Optimism Meets Harsh Reality: Inflation, Slowing Consumer, Financial Woes

Yes sir, Why think just trade based on the charts like a monkey. Well you win today we live to fight another day. Keep killing whatever wealth this country has left you greedy stock market people. What a sorry state of affairs we have in our country and then you don;t want regulation or the uptick rule hmmmmmm.

well, you cant say that commodity trading hasnt gotten out of control, oil isnt about supply and demand anymore, were using less and paying more, when oil dips dues jump in to make money and raise the price.....and then, the whole mortgage mess. selling mortgage backed securities was the begining of the end. it does seem like a boys club, full of shell games that make a few people a lot of money. what value are they adding to society?

Hedge it Oil. Get RICH!!!!!

People never admit that all the mess is caused by WAR. We are keep spending on WAR and not in our economy, go and figure it out. Who will be paying interest and principal on our Debt ??? It is just a beginning,

This is what happens when you give the republicans control, from 2000-2006 the republicans controlled the house, the senate and the presidency and now we are bearing the brunt of their screwups. Thank god the democrats now have the house and senate and hopefully the dems will take back the white house and then we dems can clean up the mess that the GOP made, like we always do!

People never admit that all the mess is caused by WAR. We are keep spending on WAR and not in our economy, go and figure it out. Who will be paying interest and principal on our Debt ??? It is just a beginning,

The oil mess is caused by the fact that we failed to take heed after the early 1970s oil embargo which was caused by geo-political tensions. The problem went away and we simply forgot about it. Now, 30 to 35 years later, the problem is back, only worse than it was before due to the fact that it is much more complex (geopolitical tensions, competition from India/China, weak dollar, high demand, lack of conservation, speculators, refinery capacity problems). Yes, the WAR is certainly a factor, but not as much as one would think. From the early 1970s, we should have been working mightily to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and we did nothing. Blame assignment? Look at every administration and politician over the last 30 years and don't forget to look in the mirror as well. We did this to ourselves.

GREED! That's it.....

Solution - Start driving to work with a friend next door. Cut the traffic in half and see what happens to oil price. Cut taxes in half by reducing government in half. Get controls out of the free market system. Markets would begin to boom!! Its up to the complacent voter.

Please don't blame it on the GOP. George W did screw this up howver lumping it on the GOP is ridiculous....Who had to clean up the mess Jimmy the moron Carter left???? Reagan, that's who....Then Clinton got to reap the rewards of Reaganomics for years...... Now, we are back to the starting line......We'll see what the Dems do if they get in. The two losers we are presented with this time are not a shoo in by any means. Based on that, it is amazing that it is not a runaway by the Dems. I voted for Hillary today as a registered democrat...I think she is the less of two of the 3 evils we are left to choose from.......WOW WHAT a bunch of losers we have to chose from. GORE, then KERRY, now Billary and Obama.......Hard to believe this is the best the dems can muster...

If you had used your head ,you would have seen that this was coming If you bought oil ,Gold ,and nat gas futures ,you would be up ......Now the play will be in Solar and wind power ! so stop Bitcking and invest in something that will make you money ...you can't fight it ,so profit from it

Why we have weaker dollar because we have more debt. Why we have more debt, we are just spending like a drunken sailors. So stop spending money on WAR and do not print checks ($1200) credit per family. Pay off country debt and increase interest rates. Yes. We have competition from China/India but that not make so much raise in Oil price. It simple thing reduce the debt.

Why we have weaker dollar because we have more debt. Why we have more debt, we are just spending like a drunken sailors. So stop spending money on WAR and do not print checks ($1200) credit per family. Pay off country debt and increase interest rates. Yes. We have competition from China/India but that not make so much raise in Oil price. It simple thing reduce the debt.

My god, is this where the idiots come to post their blithering nonsense? I have never heard such idiocicy as the last 12 posts.

I THINK IF AMERICANS TOOK A HARD LOOK AT THEIR WAY OF LIFE, WE WOULD REALIZE THAT WE WASTE, WASTE, WASTE, AN AWFUL LOT OF RESOURCES. TAKE A LOOK AT OIL AND GAS, WHY ARE SO MANY IDIOTS DRIVING LARGE TRUCKS AND SUV'S WITH ONLY ONE PERSON IN THE VEHICLE. I FIND THAT VERY UNPATRIOTIC BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS IN THE SERVICE FIGHTING FOR THAT GAS THAT PEOPLE ARE WASTING OVER HERE IN THE USA. ANOTHER THING, WHY DON'T WE BOYCOTT THE TOP 2 OIL COMPANIES, BECAUSE OF THEIR MARKET POWER IT WOULD FORCE THEM TO LOWER THE PRICES OF GAS AND THERFORE "IDEALLY" THE OTHER GAS COMPANIES WOULD FOLLOW SUIT!!!!!

I THINK IF AMERICANS TOOK A HARD LOOK AT THEIR WAY OF LIFE, WE WOULD REALIZE THAT WE WASTE, WASTE, WASTE, AN AWFUL LOT OF RESOURCES. TAKE A LOOK AT OIL AND GAS, WHY ARE SO MANY IDIOTS DRIVING LARGE TRUCKS AND SUV'S WITH ONLY ONE PERSON IN THE VEHICLE. I FIND THAT VERY UNPATRIOTIC BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS IN THE SERVICE FIGHTING FOR THAT GAS THAT PEOPLE ARE WASTING OVER HERE IN THE USA. ANOTHER THING, WHY DON'T WE BOYCOTT THE TOP 2 OIL COMPANIES, BECAUSE OF THEIR MARKET POWER IT WOULD FORCE THEM TO LOWER THE PRICES OF GAS AND THERFORE "IDEALLY" THE OTHER GAS COMPANIES WOULD FOLLOW SUIT!!!!!

World oil production MAX= 80 million bbl./day. World oil use today=82 million bbl./day.. Do the math. We're about to see problems we could have never dreamed of. Obama, Clinton, or McCain what are they gonna do? NOTHING nobody can, we are an oil dependant nation. Why is that a bad thing? If we dont drill it and burn it someone else will and they will get rich producing things with that energy. Wake up America

The strong invest in the next boom The weak blame their loss on government and big business We need to quit raising taxes on our businesses We need to allow exxon and shell to drill anywhere they want just like every other country in the world. We need to abolish ethonal because it is inefficient and it drives up the cost of commodities. We need to quit buying homes that we can't afford We need to cut up all of our credit cards. We need to own....ownership is the only way to accumulate wealth. We need to quit looking at Dems vs GOP. We need independant candidates who are motivated to do what is best for Americans....not their party or lobbiest.

America is evil. America gets rich by raping the rest of the world with no concern about people or the environments.

the entire economic downturn is fuel relared due to demand of oil for the fast and developing countries, go with flow and buy oil.