Mike Norman (Norman): Hi, and welcome back to HardAssetsInvestor.com. I’m Mike Norman, your host. Here today with me is Andre Julian, senior market strategist at OpVest Wealth Read more…

KOL, NYSE:BNO, UNG, USL, USO

Today’s Energy Department inventory report showed a much-larger-than-expected decline in domestic gasoline supplies. Read more…

USL, USO

Brad Zigler:  We’ve all watched the stunning run-up in oil and gasoline prices since the turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East boiled over. Front-month West Texas Intermediate crude—the Read more…

OIH, USL, USO

David Fry:  Markets overall are in a neutral position held back by inflation worries but supported by Fed policies and M&A. Everything else is nonsense barring another “Black Swan” event. Read more…

NYSE:DGP, NYSE:EDC, NYSE:EEM, NYSE:GLD, SPY, TLT, UCO, UDN, USL

David Fry From ETF Digest goes into detail on two oil ETFs discussing the United States 12 Month Oil ETF (NYSE:USL) and the ProShares Ultra DJ-UBS Crude Oil ETF (NYSE:UCO) in a video. Read more…

UCO, USL

There’s nothing like a bracing splash of reality to put things in the proper perspective. Last week, we examined the efficacy of various hard asset exposures—gold, oil and broad-based Read more…

NYSE:AGG, NYSE:DJP, NYSE:GCC, NYSE:GDX, NYSE:GDXJ, NYSE:GLD, NYSE:GSG, SPY, USL, USO

The latest inventory report came out on Wednesday, March 30 from the U.S. EIA (Energy Information Administration) showing Cushing stocks at a record 41.9 million barrels Read more…

NYSE:DTO, OIH, OIL, UCO, USL, USO

Kent Moors:  Information has surfaced that forces opposing Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi secured the major oil towns of Brega and Ras Lanuf (both port cities on the Mediterranean). Read more…

NYSE:BNO, OIL, USL, USO

We’ve recently looked at the tools used to gauge petroleum fundamentals (“Oil Market Indicators Explained: Part 2“). Now it’s time to turn our attention to the technical side: chart reading. Read more…

NYSE:DBE, NYSE:DBO, OIL, UCO, USL, USO

Unrest in the Middle East usually means supply-side problems for oil, and the current month-long conflict raging in Libya is no exception.  Read more…

USL, USO, XES, XLE, XOP

A couple of days a week, the Desktop is given over to market indicators, and Wednesdays belong to oil. Midweek, we highlight the key fundamental and technical indicators underlying crude oil and Read more…

NYSE:BNO, UCO, UHN, USL, USO

With the Brent-WTI spread hitting record highs, you have to wonder: Is crude oil still a fundamentally driven market? To separate the facts from the fluff, Hard Assets Investor reporter Read more…

NYSE:BNO, OIL, USL, USO

Teucrium Trading today (2/23/11) launched the Teucrium WTI Crude Oil Fund (NYSE:CRUD), providing investors with unleveraged exposure to crude oil futures contracts.  The fund’s objective Read more…

NYSE:CRUD, OIL, USL, USO

David Fry From ETF Digest  goes into detail on two oil ETFs discussing the United States Oil ETF (NYSE:USO) and the United States 12 Month Oil ETF (NYSE:USL) in the video noted below. Read more…

USL, USO

On Wednesday, Feb. 16 Israel said Iran is sending two warships into the Suez Canal on way to Syria, and that the action is considered a “provocation.”  Due to the long history of bad blood between Read more…

NYSE:BNO, NYSE:DBE, NYSE:DBO, NYSE:DNO, NYSE:DTO, OIH, OIL, OLO, SCO, SZO, UCO, UHN, USL, USO