In article ,
"Robert Green" wrote:


commodities markets went from $13 billion to $300 billion. Last year, 27
barrels of crude were being traded every day on the New York Mercantile
Exchange for every one barrel of oil that was actually being consumed in the
United States. source:

http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-18560_162-4707770.html

Since oil is fungible and a world-wide market, this is a bogus stat.
The REALLY interesting one would how many are traded worldwide versus
how many are use worldwide.




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