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Shocked that companies and mutual funds would invest OPM (Other People's Money) in high-risk investments, the Shocked Investor was originally on a mission to find out if our money ended up in these dubious instruments. This blog now also discusses other financial topics, such as straddles, options, gold, natural gas, agri/food stocks, and the collapse of the US Dollar.
Oil takes a beating. The CME Group has just raised U.S. crude oil futures margins by 25%, effective as of the close of May 10.
Surprise sharp margin increases caused silver to crash down to earth over the last 2 weeks.
CME announced on its website that it had hiked margins for crude oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange by $1,250 per contract.
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