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Crude Drops As Investors Lock In Gains

Dow Jones Newswires --
Crude-oil futures fell Monday as equities markets declined and investors cashed in winning oil bets after seven straight sessions of gains.

Light, sweet crude for April delivery recently traded $1.18, or 1.1%, lower at $108.59 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude on the ICE futures exchange traded $1.20 lower at $124.27 a barrel.

Oil prices declined from nine-month highs hit Friday and traders and analysts said the drop represented investors locking in profits from the recent price surge. Since the beginning of February, futures are up by 11% due to growing tensions between Iran and the West, as well as an improving economic outlook.

Stock markets in Europe fell Monday, while U.S. stock markets also opened lower, after officials from the Group of 20 over th

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honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,632 Points:1,610,495 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Mar 3, 2012 7:14:42 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse 1006 are you saying you're rooting for Pig Oil and Specutraitors?
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honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,632 Points:1,610,495 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Mar 2, 2012 4:56:39 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse gasokie: they will stay afloat while the rest of the economy is in the pits and the little guy is getting shafted.
gasokie Champion Author Oklahoma Posts:3,448 Points:1,325,475 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Mar 1, 2012 9:37:20 AM Ignore gasokie Report Abuse The guy that really gets bruised here is the independent gas guy. And remember, none of those oil companies have a meeting someplace where the words uttered are: 'How can we help the consumer today?" No it's m ore like "How can we make a profit today?" If they don't they will soon be out of business. Sort of like expecting a "speculator" to buy high and sell low. If he does that very often he'll soon be behind the counter selling beer.
honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,632 Points:1,610,495 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Mar 1, 2012 5:10:07 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse Gigharbor: Specutraitors.
pse91 All-Star Author Calgary Posts:640 Points:559,875 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Feb 29, 2012 1:02:28 PM Ignore pse91 Report Abuse The only thing that matters is that the Futures Boy's pay a large price for gambling and losing. Make it big, big, big.
numbers Champion Author North Dakota Posts:2,801 Points:850,040 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Feb 29, 2012 6:15:02 AM Ignore numbers Report Abuse Great
OTISFL Champion Author Pensacola Posts:4,610 Points:865,815 Joined:Apr 2009	Message Posted: Feb 29, 2012 4:36:47 AM Ignore OTISFL Report Abuse Bald1usa---a very well written and informative post that you wrote.
bcok Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:2,126 Points:1,544,495 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Feb 29, 2012 1:05:53 AM Ignore bcok Report Abuse Speculators, speculators, speculators.
gumbyrex Champion Author Fresno Posts:3,301 Points:759,290 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 29, 2012 1:00:25 AM Ignore gumbyrex Report Abuse Investors? Don't you mean speculators.
Bald1usa Veteran Author District of Columbia Posts:383 Points:848,090 Joined:Mar 2004	Message Posted: Feb 29, 2012 12:49:45 AM Ignore Bald1usa Report Abuse Why doesn't the price drop right away? Well, it is a little complicated but in a way simple, too. Let's look at from wholesaler to retailer to consumer. Your local retailer buys from a wholesale distributor, now some of these are owned by the oil company, but most are under contract (franchised)to carry a specific brand. Let's say that the wholesaler has a 100,000 gal tank. He fills it up @ $1.00 a gal and sells 20k gal in a day. When he orders the 20k from his supplier the cost is now $1.50 gal. Say he sells another 20K and he pays $2.00 a gal. He still has 100k gals of gasoline, but his cost per gal. is higher. The wholesaler averages the price/gal and passes it on to the retailer. Same thing when the price goes down. Because, the wholesaler is charged the current pricing. The retailer has 10K gal of gas and is charged a higher price from the wholesaler...he averages the total cost of his gasoline and adjusts his pump price to recoup his cost of product. The cycle keeps repeating itself. Now when there is a marketable change in the wholesale cost, either up or down, it takes a period of time for the average gal. price to fall/increase. The same holds true for the retailer, however, it may take a longer period for the retail price to average out and adjust. Mainly, because the retailer is not buying/selling in large quantities. Most gas stations use automatic ordering systems. The tanks are equipped with with a reader that automatically orders each grade of product sold. The station no longer phones an order in. The product is ordered and sent automatically. The wholesale cost to the retailer is debited by the wholesaler from the retailers bank account. A fried of mine owns a gas station, he says it is not uncommon when the price decrease is coming (at the wholesale level), his tanks are topped off quickly. He had three or four deliveries in two days. Of course, the wholesaler is getting rid of the more expensive product. That increases the time the retailer has to keep his price higher. Something else to note - since the wholesale purchase price is automatically from the retailers bank account...he has to retain enough money in the account to FILL his station tanks at all times. Now this can be traced all the way back through the supply chain to the oil well head.
DblChek Champion Author San Antonio Posts:2,345 Points:615,245 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Feb 29, 2012 12:47:24 AM Ignore DblChek Report Abuse Up, up, and away!! 2012
vulcan96 Champion Author Ohio Posts:26,926 Points:3,104,650 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Feb 29, 2012 12:41:52 AM Ignore vulcan96 Report Abuse another repeat......
