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How hedge funds influence oil and gas markets

Nymex research finds that hedge funds exert no undue influence on oil and natural gas prices

There has been an increasing focus in the business press in recent months on participation by hedge funds in commodity markets. Media attention developed because of complaints from a small number of companies concerned about substantial price volatility for energy commodities, such as natural gas.

The companies suggest that the volatility is somehow attributable to the trading activity of hedge

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