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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:33 AM Original message |
Exxon CEO Admits that Oil Should Be $60-70 Dollars a Barrel Based on Supply and Demand |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. That means it should be about 40% less than today. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. If the futures contracts establish a fixed price |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. A futures contract only establishes a fixed price between two counterparties... |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. But delivery is never taken on the product at the speculated price |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. That's not how it works. One of them is a seller and the other is a buyer |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. I think that was the biggest story that came out of those hearings. It should be on the front page |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
5. Yes, but the price isn't only determined by supply and demand |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. And since the speculators are in collusion they can "speculate" whatever price they want. |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Do you have any evidence they're acting in collusion? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
6. We need to tax those son of a bitches and get our money back! |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
9. Fuckers |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
10. The President's reaction: Drill for more oil! |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. The President is an economic ignoramus |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. He's NOT an ignoramus. He's on their leash at best and one of them at worst. |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Yes, that's the alternative |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. So he's either an ignoramus or a bad person? |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. He could be both |
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Yon_Yonson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. Wall Street speculation versus oil drilling? |
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Yon_Yonson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Wall Street speculation versus drilling for more oil |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
15. I've been thinking about what determines oil prices... |
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Yon_Yonson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
19. Shut eh down |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-14-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
22. If former Secretary of the Treasury Paulson actually said there was no speculation |
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