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To get news on the E-cat, come here on Midas Oracle. To get news on CFTC rulings, go to Knowledge Problem. — [IRONY]
It should be the other way around, but those are not normal times.
Posted in Finance, Financial Markets, Regulations
Tagged CFTC, derivatives, futures, manipulation, manipulations, oil derivatives, oil futures, oil market manipulators
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Do Oil Futures Prices Help Predict Future Oil Prices?
Do Oil Futures Prices Help Predict Future Oil Prices? Via Mike Linksvayer in a comment…
Max Keiser says on Iranian TV that HubDub’s play-money prediction market on oil price has more predictive power than the oil derivative markets (oil futures markets).
Sounds like a stretch, at first glance, but listen to his argument, first, before you judge it. Good plug of HubDub inside an economic analysis segment. Video
Free Speech in Event Market Claims
In addition to a joint comment with a score of signers, I also responded to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)’s Concept Release on the Appropriate Regulatory Treatment of Event Contracts by firing off a solo comment. I there focused … Continue reading
Did Jason Ruspini and friends cash in on huge moves in prices of oil, natural gas, coal and other parts of the energy patch, this semester?
Wall Street Journal $$$:
Posted in Finance
Tagged crude futures, energy futures, energy hedge funds, energy patch, Jason Ruspini, natural gas, oil, oil futures, Wall Street Journal
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TradeSports reincorporates in two, just in time for NETeller’s immolation.
Tradesports seems to have completed its reincorporation as/ split into two separate entities, Tradesports and Intrade, just in time for the DOJ to immolate the NETeller founders for “conspiring” to enable online gambling. (The founders of NETeller had resigned their … Continue reading
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