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Re:Oil Crash is Kicking Off One of the Largest Wealth Transf... by csomar on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @11:20AM (#11020367)
You are comparing oil/energy to a stock (a proof of ownership). They are too different things.

You can't simply buy "Oil". So if you buy an oil contract I'll expect, on the long run, to pay fees for storage at least.

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Re:Oil Crash is Kicking Off One of the Largest Wealth Transf... by noir_lord on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @11:30AM (#11020423)
Ever seen the story where the guy messed that up and they delivered the coal?

http://thedailywtf.com/articles/Special-Delivery don't know if it's true and not that bothered as it's still fairly hilarious.

I think there would be legs in a Silicon Valley/IT crowd style show about market traders.

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Re:Oil Crash is Kicking Off One of the Largest Wealth Transf... by soylentcola on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @11:52AM (#11020577)
Reminds me of this recent article where the author attempts to do just that: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-03/that-time-...
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Re:Oil Crash is Kicking Off One of the Largest Wealth Transf... by leakybit on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @11:47AM (#11020533)
No, but you can buy oil options and play them just like stock options.
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