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In continuing the discussion of whether spiking oil prices are indicative of a bubble (reference The Truth About Oil Pricing? Let's Discuss This), I broach the topic of the financialalization of physical energy products.

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1. The Role of Speculation in Oil Markets: What Have We Learned So ... www-personal.umich.edu/ We find that the existing evidence is not supportive of an important role of speculation in driving the spot price of oil after 2003. Instead, there is strong evidence that the comovement between spot and futures prices reflects common economic fundamentals rather than the financialization of oil futures markets.
2.  The Financialization of Oil Markets: Potential Impacts and Evidence www.europeanenergyreview.eu/i Apr 24, 2012 – 

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3. Does 'Paper Oil' Matter? Energy Markets' Financialization and Equity ... papers.ssrn.com/ May 30, 2011 – We construct a uniquely detailed, comprehensive dataset of trader positions in U.S. energy futures markets. We find considerable changes in ...
4.  Financialization of Oil Markets | Energy Sector www.nrcan.gc.ca › ... › Crude Oil Prices 2000 - 2010 Financialization of Oil Markets. October 2010. Growing financial investment in the oil futures market may have magnified and influenced the scale of the oil price ...
5. The Financialization of Oil Markets Potential Impacts and Evidence www.oxfordenergy.org/ Mar 28, 2012 – Dr Bassam Fattouh. Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. TheFinancialization of Oil Markets Workshop. The International Energy Agency. Paris ...
6.  More Evidence Against Oil-Price Manipulation | The New Republic www.tnr.com/ Sep 30, 2009 – His key claim is that the financial-ization of oil brought about a change in the term structure of oil futures. A term structure is the relationship ...
7.  Understanding The Current Oil Market - Decline of the Empire

    

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