citizen782's Comments RSS Syndication from SeekingAlpha.com http://seekingalpha.comuser/207339/comments http://seekingalpha.com/article/78899-raising-margin-requirements-may-spike-oil-prices-higher?source=feed#comment-183602 183602 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:14:27 -0400 http://seekingalpha.com/article/78899-raising-margin-requirements-may-spike-oil-prices-higher?source=feed#comment-181811 181811 That's the bigger factor isn't it? If your thesis is wrong based upon Dr. Spurgins hedging response function and it is not what's causing prices to rise then increasing the margins should in fact result in a dramatic drop per barrel. Also, even if there was a short covering rally, who's to say that might not be the temporary pain (shot in the arm) necessary to bring market prices on futures back to reality?]]> Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:39:12 -0400 That's the bigger factor isn't it? If your thesis is wrong based upon Dr. Spurgins hedging response function and it is not what's causing prices to rise then increasing the margins should in fact result in a dramatic drop per barrel. Also, even if there was a short covering rally, who's to say that might not be the temporary pain (shot in the arm) necessary to bring market prices on futures back to reality?]]>