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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: Katelew who wrote (413236)2/26/2011 11:45:31 AM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) of 793964
 
Sounds to me like speculators are at best pushing prices up or down over whatever the fundamental trend is for a time and any period over the trend is going to ultimately be compensated for a period under the trend:


Agricultural “products had a great run, but now the opportunity appears to be in oil and gold,” said Walter “Bucky” Hellwig, who helps oversee $17 billion at BB&T Wealth Management in Birmingham, Alabama. “If I am the hedge-fund manager, I’m getting killed on the long grain positions.”
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“The trend itself is based on fundamentals, but price moves are magnified on the upside and downside by demand from speculators,” said James Paulsen ...

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