So you’re tired of getting gouged at the pump and would like to extract some manner of revenge against the high price of oil and gasoline. Great idea. But before you wander into the oil futures pits of the NYMEX or snap up a conveniently bundled ETF Read more…

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Two days ago in Vienna, the 12 members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) spent five hours bickering, and ultimately failed to reach an agreement to increase production quotas. This was the first time that happened in 20 years. That’s not particularly good news for motorists, who could be facing higher prices at the pump as a result. Crude traders were stunned, and sent oil prices Read more…

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In trading on Thursday, the UBS E-TRACS Short Platinum ER ETN (NYSE:PTD) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 12.34% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…

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Bob van der Valk: This year is an instant replay of 2008 with the average price of regular gasoline in the US expected to reach $4 per gallon in the next month. Californians have already surpassed Read more…

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In early March, White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley told NBC that the Administration was considering releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) if it deems the high oil prices Read more…

NYSE:DBO, NYSE:OIL, NYSE:USO

The monthly roll cycle starts Tuesday April 5th for Crude Oil with the 4-day rolling of U.S. Oil Fund (NYSE:USO) positions, the USO is an exchange traded fund (ETF) meant to track movements in the Read more…

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