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  • July 2008

    • Speculators Didn't Do It

      newser  |  The Weekly Standard  |  Jul 5, 08 7:21 PM CDT

      Speculators Didn't Do It

      Politicians are blaming high oil prices on an old scapegoat: speculators, writes Dean Barnett in the Weekly Standard . But if speculators were hoarding oil, it would be stockpiled, and inventories would soar. Instead, inventories remain constant. This is obvious "to anyone who took an introductory economics class," Barnett writes. "Demand is relatively high. That means higher prices." More »

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      oil price  • commodities  • New York Mercantile Exchange  • speculation  • speculators

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • Is There a Solar Bubble?

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 22, 08 4:01 PM CDT

      Is There a Solar Bubble?

      Stocks in solar-energy outfits are enjoying a sustained rally, but investors should remember the lesson of ethanol, Mark Gongloff writes in the Wall Street Journal . Once-loved ethanol stocks are now widely scorned—mainly because the energy source will never be viable without government subsidies. Still, despite solar’s advantages, shares are far from a sure bet. More »

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      ethanol  • alternative energy  • solar energy  • solar power  • speculation  • solar cells  • stock price

    • Congress Turns on Speculators in Oil Bubble

      newser  |  BusinessWeek  |  May 15, 08 7:22 PM CDT

      Congress Turns on Speculators in Oil Bubble

      It’s not OPEC pulling oil prices to ever greater-heights—it’s speculators. That’s the theory behind the Consumer-First Energy Act, a bill sponsored by Senate Democrats aimed at clamping down on runaway oil futures trading. As stocks fall, investors are fleeing to commodities, especially oil. But even the US government might not have the power to rein in the market, BusinessWeek reports. More »

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      oil price  • oil  • commodities  • futures market  • speculation  • commodities exchange

    • OPEC May Boost Oil Output to Ease Prices

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 9, 08 7:39 PM CDT

      OPEC May Boost Oil Output to Ease Prices

      As crude hit $125 a barrel today, one OPEC member said the cartel may boost oil production to relieve prices, the New York Times reports. The move would conflict with OPEC's public stand that speculators, not oil supplies, have been keeping prices high. “We would consider among other options the possibility of increasing output as a way to ensure market stability,” Libya's top oil official said. More »

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      oil price  • gas prices  • Saudi Arabia  • OPEC  • Libya  • oil production  • investment  • speculation  • supply and demand

    • Speculation Not Driving Boom in Commodities

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 8, 08 4:29 PM CDT

      Speculation Not Driving Boom in Commodities

      A majority of economists think the upswing in food and energy prices is due to fundamental issues of supply and demand—and not driven by speculation, a Wall Street Journal survey finds; 51% pegged demand from China and India as the chief cause of the oil boom. More »

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      China  • oil price  • India  • food prices  • investors  • oil production  • speculation  • economist

  • April 2008

    • Rice Is the New Oil

      newser  |  Newsweek  |  Apr 27, 08 3:31 PM CDT

      Rice Is the New Oil

      Even as the burgeoning price of oil slaps consumers at the pump, a darker global market crisis looms as rising commodities prices compound the pressures of poverty worldwide. The UN has said that spiking food prices have started "a silent tsunami threatening to plunge more than 100 million people on every continent into hunger." Newsweek investigates the causes, which are both complicated and simple. More »

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      China  • United Nations  • India  • food  • food prices  • poverty  • hunger  • speculation  • rice prices  • hunger riots

  • February 2008

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