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Old 07-08-2008, 01:05 PM   #22 (permalink)
nascarnation
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Some excellent thoughts here.
I don't believe "speculators" can affect the price of a commodity over an extended period of time, because they do not take possession/consumption of a commodity, only ownership of it or the rights to purchase it.

Right now, speculation is just a convenient target for politicians in an election year scrambling to avoid blame.
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