Recent Content by mtzianos

  1. Oil back to $90

    That's exactly the problem with the oil futures market, it's not "physically settled" in the sense you're assuming, like e.g. gold or copper etc...
    Post by: mtzianos, Oct 26, 2007 in forum: Wall St. News

  2. Running out of oil?

    Quite understandably, when price of any product rises, people assume that demand is running amok. The main culprit here is a market which is...
    Post by: mtzianos, Oct 25, 2007 in forum: Economics

  3. Running out of oil?

    Oil price discovery mechanism via the futures is flawed, as there can be no meaningful arbitrage between physical and futures (unlike e.g. natgas,...
    Post by: mtzianos, Oct 24, 2007 in forum: Economics

  4. Senators unveil bill to change U.S. approach to China's yuan

    IMHO China is also subsidizing a massive know-how / technology transfer from US / EU, by actually allowing its workforce to be exploited in the...
    Post by: mtzianos, Jun 14, 2007 in forum: Forex

  5. Eurodollar Spreads/ Eurodollar

    The items you quote can all be traced back to Japan's (near) zero rate policy. Basically, Japan's policies (free borrowing in Yen coupled with...
    Post by: mtzianos, Jun 7, 2007 in forum: Financial Futures

  6. shorting index resistance

    Ubertrader, I'm not so sure how much effect the "Barrons reading individual investor" has over the markets. I had the impression that the...
    Post by: mtzianos, Sep 21, 2006 in forum: Trading

  7. shorting index resistance

    Here is a relevant comment by John Succo: -- John Succo at Minyanville. Professor Succo asks and answers the question: Is the rise in short...
    Post by: mtzianos, Sep 21, 2006 in forum: Trading

  8. OPEC July output falls 200,000 bpd

    I'm floored that all these economists, reporters, industry experts etc, including pro traders in ET, keep "analyzing" why oil price doesn't fall...
    Post by: mtzianos, Jul 28, 2006 in forum: Wall St. News

  9. Jim Rogers: Oil will hit $100

    Rogers etc are just talking their book. As he receives royalties income when people put money in long-only commodities funds that track his...
    Post by: mtzianos, Jul 25, 2006 in forum: Commodity Futures

  10. Why I Am Burning My Economics Degree

    Hmmm, but the Federal Reserve isn't the "root of all evil" as this documentary seems to present them (I watched the first 15min). To quote...
    Post by: mtzianos, Jul 23, 2006 in forum: Politics

  11. Significant Reduction in Petroleum / Gasoline Prices, HOW?

    I would like to suggest that people spend a few minutes to check the facts about how the oil market works (what is the role of LSC etc) and what...
    Post by: mtzianos, Jul 17, 2006 in forum: Economics

  12. What can Kill the Oil and Gold Bull?

    Oil is simply a cornered market, with a broken price discovery mechanism. No need for intervention, just initiating contracts for oil types...
    Post by: mtzianos, Jul 13, 2006 in forum: Commodity Futures

  13. Significant Reduction in Petroleum / Gasoline Prices, HOW?

    Basically it's simply a broken pricing mechanism (at least compared to every other market I know, stocks or commodities). Since there can...
    Post by: mtzianos, Jul 11, 2006 in forum: Economics

  14. Significant Reduction in Petroleum / Gasoline Prices, HOW?

    So, to talk about the analogy, the price of wheat is going up because of bakery bottlenecks? Well, not quite, it's because of the broken...
    Post by: mtzianos, Jul 10, 2006 in forum: Economics

  15. RSS feeds for Elite Trader on the horizon?

    Yes, RSS would be a great feature.
    Post by: mtzianos, Jul 7, 2006 in forum: Feedback