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Grand Theft Oil Futures: Insider traders keep making a killing at our expense

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Re: Grand Theft Oil Futures: Insider traders keep making a killing at our expense

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Post by filoeleven »

pzo wrote: post #51
tekla wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Of course this is a complete lie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_of_Jeffrey_Epstein... https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/the-rothschild-dynasty-s... https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/epstein-files-show-... https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/02/05/j...

the question is if those links and thumbnail were back then on the front page / timeline. Because otherwise how you supposed to know about the news if you have to google it first.

Lookit them goalposts retreating!

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Post by yieldcrv »

The warring parties greatly influence the price of oil futures but they are not the only influences, and there are other markets

The losses of market participants and the gains from insiders is difficult for me to take seriously as a problem in commodities market

I read all of the cases in the article

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Post by snapcaster »

cm2187 wrote: post #73
vkou wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The war must continue in order to bring us to the status quo that was in place before we started the war. I hope that everyone responsible for this is enjoying every cent of what they get to pay at the pumps.

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Post by gwerbin »

harvie wrote: post #18

Can you watch what happens on a market just before the press conference and do the same?

I've heard of this working in other kinds of markets, where if you can identify the traders who consistently beat the market, and you can emulate them with precise timing, then you can beat the market too.

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Post by gizajob »

leonidasrup wrote: post #57
selectodude wrote: post #42

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Look, just come out and say you’re okay with them doing what they’re doing. Stop making arguments that are just verifiably untrue. > Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to declare that such Members and employees owe a duty arising from a relationship of trust and confidence to Congress, the U.S. government, and U.S. citizens with respect to material, nonpublic information derived from their positions as Member…

"Members of Congress outperformed the S&P 500—sometimes by huge amounts" https://fortune.com/2024/01/03/members-of-congress-profit-fr... "Congressional Stock Trading: The Law, the Conflicts, and the Push for a Ban" https://govfacts.org/accountability-ethics/ethics-conflicts-... "The 2 ETFs That Track Congressional Stock Trades" https://www.morningstar.com/funds/2-etfs-that-track-congress... The insider trading on oil…

It’s also funny when you see their performance charted against Warren Buffet’s. Looks like Warren is a rank amateur who knows very little about the markets and buying companies for the right price compared to the likes of Nancy who must be a supreme multitasker and stock picker.

People have been strung up for less than what counts as business as usual in contemporary, rotten to the core, American business & politics.

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Post by leonidasrup »

clarkmoody wrote: post #67

Insider trading laws are for the plebs. Tip off your cousin about an acquisition by a public company? Go to prison. Tip off your cronies about war? Business as usual.

"The U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday that it had charged 30 people allegedly linked with a decade-long insider trading scheme involving high-profile law firms."

https://www.newsweek.com/premier-law-firms-spy-ring-11920914

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Post by sirtaj »

cm2187 wrote: post #73
vkou wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The war must continue in order to bring us to the status quo that was in place before we started the war. I hope that everyone responsible for this is enjoying every cent of what they get to pay at the pumps.

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Odd thing to blame on a bunch of schoolgirls!
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