« ROUND Home | Email msg. | Reply to msg. | Post new | Board info. Previous | Home | Next

Forget Libor-gate, Oil Market Manipulation Is Far Worse,,,,,,and then,,,,,,,,,and then, LOL 

By: capt_nemo in ROUND | Recommend this post (2)
Fri, 20 Jul 12 5:39 AM | 52 view(s)
Boardmark this board | De's Test Board
Msg. 42698 of 45651
Jump:
Jump to board:
Jump to msg. #

I thought Libor was the worst, Now oil, Its all a scam one big scam,,,,,,,,,,,,,

By EconMatters

Since the Global Community all the sudden seems to be preoccupied with Market manipulation even though the authorities knew it was a problem for over 5 years with Libor Rate Fixing. It is high time authorities look at the Crude Oil market which has been manipulated for the last decade and all the sophisticated participants know it is rigged or artificially higher than the fundamentals of the economy dictate. Consumers are paying an easy $35 dollars per barrel over what they would otherwise doll out for a barrel of oil if fund managers didn`t use the benchmark futures contracts as their own personal ATMs.

Just a month ago Crude Oil WTI was $78 a barrel and today it is $93. Do you think the fundamentals changed one bit to merit this price swing? Nope! Supply levels are all at record highs around the world. Is it Iran? Please!! It is all about the money flows, nobody takes delivery anymore. Assets have become one big correlated risk trade. Risk On, Risk Off. If the Dow is up a hundred, you can bet crude is up at least a dollar! It has nothing to do with fundamentals, inventory levels, supply disruptions, etc. It is all about fund flows.

Uploaded Image

http://www.zerohedge.com/contributed/2012-07-19/forget-libor-gate-oil-market-manipulation-far-worse?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29




Avatar

Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.


- - - - -
View Replies (1) »



» You can also:
« ROUND Home | Email msg. | Reply to msg. | Post new | Board info. Previous | Home | Next