A Surge In Commodity Prices? ETFs Didn’t Do It!
News Article
February 4, 2011
According to a recent study conducted by the Agricultural Applied Economics Association, index funds had little to do with the speculative price changes, such as oil prices hitting nearly $150 a barrel, in the months leading to the market crash in September 2008, Strong demand, among other reasons, were the actual causes of the huge price increases.
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Dodd-Frank Act, Title VII, Sec. 737