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What will Congress or senate vote on oil speculation at 11:00 ET?
- Thread starter crgarcia
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Quote from crgarcia:
Read the news at CNBC, cant find anymore info about it.
Your access to the Internet must be severely limited.
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/TOP STORY/1772150/
If they pass this legislation with a 67 vote veto-proof majority in the Senate, all the stupid arguments about how oil prices aren't being affected by MANIPULATION of futures contracts will be blown out of the water, as oil crashes.
I'd hate to be the senator who has to face re-election when my opponent can run a commercial with me voting no on this bill.
I'd hate to be the senator who has to face re-election when my opponent can run a commercial with me voting no on this bill.
Bill passed 94-0 in Senate.
I'd say that's veto-proof.
House should follow in lockstep.
Fire in the hole.
I'd say that's veto-proof.
House should follow in lockstep.
Fire in the hole.
Here's hoping the bill passes and oil continues higher...
We need incentive to make permanent change in transportation energies... relief here will only delay.
Besides, it is speculation itself to claim "oil is high because of speculators"... that argument, given the present information, is not supported by fact..
We need incentive to make permanent change in transportation energies... relief here will only delay.
Besides, it is speculation itself to claim "oil is high because of speculators"... that argument, given the present information, is not supported by fact..
Quote from gnome:
Here's hoping the bill passes and oil continues higher...
We need incentive to make permanent change in transportation energies... relief here will only delay.
Besides, it is speculation itself to claim "oil is high because of speculators"... that argument, given the present information, is not supported by fact..
Have you ever seen how much pension fund money has come into the oil markets?
Try $70 BILLION as of March 31st, 2008
That's a fact.
Quote from Landis82:
Have you ever seen how much pension fund money has come into the oil markets?
Try $70 BILLION as of March 31st, 2008
That's a fact.
We understand that... but for every long contract there is also an equally willing short.
We won't know the "correct" level of oil price until they make it illegal to participate in the market unless one is a commercial. Prices might still be high, just less open interest.
Quote from gnome:
Here's hoping the bill passes and oil continues higher...
The fact of the matter is that there is roughly $185 BILLION in managed futures and a ground swell of pension fund money that has come into the energy markets, yet places like the ICE and DME have no position limits due to former Senator Phil Gramm and his legislation from December of 2000.
Do you think that it is appropriate for WTI to trade in London and Dubai without position limits, let alone without any CFTC regulatory control/supervision?
Quote from Landis82:
The fact of the matter is that there is roughly $185 BILLION in managed futures and a ground swell of pension fund money that has come into the energy markets, yet places like the ICE and DME have no position limits due to former Senator Phil Gramm and his legislation from December of 2000.
Do you think that it is appropriate for WTI to trade in London and Dubai without position limits, let alone without any CFTC regulatory control/supervision?
How can the US government regulate financial markets in London or Dubai? If the government tries to close down the US oil futures market, even more trading will go overseas.