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EconMatters: Since the Global Community all the sudden seems to be preoccupied with Market manipulation even though the authorities knew it was a problem for over 5 years with Libor Rate Fixing. It is high time authorities look at the Crude Oil market which has been Read more…
Kent Moors: With “Big Ben” testifying over the next two days on Capitol Hill, the indices will be bouncing around. Read more…
Kent Moors: The collapse of talks between Iran and the “Big 6″ (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany) should have accelerated international crude oil prices. Read more…
Diane Alter: Oil prices have taken a backseat lately to the turmoil in Europe and Obamacare. But investors and consumers are starting to take notice again. Read more…
EconMatters: Crude oil prices, along with world stocks, surged on Friday after euro zone leaders reached an accord on directly recapitalizing regional banks as well as measures to cut soaring borrowing costs in Italy and Spain. Brent crude jumped more than Read more…
Jonathan Yates: As crude oil prices fall far below $100 a barrel, the trend is affecting the most oil-dependent economies in the world. Read more…
Ben Gersten: Oil prices sank to their lowest level in eight months Wednesday and the trend continues. Crude oil for August delivery fell yesterday (Thursday) below the $80 line to $78.20 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Read more…
Toby Connor: June has been the month of major bottoms. Stocks and gold have already formed major yearly cycle lows. Now it’s the CRB’s turn to put in a major three year cycle bottom. This bottom will almost certainly form well above the 2009 low Read more…
Marin Katusa: One of oil’s most important characteristics is its fungibility, which means that a barrel of refined oil from Texas is equivalent to one from Saudi Arabia or Nigeria or anywhere else in the world. The global oil machine is built upon this premise Read more…
Toby Connor: It is time to do quick recap of the big picture view, which is unfolding pretty much as I expected. Read more…
Sean Brodrick: OPEC is meeting today in Vienna. And boy, does this group have a lot to talk about. That’s because the price of U.S.-benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude is down about 25% since hitting a 10-month high of $110.55 a barrel back in March. Read more…
Larry D. Spears: Crude oil prices have been hammered of late. The cost of oil fell 21.8% between May 1 and June 1 – from $106.50 to $83.23 a barrel – the sharpest monthly drop since December 2008. Read more…
Jared Cummans: It seems that the collapse of the euro, and possibly a global financial market correction, has become more likely than not in the next few year. It started with the fiscal disaster otherwise known as Greece, which has public debt equal Read more…
Michael Johnston: Energy stocks have struggled mightily so far in 2012, as soft demand for petroleum products and progress towards alternative sources of energy have weighed on this sector. Despite the recent challenges, allocations to energy stocks remain a key component Read more…
Michael Johnston: Sector rotation strategies have long been popular with investors–especially those who believe they are able to spot relative opportunities in various corners of the market. Sector rotation strategies have the potential to generate Read more…
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