"One look at the US dollar chart clearly shows how BHO and Fed policy are driving the US dollar off a cliff: http://stockcharts.com/freecharts/gallery.html?$USD Blame speculators if it makes you feel better, but B. Hussein Obama has created a environment where there is little or no downside risk to these "evil speculators"! " It's not speculators, it's MANIPUTLATORS known as the Bankers, Big Oil, OPEC and their wealthy friends throughout the world with their greed! They manipulate the prices, they drive them up, not us. Plus, not them but the rest of us are speculators when making investments. We expect, speculate, believe, hope, etc., that prices go up on investments we make. We don't drive prices up!