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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 04:24 PM Original message |
CME Halts Energy Trading After Gasoline Plunge |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. It must be a nice feeling to be able to 'stop' the game to your benefit... |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Hey, those guys are bookies! |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. All of these markets are so incredibly rigged now. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. There goes that free market again... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Yeah, free money for the wealthy. nt |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. Don't worry - it would have been halted if it was up 25 cents too. nt |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. Wait! Oil's going too low and threatening bloated profits! Stop trading! Stop trading! |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Right on all points! |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. They do indeed. If it were up 25 cents intea day it would have triggered the limit-up halt. nt |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. And they wonder why we think the prices are rigged? |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. yay and my local gas went up ten cents this morning! :) n/t |
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HankyDubs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. i guess this is why |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. CME DOUBLED the daily limit. |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. And we'll see these 25-cent-in-one-day plunges at the pumps |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 04:51 PM Original message |
The relationship between spot and futures prices is NOT clear |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'd settle for a five cent drop. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. It's going up because floodwaters are threatening refineries near the Mississippi. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Just more bullshit excuses to keep screwing us. |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Utilization is running in the lower 80s |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 11:36 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. self-delete n/t |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 04:30 AM Response to Reply #31 |
42. And summertime is high driving season, Fall is changover to winter blends, winter is heating... |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
47. Here in DC on the local all-news radio station WTOP |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. If the oil futures gamblers lose their whole grubstake, the consumer pays that much less! |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. Imagine playing as many hands as you want in Vegas... |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Too bad there's no 'windfall profit tax' allowed in Koch, USA, Inc. |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 06:21 AM Response to Reply #13 |
44. I wonder about the WPT. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. This is meant to prevent things like the flash crash. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Which is completely absurd. |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. X666 |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. My mere "+1" doesn't seem devilish enough! |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. GGM knows her stuff. |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. Come on GGM! You know full well those traders are still stuck |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 05:39 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Any insight as to the CME intervention in the silver market? |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:41 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Silver does not have limit up/down. |
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westerebus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:09 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. It is a small market in comparison to oil. |
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whosinpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. Hmph |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. Isn't the "free market" something to behold? |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. You saw it? Where is it? Give us GPS coordinates and we'll put it in a zoo. |
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jerseyjack (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. Limit up or down was instituted to prevent severe market swings |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
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jzodda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
25. What a joke |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. That just tells you how big a move 25 cents is. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
26. There's that "invisible hand" again! |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
28. "Heads we win, Tails we win... " |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
29. They sure as hell didnt stop it on the way up, did they? |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
32. How bout Circuit Breakers on the price of gasoline on the way up ? |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Marxist motorist, eh? n/t |
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Lucky Luciano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 11:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. If gasoline is up 25 cents intraday, there us also a circuit breaker. nt |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
48. controlled market... there is no free-market especially in this country |
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