I though supply and demand played a big role in the market. But now we have a surplus of fuel, and demand is at a low, yet the wall street prices are still going to the moon, along with the prices at the pump........Refineries must move product, (demand), in order to keep supplies at a constant level. So what is happening now?.....Speculators are screwing us, the same as the realestate industry continually telling us how bad it is......Can someone explain to me what it will take to bump the housing industry back to normal....Rock bottom interest rates? Total collapse of housing values? With all these foreclosures going on, the speculators should be buying like crazy, but no one is........The banks are stuck with all these houses, so when do the selling prices get back to reality?..........Is this what the banks are crying about? "We loaned XXXXXXXXXX for John Q Modern to buy this house,, and now he can't pay, and the house is only worth ZZZZZZZZZZ....Am I even close here?...............MP