Furthermore, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission estimates that less than half of swaps dealer positions in energy markets are related to index fund speculation, which is the primary focus of the debate.
Hedge fund speculation and refinery bottlenecks driving the price up or down are not long-term issues.
This offered private bankers precisely the guarantees and liquidity needed to shore up losses and fund speculation elsewhere.
First, the country dodged the hedge fund speculation that set off a chain of currency crises across Asia in the late 1990s.
In the short term, price fluctuates based on inventory, market sentiment, hedge fund speculation and whether the president makes a speech.
Large European banks run reckless liquidity mismatches, with American money market funds funding their speculation in long-dated and now illiquid European sovereign bonds.
"We're looking for hedge funds, rather than speculation funds taking directional bets," says Sauerborn.
At the Ira Sohn conference, a gathering of hedge fund investors, speculation was rife that Herbalife would be a focus of a presentation by Mr. Einhorn.
By reclaiming this power, we can ensure that new money is not used to blow up house price bubbles and fund risky speculation.
Inexplicably, the Imperial War Museum North was also denied lottery funds, prompting speculation that Britain's cultural purse-holders were simply terrified by Mr. Libeskind's architecture.
