05/20/2009
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"We obviously have identified a problem here that the amount of index trading has created volatility."
"If it is a significant cause, it seems to me something has got to be done about it."
"I would think he is an expert. He knows firsthand."
"According to estimates by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), about $15 billion was invested in commodity indexes in 2003. By mid-2008, that figure had grown to $200 billion, a thirteenfo..."