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Comment for Proposed Rule 75 FR 4143

  • From: N H Gronlund
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    Comment No: 13353
    Date: 4/13/2010

    Comment Text:

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    Tuesday, April 13, 2010 11:09 AM
    secretary

    Proposed Speculative
    Position Limits on Energy
    N H Gronlund
    75 Tri-State Int'l
    Lincolnshire, IL 60069-4428
    April 13, 2010
    David Stawick
    Secretary, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
    Three Lafayette Centre
    1155 21st Street, NW
    Washington, DC 20581
    Dear Mr. Stawick:
    I support the CFTC's Proposed Federal Speculative Position Limits that
    will reestablish speculative position limits on major energy commodities.
    This rule will provide stability to the marketplace and help prevent
    future price bubbles. The CFTC must quickly approve a strong rule to
    protect America's struggling economy. Wall Street's speculative trading
    in oil not only hurts the economy, but hurts every American who pays
    excessive prices at the pump, for groceries, home heating oil and
    everything related to transportation.
    Our tax dollars were used to bail out large Wall Street firms when they
    were on the brink of bankruptcy. These same institutions pushed the price
    of gasoline well past $4 per gallon in 2008 by gambling on oil and
    continue to profit at every American's expense.
    Rampant oil speculation by large Wall Street trading firms resulted in
    extreme volatility in energy markets and unwarranted price spikes in
    recent years. Given that supplies are at record highs and demand remains
    weak, fundamentals cannot explain recent price hikes and destructive price
    swings. Unless the CFTC adopts the proposed rule, markets will continue to
    fluctuate wildly.
    Position limits existed in energy markets until 2001, and currently apply
    to agricultural commodities. The CFTC should use its existing experience
    to regulate position limits of speculators and prevent excessive
    concentration in the energy markets, while ensuring that exemptions to
    these limits afforded to real physical players such as fuel cooperatives,
    public utilities, truckers and airlines are not exploited by big banks and
    billionaire investors.
    Energy consumers desperately need stability in the marketplace. I
    encourage the CFTC to adopt the Proposed Federal Speculative Position10-002
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    Limits before volatile fuel prices further harm the country's already
    ~veakened economy.
    Thank you.
    Sincerely,
    N H Gronlund
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