Petroleum This WeekA Buying Spree? At These Prices?March 15, 2006More National Football League (NFL) free agents have been signed in the last few days than ever before over such a short period of time. These players are not coming cheaply either, with some teams, including the Washington Redskins, spending tens of millions of dollars to sign players that they expect will provide dividends in the future. Something similar is going on in oil markets, with companies continuing to bring in crude oil and gasoline imports, even at today?s relatively high prices and with apparently abundant stock levels already. Why? Because they think buying now will yield benefits later.