hubcapLA Champion Author Louisiana Posts:3,905 Points:940,435 Joined:Apr 2009	Message Posted: Feb 29, 2012 12:27:53 AM Ignore hubcapLA Report Abuse Yet gas prices continue to rise
Vette1967 Champion Author Albany Posts:5,972 Points:1,276,975 Joined:Jun 2009	Message Posted: Feb 29, 2012 12:23:24 AM Ignore Vette1967 Report Abuse I don't see the gas prices lowering any.
Zonk Champion Author Michigan Posts:6,486 Points:2,102,990 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Feb 29, 2012 12:22:08 AM Ignore Zonk Report Abuse Looks like Speculators win.
no8c Champion Author Ohio Posts:2,809 Points:705,825 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Feb 29, 2012 12:17:38 AM Ignore no8c Report Abuse Thanks for posting this article!
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asog75 All-Star Author Indiana Posts:836 Points:278,405 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Feb 29, 2012 12:15:15 AM Ignore asog75 Report Abuse only cheap gas is in couch coushions
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krobp46 Champion Author Milwaukee Posts:2,711 Points:541,095 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Feb 29, 2012 12:11:12 AM Ignore krobp46 Report Abuse Hmmm, Crude goes down in price, and gas rises. What's wrong with this picture?
DirtDauber Champion Author San Antonio Posts:6,786 Points:1,628,435 Joined:Nov 2005	Message Posted: Feb 29, 2012 12:09:31 AM Ignore DirtDauber Report Abuse Crude drops, gasoline rises.
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Krykson All-Star Author Chicago Posts:840 Points:247,285 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Feb 29, 2012 12:05:28 AM Ignore Krykson Report Abuse Interesting
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jetskijerry Champion Author North Carolina Posts:3,901 Points:773,245 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 11:31:24 PM Ignore jetskijerry Report Abuse It'll keep going up.
Dodge_Me Champion Author Atlanta Posts:2,214 Points:556,980 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 11:30:20 PM Ignore Dodge_Me Report Abuse Two steps forward and five steps backward
heartbroken2010 Champion Author Ottawa Posts:4,344 Points:897,535 Joined:Aug 2010	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 11:08:43 PM Ignore heartbroken2010 Report Abuse nothing like it , isn't there.
big_mac64 Champion Author Tennessee Posts:10,593 Points:1,485,690 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 11:08:07 PM Ignore big_mac64 Report Abuse futures of oil is up 11% while gas in most places is up close to 20% or more! What's wrong with this picture?
regout Champion Author Quebec Posts:2,955 Points:832,705 Joined:May 2010	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 11:07:40 PM Ignore regout Report Abuse The price has just go up of 10 cents a liter. It's mean 40 cents a gal.
billk44077 Champion Author Cleveland Posts:3,177 Points:631,555 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 11:06:44 PM Ignore billk44077 Report Abuse Crude drops ... pump price skyrockets. WHAT A RACKET
LoneGuy Champion Author Lansing Posts:8,480 Points:2,317,995 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 11:05:37 PM Ignore LoneGuy Report Abuse I don't know about Monday, but Tuesday in Michigan, home of the presidential primary, gas continued at about as high as $3.78 to $3.81.
pastorpaulcg Champion Author Virginia Posts:3,615 Points:775,785 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 11:05:31 PM Ignore pastorpaulcg Report Abuse Ok
southrob Champion Author Tucson Posts:3,600 Points:688,175 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 11:04:23 PM Ignore southrob Report Abuse so does that mean that prices will go down?
herndonks Champion Author Baltimore Posts:1,116 Points:211,685 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 11:04:01 PM Ignore herndonks Report Abuse Not investors, speculators.
umitb Champion Author Indianapolis Posts:3,681 Points:844,415 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 11:03:26 PM Ignore umitb Report Abuse ok
dmgas1 Sophomore Author Philadelphia Posts:122 Points:83,965 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 11:02:44 PM Ignore dmgas1 Report Abuse until the next round of buying
ShutRBug Champion Author Ontario Posts:1,524 Points:653,365 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 11:02:13 PM Ignore ShutRBug Report Abuse It's a small start
Alaydown Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:5,121 Points:823,620 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 11:01:06 PM Ignore Alaydown Report Abuse If we had an energy plan that increased domestic production of oil, then the price would drop even more.
Blue48 Champion Author Illinois Posts:7,310 Points:1,638,920 Joined:Feb 2007	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 10:57:06 PM Ignore Blue48 Report Abuse UP..DOWN..UP..UP!
kuma2000 Champion Author Honolulu Posts:3,223 Points:674,150 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 10:53:17 PM Ignore kuma2000 Report Abuse temporary.
jessek Champion Author Detroit Posts:2,657 Points:1,280,490 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 10:53:00 PM Ignore jessek Report Abuse Lets stop them.
BooHooMI Champion Author Michigan Posts:1,556 Points:344,610 Joined:Sep 2010	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 10:52:59 PM Ignore BooHooMI Report Abuse love profit
stopforgas All-Star Author Mississippi Posts:996 Points:481,705 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 10:48:24 PM Ignore stopforgas Report Abuse Oil speculators should be jailed
CaptDave2012 All-Star Author Arkansas Posts:695 Points:24,735 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 10:45:52 PM Ignore CaptDave2012 Report Abuse When the stock market is UP my oil stocks are usually DOWN. So I lose at the pump while I also lose in the market, usually. I am way dumber than I realize!
B_550i All-Star Author Seattle Posts:720 Points:192,945 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 10:42:23 PM Ignore B_550i Report Abuse Hmmmm
RAKARWOWSKI Champion Author Chicago Posts:4,000 Points:821,025 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 10:42:22 PM Ignore RAKARWOWSKI Report Abuse I wish this is how I buy oil.
vtroger Veteran Author Vermont Posts:284 Points:561,220 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 28, 2012 10:42:00 PM Ignore vtroger Report Abuse So if oil prices are dropping, gas prices should be too right?