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Yahoo get their data from CSI.

"A guarantee of bank secrecy was added to the Swiss Constitution in 2005 " http://baumanblog.sovereignsociety.com/2008/07/does-ubs-have-t.html Just read Baumans blog. It contains lots of good info.

This article deals mainly with the EU savings directive, but it should give you an idea of whats going on. http://baumanblog.sovereignsociety.com/2008/07/eu-tax-directiv.html

The Swiss recently passed an amendment to their constitution guaranteeing bank secrecy. But of course that doesn't apply to the US subsidiary of a Swiss bank. If you want a secrecy you can't leave a paper-trail in your home country.

Paul Krugman writes a great deal about this topic in his blog. The post below is about metal futures, but it applies equally well to Oil. commodities-and-speculation-metallic-evidence To sum it up, unless you are buying up the actual stuff(Oil,Wheat, etc) it doesn't affect prices.

I think you got it right. Index funds etc. have to roll their positions every month, making them sellers as well as buyers of commodities. Speculators are the usual scapegoats when something is wrong.

A crude ETN. Just what I was looking for. Thanks for the info.

Forget US banks and look at AIB instead.

Just what I was looking for. Thanks! :)

Apparently the International Energy Agency is also tying to talk up oil :D http://bespokeinvest.typepad.com/bespoke/2008/05/iea-warns-of-po.html "The world's premier energy monitor is preparing a sharp downward revision of its oil-supply forecast, a shift that reflects deepening pessimism...

People who say that speculators are driving up the price of oli are forgetting that you have to stockpile large amounts of crude to drive up the price. See Krugmans article for a nice counter-point. http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/more-on-oil-and-speculation

They can try to have you extradited. Expatriation is a better option.

INTJ - and I thougt I was special :(

That was a very useful and comprehensive response. Thank you very much!

I just read on the Amibroker website that they have an automated trading interface. Is there any reason your not using that instead of OpenQuant?