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Re:US will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-fami... by yunwal on Friday January 09, 2026 @08:11AM (#46553464)
In other words it doesn’t work that way. The people who actually pay for the end product do not have the opportunity to apply market pressure by choosing a different source.
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Re:US will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-fami... by mhb on Friday January 09, 2026 @02:16PM (#46557896)
So you weren't really "just curious". You felt it necessary to cherry pick a particular commodity to debunk the notion that markets are markets? Do harder to steel man it.
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Re:US will ban Wall Street investors from buying single-fami... by danielmarkbruce on Friday January 09, 2026 @04:13PM (#46559404)
Yes, they do apply market pressure. They can change who they buy from and there are different deals - like fixed rate, or different charges for different time periods.

The intermediate players "electricity retailers" then participate in a day ahead and real time market to fulfill their obligations to their customers.

You'll find most markets actually work this way. When I go to the supermarket to buy sugar, the price isn't jumping around real time with the underlying price of sugar. Same for coffee etc. But it changes with a lag, and consumers respond and the effects flow through even if not in real time.

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