Political Roundup: Speech and Debate

Last night, President Obama unveiled his new jobs plan, an ambitious and robust $447 billion vision of a government which takes an active role in creating opportunities for the unemployed. As always with political speeches, wha...

Posted Friday, September 9th, 2011 at 2:14 pm | Filed in: Uncategorized

Oil price volatility, hedging and trading

Today's WSJ has an interesting piece entitled "As Oil Spiked, Many Traded."  Reporters Ianthe Jeanne Dugan and Liam Pleven described a "world of oil investors" reaching "far beyond Wall Street in recent years as foreign pension...

Posted Thursday, August 18th, 2011 at 11:14 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Energy Demand, Oil, Oil Prices, Uncategorized