<p>Ethical or not, speculation generally isn’t illegal. </p>
<p>Historically these “investigations” spark up every time the price of oil, or anything else, spikes but they rarely turn up anything.</p>
<p>At least such investigations might curb the greed to some extent. Or make the government look better in its citizens’ eyes. “Look, the government is doing somethig!”</p>
<p>To me, all bubbles smell of pyramid schemes.</p>
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<p>Why has this post has disappeared?</p>
<p>^^Wow. ■■■■■ patrol? Not you, toblin, but whoever posted that might have been a ■■■■■???</p>
<p>It is illegal to attempt to gain a monopoly advantage in most cases. That’s why Standard Oil is no more.</p>
<p>[Competition</a> law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antitrust]Competition”>Competition law - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>Ethical =/= Legal
Unethical =/= Illegal</p>
<p>Brilliant. However most laws have a basis in ethics.</p>