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Re:Oil Crash is Kicking Off One of the Largest Wealth Transf... by aianus on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @11:08AM (#11020281)
Storing oil isn't free (and by extension, neither is rolling over futures positions indefinitely).
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Re:Oil Crash is Kicking Off One of the Largest Wealth Transf... by frandroid on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @12:15PM (#11020755)
Storing oil shares is free though.
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Re:Oil Crash is Kicking Off One of the Largest Wealth Transf... by ci5er on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @01:20PM (#11021239)
You mean ETFs? If not, what is an "oil share"? Futures contracts have maturity dates. At the end you sell them (at a price you might not like), roll them over (not free or even necessarily cheap) or take delivery on the oil (also usually not cheap, depending on your facilities).
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