Crude oil prices reached another record intra-day high as investors pile in looking for higher returns. Speculators and commodities investors are driving crude oil prices higher as the Fed keeps lowering interest rate. The Fed and the U.S. Treasury talks about strong dollar but have done little to save the dollar. U.S. dollar has fallen 60% against the euro in the last four years. Wheat led commodities with a rise of 120% followed by soybean with 94% and crude oil with 68% in the last year. |