but why try to bet on where and how much. To me it does sound like gambling....just another way to make a dollar.

Who's to Blame for the Commodities Boom?

LOL
We will all see very soon that the world goverments will step in and consolidate supply and demand rates. In other words they will set caps per country on how much of supply you get for a yearly basis.
Of course this will not work....thats when things get very interesting.