Editor's Note: Jon D. Markman writes a weekly column for CNBC on MSN Money that is republished here on TheStreet.com.
Crude-oil prices have plunged in the past four months by 25%, a move that has punished energy speculators, delighted SUV owners and pushed alternative-power ideas to the back burner.
If you think the price plunge is too good to be true, you're on to something. Analysts who have been around the block a few times say we almost certainly have not heard the last from the folks who brought us $4-a-gallon prices at the pump -- and suggest you make plans now to deal with another round of energy shocks over the next year. ...
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