In Commodity Trader - Posted 1 week ago

The United States Gasoline Fund LP (UGA) is an exchange traded security that is designed to track in percentage terms the movements of gasoline prices...

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In Environmental Economics - Posted 4 weeks ago

From the WSJ's Morning Brief:Oil prices are trading higher this morning following OPEC members' decision last night to cut production. Such premeditat...

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In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 6 weeks ago

Money Talks CME Group completed its acquisition of the New York Mercantile Exchange [NYMEX] this week. The acquisition marked the final act in a drama...

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In SeekingAlpha ETFs - Posted 6 weeks ago

Can you imagine having control of nearly $8 billion worth of oil over three times the amount of oil that the United States consumes daily? One t...

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In Economist's View - Posted 7 weeks ago

A Washington Post article claiming that one firm, Vitrol, at one point in July,... held 11 percent of all the oil contracts on the regulated New York...

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In Energy Outlook - Posted 7 weeks ago

Oil market speculation is back in the news, because Vitol S.A., one of the world's largest oil-trading firms, has apparently been re-classified as a ...

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In Economist's View - Posted 7 weeks ago

The Washington Post says the scale of speculative activity in commodities markets is larger than previous estimates indicated:A Few Speculators Domina...

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In Between the Hedges - Posted 11 weeks ago

Bloomberg:- Optiver Holding BV, a Dutch trading fund, allegedly manipulated and attempted to manipulate energy markets on the New York Mercantile Exch...

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In Energy Outlook - Posted 11 weeks ago

As the Congress moves ahead with legislation aimed at reducing the contribution of speculation to high oil prices, it's worth taking a moment to refle...

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In Energy Outlook - Posted 12 weeks ago

The price of oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange has dropped $15 per barrel in less than a week, bringing us the first closing price under $130 si...

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