Tag Archive | "speculative"

$ Deals In The Making For Oil

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Its a top oil firm after the $23-billion deal and is soon expected to be a must-have stock. Suncor Energy Inc, newly bulked up from its C$22.5 billion (US$ 20.8 billion) acquisition of Petro-Canada, would likely be the No. 2 issue on the Toronto Stock Exchange's (TSX) benchmark index GSPTSE, with a market cap close to C$55 billion. Suncor is set to be Canada's biggest energy company and largest industrial concern. The beefed-up firm is likely to see early demand for its shares from index funds. It is also set to attract big investors that need substantial holdings in large, liquid stock issues.

Benchmark: Hedge grows

Monday, September 22, 2008

The expiration of October trading certainly played a disproportionate role in the record one-day gain, as it exercised a huge pressure on short positions. The meteoric rise also illuminates how much the vacillation is due to speculative activity.

Speculative funds leaving crude oil

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission charged one investment fund last month on the basis that it gained illegal profits by manipulating crude oil and other markets. With such moves to control investment funds, speculative money seems to be moving away from the markets. For more information, click here

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