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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:35 PM Original message |
What in the world is going on with gas prices? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hmm, mood swings, hot flashes, speculation, and/or deflation... |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. They killed the speculators. About time!!! |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. Someone posted here that gas prices peaked |
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ben_meyers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's the neo-cons trying to help McCain, they will go |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. Prices are up a bit according to Bush taking office. |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. Here's my theory..... |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Don't Forget The Speculators |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. There are 3 of us who were saying this last year, you are one of them |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Moron! |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. et tu! |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Hey I Called Myself One, Too |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. And Then There Was the Threat of Re-Regulation |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. I hope you are right, Professor. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. The Oil Bubble Burst |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. JABAT |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 07:29 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. There's An *Anticipated* Shortage |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 07:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Most speculative bubbles follow the same path. |
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Idealism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. Lets say you owned a resource everyone wanted |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. They'll go back as soon as possible |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. years ago I decided the price of airline tickets had nothing to do with actual travel costs |
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Sinti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Yep - the price and the COGS are pretty much separated at this point |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's the banks and hedge funds who are desperate for liquidity, and thus need to sell anything. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 07:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Bingo... |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. Petroleum market as a system |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. Enjoy it while it last...anyone who doesn't t think prices will go back up again |
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riqster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
19. It's a blip. Big Oil has a long-term strategy to keep prices artificially high |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
21. Falling demand popped a commodity bubble. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
22. GOP connected hedge fund speculators sucked up your stimulus check |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
24. this is prety much mirroring other |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
27. Some big investors took a bath on futures contracts |
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