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Why I’m Falling in Love with Futures

Friday, July 11th, 2008

It’s costing us more for everything.  And as consumers, we’re finding ourselves harder and harder pressed to make ends meet.  But there’s a silver lining in the thunder clouds of roaring inflation. Even though it’ll be a rough couple of years, the high price of gas and oil is already bringing about some change.

You see, in America, and much of the rest of the world, energy is currency. Without rehashing the standard chain at length: oil is gas, it is jet fuel, and it is used to transport, grow, heat, light, build just about everything.

But you know that.

Here’s the interesting thing that’s happened in the last 15 or so years, (more…)