5.21.2009

Follow the money


U.S. crude oil inventories are at their highest levels in almost two decades, and demand has fallen to a 10-year low, but crude oil prices have climbed more than 70 percent since mid-January to a six-month high of $62.04 on Wednesday.

[From Are Wall Street speculators driving up gasoline prices? - National Business - MiamiHerald.com]

Sometimes I'm really glad I didn't waste any time in my youth studying economics, all that stuff about supply and demand, blah blah blah.


It's all about the investors, turns out.



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