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Jason Simpkins: 2011 was an up-and-down year for oil prices, but don’t expect that pattern to repeat in 2012. In the coming year, the trajectory for oil prices will be far more linear – and it’s pointed up. In fact, we could even see $150 oil by mid-summer. Read more…
Sean Brodrick: This year has been a good one for some (not all) commodities. But the important question to ask here is: What does 2012 hold for commodity investors? Read more…
Jason Simpkins: 2011 was an up-and-down year for oil prices (NYSEARCA:USO), but don’t expect that pattern to repeat in 2012. No, next year, the trajectory for oil prices will be far more linear – and it’s pointed up. In fact, we could even see $150 oil by mid-summer. Read more…
Sam Subramanian: A supply glut resulting from excess production from shale formations depressed natural gas prices (NYSE:UNG) in 2010.
Since then, persistent inclement weather Read more…
Ian Wyatt: A number of oil stocks are worth putting on your radar screen in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene which barreled up the East Coast over the weekend. Read more…
Ron Rowland: Here in Texas, we expect summer to be hot. Somehow we cope with 100-degree days. This year has been worse than usual. And to make matters worse, we’re in the middle of a severe drought, too. Read more…
Jason Simpkins: Money Morning predicted in its 2011 Outlook series that oil prices would see $100 a barrel by summer. And that’s proven to be true – but not entirely for the reasons we Read more…
Jon D. Markman: Oil prices are on the rise for a bevy of reasons – soaring demand in emerging markets, the weak dollar, and a strengthening U.S. recovery, to name a few. Read more…
Jon D. Markman: Crude oil futures spiked to a 30-month high on Monday – and crude prices have zoomed 19% so far this year – so it’s no surprise that energy stocks have enjoyed one whale of a run. Read more…
Samuel Brannan became the richest man in California in 1849, during the Gold Rush. But he didn’t make his money by hitting a mother lode of the precious metal. Instead, he made his mint by selling picks and shovels to prospectors. Now fast forward 150 years or so… Today, the modern versions Read more…
2010’s 15 percent increase in the price of crude oil helped a plethora of related sectors move higher. One of the biggest winners? Oil services stocks, which include drillers, well management Read more…
Stocks tiptoed through a typically introspective, no drama December week in the past five days, with the Dow Jones Industrials rising 0.7%, and the Nasdaq, S&P 500, and Russell 2000 all Read more…
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Unrest in the Middle East usually means supply-side problems for oil, and the current month-long conflict raging in Libya is no exception. 
As we prepare for Friday’s employment report, it is a good time to review both the market’s outlook for the next few months and our possible investment approach. For those keeping score at 
If you turned on your TV in the last week or so, you almost certainly saw coverage of the protests in Egypt. Almost overnight, the media narrative moved from Washington to Cairo. 
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