Call me dense, but I fail to see why a commodity like the price of oil has such an impact on banking.
These merciless oil companies didn't mind when oil on the traded markets was being manipulated ever higher and then the price of gasoline was going up due to that.
WHY is a traded commodity price got ANYTHING to do with a contractual agreement between a SUPPLIER of oil and the Processor of the oil?
Here's what I am willing to sell it at, and here is what you agree to pay for it. WHY do people who want to speculate have ANY effect on that?
I am all ears.