Mon 2008-06-30 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: One Method to Flush Out Oil Speculators: "Liquidation Only" Restriction

Daniel Dicker

flush; liquidity; Method; naked capitalism; Oil Speculators; restricted.

Wed 2008-06-25 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Thomas Palley: "Beating the Oil Barons" (And the Misunderstood Role of Inventories)

speculative basis for commodity price surges?

beat; Inventories; Misunderstood Role; naked capitalism; oil barons; Thomas Palley.

Fri 2008-06-20 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: "Exploding Commodity Prices Signal Future Inflation"

"commodity prices are the result of portfolio shift against liquid assets by sovereign investors, sovereign wealth funds, partly triggered by lax monetary policy,...olicymakers should seriously start worrying about inflation and stop chasing imaginary destabilising speculators."

Exploding Commodity Prices Signal Future Inflation; naked capitalism.

Fri 2008-06-13 00:00 EDT

Interfluidity :: The Lieberman plan: "Let them eat dollars."

"Trying to address the "commodity bubble" by restricting so-called speculation is a fool's game"

eat dollars; Interfluidity; Let; Lieberman plan.

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.

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 2008-05-13 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 2008-05-04 00:00 EDT

'Perhaps 60% of today's oil price is pure speculation'

Perhaps 60% of todays oil price is pure speculation, by F. William Engdahl, Global Research

perhaps 60; pure speculation; s oil price.

Wed 2008-01-30 00:00 EST

Money Matters: Rate Cuts Fuel Gold Speculation

by Elaine Meinel Supkis

money matters; Rate Cuts Fuel Gold Speculation.

Tue 2007-12-11 00:00 EST

Cutting The Bull > Sheet hits the Fan

Cutting The Bull > Sheet hits the Fan; "There is no investment today. There is only capital preservation and speculation"

Bulls; cutting; FANS; sheet hit.

Fri 2007-11-30 00:00 EST

Sudden Debt: CDS: Phantom Menace

CDS notional amounts increased from 26 to 46 trillion in last year; "far more CDSs are written relative to the amounts outstanding in individual bonds and thus credit events will infect and destroy much more speculative capital"; "generate highly volatile equity exposure with minimal or even zero margin requirements"

CDS; Phantom Menace; Sudden Debt.

Wed 2007-09-12 00:00 EDT

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Global Savings Glut Exposed

Bernanke "emperor with no clothes"; savings glut "a speculative credit binge now going bust"

Global Savings Glut Exposed; Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis.