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Jason Simpkins: No one needs to tell the average American about the impact of oil and gas prices. If they don’t feel it in their wallets every day, they hear about it on the news every night. But surprisingly, amid all the rhetoric, there have been no real answers to some of the key questions driving the energy Read more…
Jim Trippon: The financial media has hammered home the theme that the global economic slowdown will persist for awhile. Given the sobering state of Europe, as well as what has been a sluggish though improving recovery in the US, it makes sense. The other corollary to the global slowdown has been the Read more…
Michael Snyder: Does it cost you hundreds of dollars just to get to work each month? If it does, you are certainly not alone. There are millions of other Americans in the exact same boat. In recent years, the price of gas in the United States has gotten so outrageous that it has played a major factor in where Read more…
Zig Lambo: Attention Shoppers: There are some amazing values currently available at bargain prices in the energy department. That’s pretty much what Chen Lin told us in this exclusive interview with The Read more…
Dian L. Chu: QE2 is going to go down as one of the worst monetary policy initiatives in the history of the modern Federal Reserve era. On almost any metric applied, QE2 ends up not only falling Read more…
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“Natural-gas futures shot more than 6% higher after a U.S. government report showed natural gas inventories grew by a slightly smaller-than-expected amount last week. The reported increase Read more…
Chris Vermeulen from The Gold And Oil Guy gives us a technical look at some commodity related ETF’s. Commodity ETF trading charts allow us to track and trade the underlying commodities with ease. I have provided a few daily charts Read more…
So many ETF’s with different characteristics to invest in but, when considering oil related ETF’s PennySleuth covers which is best. “Oil prices have fallen through the floor in the last year – a 41% drop to be precise… That’s exactly why the coming rise in oil Read more…
“Drill baby, drill” may have failed as a campaign slogan, but the mantra appears to be working for investors.
The S&P Oil & Gas Services ETF (XES) has jumped 57% over the last three months, outperforming the S&P 500 (SPX) by 25%. Service and drilling stocks, which were pounded last year as production companies made steep cuts, are riding the wave of near-$70 crude. Read more…
The first-ever emerging market sector family of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) has been introduced by Emerging Global Advisors, LLC, (EGA) it was announced today.
The new Emerging Global Shares (EGS) family of ETFs is based on the Dow Jones Emerging Markets Sector Titans Indexes and is designed to provide institutional investors with broad-based exposure to leading emerging market companies across multiple industry sectors. The initial funds will focus on Energy and Metals & Mining. All the ETFs will be listed on the NYSE Arca electronic exchange.
“For the first time, institutional investors will have a transparent vehicle for gaining sector-based exposure to the emerging markets,” said Robert Holderith, chief executive officer at Emerging Global Advisors. “Our family of ETFs will provide the market access and liquidity to allow institutions to execute trading and investment strategies that have not been previously possible.” Read more…
Have we somehow traveled back in time to this time last year? Rising gas and oil prices are the talk of the town, and related exchange traded funds (ETFs) are moving skyward. What’s going on? Oil has hit $60 a barrel for the first time in six months. While that’s a far cry from the record $147.27 hit last July 8, the price spike is getting attention because inventories are still very high.
The prices are also rising in part because of the U.S. dollar, which has been weak, Reuters says. China also plays a part – the country is the world’s second-largest energy user. They said that crude imports in April rose to their second-highest daily rate on record.
Full Story: http://www.etftrends.com/2009/05/oil-and-gas-etfs-are-jumping-but-why.html
Moody’s says the drop in oil and gas prices over the last year may have given some US oil and gas producers an opportunity to mask production problems — as opposed to uneconomical conditions — that may have contributed to downward revisions in their reserves.
Amid the steep drop in commodity prices, the reserves considered economical to produce under SEC rules have dwindled and independent exploration and production (E&P) companies’ reported reserves have dropped accordingly, Moody’s says. Changes in pricing rules which come into effect on January 1, 2010, promise a far less volatile valuation for oil and natural gas reserves over the years.
Full Story: http://seekingalpha.com/article/130890-drop-in-oil-and-gas-prices-masks-production-problems?source=yahoo
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