looks like in one corner its wall street and in the other corner its US Congress yikes ... I can see it now in 5 yrs ... all day trading will be banned and prices will be set by some sort of dutch auction once a week ... some headlines I read on the wires this am -Senators propose ban on commodities investing- -Wall Street Lobbies to Protect Speculative Oil Trades-
what a mob of freakin idiots. check out the link. Non-Exchange traded commodities ( i.e. no futures market, so mainly commercial interest) have rallied more than exchange listed products http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2008/05/commodity_futur.html