http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/07/07/playing-the-futures-market/ Jeff Nolan's take on investment, innovation, entrepreneurship and the technology industry Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:27:53 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/07/07/playing-the-futures-market/comment-page-1/#comment-282242 MyGallons.com… Yeah it’s a Scam | Venture Chronicles Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:16:11 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/07/07/playing-the-futures-market/#comment-282242 [...] Wrote about this earlier in the week after seeing it on a number of news programs. As is usually the case, it seemed a little too clever and smelled kinda funny… [...] [...] Wrote about this earlier in the week after seeing it on a number of news programs. As is usually the case, it seemed a little too clever and smelled kinda funny… [...]

]]> http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/07/07/playing-the-futures-market/comment-page-1/#comment-281614 MyGallons.com - I Smell Something, and it Ain’t Gasoline| Zoli’s Blog Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:00:22 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/07/07/playing-the-futures-market/#comment-281614 [...] Jeff Nolan looks at how this might (or not) work from the consumer / small business side, and concludes: For this to work for consumers the bar is steep. First and foremost, you have to consume enough fuel to make the incremental cost savings exceed the fees you are paying, and because the savings you can achieve are a function of the time between when you load the card and then use it, well you have to pre-purchase a hell of a lot of fuel to get to the point where the price differential naturally widens. [...] [...] Jeff Nolan looks at how this might (or not) work from the consumer / small business side, and concludes: For this to work for consumers the bar is steep. First and foremost, you have to consume enough fuel to make the incremental cost savings exceed the fees you are paying, and because the savings you can achieve are a function of the time between when you load the card and then use it, well you have to pre-purchase a hell of a lot of fuel to get to the point where the price differential naturally widens. [...]

]]> http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/07/07/playing-the-futures-market/comment-page-1/#comment-281595 Reiser Really Did Do It | Venture Chronicles Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:51:35 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/07/07/playing-the-futures-market/#comment-281595 [...] trial was a pretty big deal here because of the tech connection (the comments on Slashdot following the guilty verdict were mildly amusing at times, mostly disturbing for their ability to [...] [...] trial was a pretty big deal here because of the tech connection (the comments on Slashdot following the guilty verdict were mildly amusing at times, mostly disturbing for their ability to [...]

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