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Tom Essaye: One of the biggest stories of 2012 has been the absolute collapse of natural gas prices (NYSEARCA:UNG). The fall has been truly breathtaking, with natural gas falling from $2.97 at the start Read more…
Andrew Snyder: The ETF sector has grown at an enormous pace. But until now, the industry had no central voice. Now that it does, it is not good news for investors. Read more…
Michael Snyder: The United States is not running out of oil. In fact, nobody on the entire globe has more energy resources than the United States does. The truth is that we are absolutely swimming in oil and natural gas and we have so much coal that we have no idea what to do with it all. At current consumption Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: Wednesday’s Federal Reserve announcement and Press Conference shook the cross-market landscape in a somewhat expected pattern. Read more…
Sean Brodrick: Could high oil prices kick America into another recession? What’s driving these triple-digit oil prices? Are prices headed higher or lower? Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: If you think gasoline prices are volatile now, stay tuned. President Obama’s plan to clamp down on oil speculators is going to make things worse. I’m sure you’ve seen the news by now. Read more…
Rick Mills: As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information In July 1944, delegates from 44 nations met at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire – the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference – and agreed to “peg” their currencies to the U.S. dollar, the only currency Read more…
EconMatters: Brent crude ended trading above $120 a barrel on Friday, April 13, while WTI crude on NYMEX for May delivery settled at $102.83 a barrel. Oil has traded above $100 for all but a couple of days in the past year (see chart below). This persistent high oil price has many concerned to start threatening Read more…
EconMatters: The ink on our last article is barely dry when its dire prediction actually came true 48 hours later–natural gas price dropping below $2, a level not seen in over a decade. Henry Hub natural Read more…
Kevin Grewal: With the tax deadline rapidly approaching, it is absoltuly essential that investors understand how their exchange traded funds (ETFs) and exchange traded notes (ETNs) will be taxed. Read more…
Jared Cummans: When it comes to commodity investing and trading, contango is a dirty word. Many investors have given contango a bad name (and rightfully so) as it has the ability to destroy value in an underlying position with the blink of an eye. Now that the ETF universe has rapidly expanded and there are a Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: Last Friday’s weak unemployment numbers, with only 120,000 jobs created, brought renewed wails that high oil prices were causing a recession. Having heard this refrain so many times, I thought I’d dig a little deeper. Read more…
Jared Cummans: Friday’s jobs report seems to have stopped the bull train dead in its tracks. After the best opening quarter in roughly 14 years, 2012 is now cast with uncertainty, as many doubt that economic data can support the current gains that major benchmarks are boasting on the year. Read more…
Don Miller: Demand for commodities of all kinds is ramping up at breakneck speed. And despite fears of a slowdown in China‘s economic growth, Dr. Copper is leading the rise in commodities prices. Read more…
Tom Essaye: As I look back on the first quarter of 2012, one of the most glaring events was the rise in gas prices here in the U.S. Wholesale gasoline began the year at $2.66/gallon on the NYMEX, and closed last Friday at $3.33, a gain of 67 cents … a jaw-dropping 25 percent. Read more…
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