The hedge funds were buying oil at the fastest pace in the last four years** : In the seven days ending March 19, funds and other money managers bought the equivalent of 140 million barrels of six of the most important Futures and Options contracts related to oil prices. There were purchases in almost all directions on NYMEX and ICE WTI (+57 million barrels), Brent (+55 million) **, European gasoil (+18 million) and American gasoline (+10 million) Most purchases came from the creation of new long