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Words, Words, Words: Yeah, Oil's Down, but...
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Words, Words, Words. Sunday, August 10, 2008. Yeah, Oil's Down, but. From our friends at The Oil Drum:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Orlando, FL, United States. View my complete profile. Yeah, Oils Down, but.
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Words, Words, Words: So Now What?
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Words, Words, Words. Tuesday, July 1, 2008. All right, I've given you pretty much a brain dump of what I think of the oil situation. I didn't want to leave things in such a negative state, and I wanted to share what my personal thoughts are as far as going forward is concerned. It goes something like this. As long as our cars run on gasoline:. The number of nuclear power plants are irrelevant to transportation prices. The number of coal plants are irrelevant. The number of solar plants are irrelevant.
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Words, Words, Words: October 2007
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Words, Words, Words. Wednesday, October 17, 2007. Oil Nears Record Highs. You've heard for a few days now that the price of oil has set records in recent days. That's true in a sense, but not in inflation adjusted terms. However, at $91/barrell, the price of oil will exceed its all time inflation adjusted high price, which was set in the 1980's. Many people will remember price controls, lines at gas stations, economic turmoil, rationing, and general energy chaos. Wednesday, October 3, 2007. Oh, well....
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Words, Words, Words: Speculators and the Oil Markets
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Words, Words, Words. Sunday, June 22, 2008. Speculators and the Oil Markets. Previously, I discussed futures contracts in the context of agriculture (wheat and corn). But, they are generic instruments that can work with any commodity. In the case of oil, people speculate on the future supply and the future demand. We all know the litany of variables in supply: war, strikes, unrest, natural disasters, success in exploration, decline in existing fields, technological advancement, etc. Why Oil Costs So Much.
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Words, Words, Words: What Speculators Do
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Words, Words, Words. Sunday, June 22, 2008. In the commodities markets, producers sell their product months (even years) in advance (through "futures contracts"). This helps producers plan, because they know they will receive a certain price for their efforts. Suppose that you are a farmer, and you have the choice of growing wheat or corn. Which should you plant? How do you know what the price of either will be when the harvest comes? And, how much should you spend on fertilizer? On the future of wheat.
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Words, Words, Words: August 2007
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Words, Words, Words. Wednesday, August 29, 2007. Where were subprime mortgages used most in 2005? Tuesday, August 28, 2007. Credit Snafu - Part 4. Alas, these broken mortgages. where did they go? Firstly, the mortgage brokers that initiated the mortgages promptly sold them to large banks. These banks, of course, had no desire to burden their own balance sheets with risky mortgage paper, so they had to sell them also, but who wants to buy a subprime loan with a high risk of default? This is called a credi...
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Words, Words, Words: June 2008
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Words, Words, Words. Monday, June 30, 2008. Speculators Doing Their Thing. I saw this today at Bloomberg. The article is about how high commodities prices led to increased plantings of corn and wheat. How convenient for me that they demonstrate my point in such a timely fashion. June 30 (Bloomberg) - Corn fell the maximum permitted by the Chicago Board of Trade and wheat dropped the most in 13 weeks after the government said U.S. farmers planted more of both crops than previously expected.". Many OPEC me...
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Words, Words, Words: November 2007
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Words, Words, Words. Tuesday, November 20, 2007. ING Direct Buys Universe. I just got an email stating that one of my brokerage accounts has been purchased by ING. Two institutions in a two month period? I think they are out to own my life. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Orlando, FL, United States. View my complete profile. ING Direct Buys Universe.
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Words, Words, Words: May 2007
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Words, Words, Words. Friday, May 11, 2007. So many words, so little substance. Well, I've been duped. I enjoyed reading the first half of 1421. A book about Chinese voyages of discovery that carried them around the world. But, as it likely turns out, the whole thing is a fabrication. The key to my being taken in was that the conclusions, for the most part, were reasonable presuming the facts upon which they were based were actually true. I regret to say, they are often not true. But, how was I to know?
