Speculative trading essential for energy market depth and liquidity | Podcast | Risk

In this podcast, Paul Hailey, managing editor of Platts Forward Curve - Oil, discusses the role of speculative traders in energy markets; why this class of investor has become the "scapegoat" for record high prices in oil and natural gas prices; and why their involvement is essential for market depth and liquidity.

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Created: May 9, 2008