Thu 2008-05-29 00:00 EDT

Interfluidity :: If you think it's the "index speculators"...

debunking Michael Master's testimony regarding commodity speculation; tacit cartel on the producer side, accommodating speculative futures prices, while managing spot supply? Steve Randy Waldman

index speculators; Interfluidity; Think.

Thu 2008-05-29 00:00 EDT

Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up: Congress Blames the Hedge Funds--Yeah, That's It!

Jeff Matthews Is Not Making This Up: Congress Blames the Hedge Funds--Yeah, That's It! commodity speculation trumped by oil price fundamentals

Congress blames; Hedge funds; Jeff Matthews; makes.

Wed 2008-05-28 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Commodities Speculation Symptom Of Larger Problem

Commodities Speculation Symptom; larger problem; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.

Wed 2008-05-28 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Quantifying Commodities Speculation

Michael W. Master testimony

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis; Quantifying Commodities Speculation.

Wed 2008-05-28 00:00 EDT

The Yellow Brick Road > The last bubble in the investment desert

The Yellow Brick Road > The last bubble in the investment desert; commodities speculation; contango;

bubble; investment desert; Yellow-brick road.

Sat 2008-05-24 00:00 EDT

The price of everything: Power failure on Wall Street

unsupportable commodity valuations promoted by discredited Wall Street establishment

power failure; Price; Wall Street.

Sat 2008-05-24 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Commodities Spike: Vote of No Confidence in Central Bankers?

Steve Waldman; commodity price run-up due to loss of faith in monetrary authorities? large-scale repudiation of financial assets; "nd of a paradigm: large scale OTC markets, lightly regulated players and instruments, dollar as reserve currency, US as the most important global economic actors"

central bankers; Commodities Spike; Confidence; naked capitalism; voting.

Sat 2008-05-24 00:00 EDT

Interfluidity :: A run on central banks?

by Steve Randy Waldman; loss of confidence in central banks explains spiking commodity prices

central bank; Interfluidity; running.

Wed 2008-05-21 00:00 EDT

Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Berserker Funds in Commodities

Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Berserker Funds in Commodities; Michael Masters testifies on commodity speculation; "f investors (or whatever) held a stable currency with accurately rated (rather than bogus) investment grade financial instruments, with a positive real rate of return, against a truthful inflation number, would they be loaded to the gills with everything from grains to oil to cattle?"

Berserkers Funds; Commodities; economic; Market; watch; winter.

Tue 2008-05-20 00:00 EDT

Minyanville -

What the ETF? by Minyan Peter, Minyanville; "a broadened investor base, particularly inexperienced investors, and enhanced liquidity have been critical elements of every financial bubble in history"; "for the first time in financial history, the bubbles -- in securitized debt and commodities -- are truly global phenomena"

Minyanville.

Tue 2008-05-13 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Is the Commodities Boom Driven by Speculation?

commodities veterans distressed by recent market action; role of new cash and ETFs in commodities boom questioned; commodities industry analyst Michael Frankfurter examines financialization of commodities

Commodities Boom Driven; naked capitalism; Speculators.

Sun 2008-03-23 00:00 EDT

[ The Financial Ninja ]: Commodities Unravel, Confidence Collapses

Commodities Unravel; Confidence Collapses; Financial Ninja.

Sun 2008-03-23 00:00 EDT

[ The Financial Ninja ]: Massive De-leveraging Slams Commodities

Financial Ninja; Massive De-leveraging Slams Commodities.

Wed 2008-03-19 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: "Falling Interest Rates Explain Rising Commodity Prices"

Jeff Frankel

Falling Interest Rates Explain Rising Commodity Prices; naked capitalism.

Thu 2008-02-14 00:00 EST

Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Natural Gas: the Rodney Dangerfield of Commodities

Winter (Economic & Market) Watch >> Natural Gas: the Rodney Dangerfield of Commodities

Commodities; economic; Market; natural-gas; Rodney Dangerfield; watch; winter.

Thu 2004-04-08 00:00 EDT

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