Why has the price of oil risen so much in the past few months? Is it a supply and demand issue as some believe; or is it because of an out-of-control futures market driven by the proliferation of commodity index funds and rampant speculation, as everyone tries to get in on the rise in commodity [...]
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Whither the Price of Oil?
Posted by Matt in May 24th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Oil, Commodity Index Funds, Commodity Markets, Commodity Prices, Futures Market, High Price, Investment Advisor, Investment Environment, Investment Strategies, Letter Of Interest, Lofty Heights, Muddle, Nargis, Oil Patch, Oil Prices, Personal Portfolio, Portfolio Allocation, Price Of Oil, Rampant Speculation, Steve Blumenthal, Uncorrelated, Unusual Things
The Fall of Lebanon
Posted by Matt in May 24th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Middle East, War, Act 3 Scene 1, Assistant Secretary, Beirut, Concession, Czechoslovakia, December 7 1941, Druz, German Dictator, hezbollah, Hizballah, Infamy, Lebanon, Nazi Germany, Secretary Of State, September 11 2001, Shakespeare Julius Caesar, Small Mercies, Sovereignty, Victuals, Western Diplomacy, William Shakespeare, Winston Churchill
“If you have tears, prepare to shed them now….
Oh, what a fall was there…
Then I, and you, and all of us fell down.”
–William Shakespeare, “Julius Caesar,” Act 3, Scene 1.
May 21, 2008, is a date–like December 7 (1941) and September 11 (2001)–that should now live in infamy. Yet who will notice, mourn, or act the [...]
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