Comment for Proposed Rule 76 FR 4752
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From:
Andrew Reynolds
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Comment No:
33442
Date:
3/28/2011
Comment Text:
I am delighted and encouraged that the Commission is looking to implement the Dodd-Frank Act as thoroughly as possible. I am particularly struck by the need to bring in reforms which will limiti speculation in food and energy commodities.
It is true that there are many complex factors leading to the highly volatile commodity prices we are seeing at the present time. But it is abundantly clear that excessive speculation plays a significant part, as shown in dozens of studies by members of respected institutions such as Princeton, MIT, Citigroup, the Petersen Institute, the University of London, Yale, UNCTAD, the FAO, and the U.S. Senate.
I urge the Commission to implement the proposed rules regarding aggregate speculative position limits to prevent excessive speculation. At this time of fragile economic recovery, we cannot allow speculators to unduly affect our food and energy prices.
Congress called for exemptions from these limits for bona fide hedgers. I ask that the Commission define that term in the strictest sense possible, limiting exemptions to businesses that deal in physical commodities and use markets to hedge commercial risk in those commodities. Banks, hedge funds, private equity and all passive investors in commodities should not be deemed as bona fide hedgers. Institutions hedging price directional bets such as commodity index swaps, Exchange Traded Funds and Exchange Traded Notes also should not be considered as bona fide hedgers.
