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wish I would've directly shorted -- I have a spread open though, so its slowly closing. i'm too distracted blundering trades with oil and bonds. :)

i've read build could be 100mcf. we could be heading to 5.00 territory. PS .. i wonder if this could have neg. impact on the price support oil seems to be finding.

Hey I'm not saying I believe it - just that arguing it is a good time. But seriously, this is short term money, and permanent demand destruction is bad for these guys, as alternative plays are too spread out because who the hell knows where it will go. I wonder how fast nuclear power...

My thought is oil too high is the single biggest non military threat to our economy (and the world economy). It is inflationary in a very real and unmanageable way. Expensive oil makes it harder for the fed to manage this ideal 'softer' landing of the housing market. High oil, although good...

yes, the extra computing capacity will be needed to figure out some other way to rip off traders. AI doesn't come cheap. thank god for quad core processors. :)

5 billion dollar company. 1 billion authorized buyback thru 2008. - 90% institutional owned - 3% short sold - remaining 7 million or so shares are more actively moving - 100 million or so in cash reserves as of the latest quarterly report. seemingly oversold lately -- any potential...

my wording wasn't clear. i meant tax suv buyers an extra $10k. so their $50k suv will now be $60k. for subsidy (hybrid or whatever), just get the cost down on 50mpg cars to mainstream levels, so consumers won't balk at a steep hybrid premium. we import 7million+ barrels/day. if we cut...

We are in a constant state of emergency, don't you know, code chartreuse.

Ha.. in other words, a revision of GDP to -5% coming to a theatre near you !!! :)

Well a lot of things don't make sense, I agree. For example, you could force and subsidize a doubling of mileage requirements in all new cars to get us off foreign oil and reduce demand. This would cost less than we've spent in Iraq, and pay off entirely for sure within a few years. Do a $10k...

I have another thread going here in Economics on conspiracy theories. I've deduced all of these reversals are plunge protection team at work. bastards. :)

Exactly, I have no problem with defense under a collapse (ie currency drop and market sellof, so defense is mass buying). That is good. But lets just say this oil selloff was intentionally done by this party, merely to lower the price ceiling for some big political move. I'm sure some...

aghh.. literally minutes after I posted that ...

we're forming an ascending triangle near 64.70 late in the day. i wonder if it breaks out, how high we will go. Look at this. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aK1oq6qdG0Fc&refer=home I too bought yesterday at 63.75, but sold right before the report for a small...

Look at the timing - did they short oil to change the price ceiling in case Iran does something? :) U.S. Says Sanctions Needed to Stop Iran Nuclear Work (Update1) By Jonathan Tirone Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. said it's time for the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on...

interesting article on plungle protection team: http://www.safehaven.com/article-721.htm BTW, whats up with COT reports -- I don't use them for my trading, so I haven't followed -- has transparency already disappeared, or is this all pending?

I'll be the first to admit I voted no on my own poll just because I'm not convinced it could be gotten away with ... too many people involved, I think.

now this isn't my normal style, in fact perhaps I'm naive not to even believe this, but I think it makes an interesting discussion. What do you think the likelyhood of price manipulation of commodity and security markets occurs by government related entities ?? Think about it for a second...

I put a little thought into this - would a stronger dollar decrease price demand at treasury auctions, since lower buying power decreases net yield on the notes? (I guess it depends who the majority of foreign note buyers are) On the other hand, the sharp drop in oil that occured seemed...

What do you think the potential upside from here for the 10 yr is in the event the fed pauses again on the 20th?