BULLS & BEARS: Something not going well? Blame surging in oil prices
The spike in the price of oil has many people singing the blues, and using it as an excuse for nearly every imaginable problem. Oil has been a scapegoat for the weak stock market, poor sales at Wal-Mart, tough times at Bob Evans restaurants, and a bad summer at the movie box office. Conventional wisdom is, gas costs so much that the average family can’t afford to buy gas AND shop, eat out, or go to a movie. Nobody likes…