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By Phil Flynn |
May 23, 2013
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke does his best impression of a one-handed economist. But while the market focuses of the possibility of softening demand because of the Fed and China there was one area where demand actually improved...
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By Phil Flynn |
May 22, 2013
Oil continues to look weak despite a rebounding euro and the cloud of Ben Bernanke. Products seemed to have topped because of frantic pre-holiday wholesale cash buying.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 21, 2013
With gold and silver capitulating and Treasury yield rising, oil will have to balance the bearish implications of the Fed talking about an exit strategy versus the disinflation that is now plaguing Europe.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 20, 2013
Natural gas soars as gas exports are probably going to happen a lot faster than many thought and pain at the pump is back as refinery woes mess up the trend of lower prices.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 17, 2013
Against a backdrop of rising supply and a murky economic backdrop, RBOB gasoline rises up out of the ashes. Ok maybe not ashes but rising on refining and pipeline issues as we get ready to top off the tank for the upcoming kickoff to the summer driving season.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 16, 2013
Oil prices are falling despite a late day surprising dead cat bounce as oil inventories and weak industrial data weigh on the market outlook.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 8, 2013
Pull out the party hats! Dow closed above 15000 for the first time in history! Although the Dow is rocking, and that has been a factor in the increase in oil from the lows, Dow records are just not what they used to be.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 7, 2013
Oil prices swung back and forth like a juiced up yo-yo as it tried to balance rising geo-political risk as well as economic risks.
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By Phil Flynn |
April 23, 2013
Oil prices fell as the flash HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index for April fell to 50.5 in April from 51.6 the month before as new export orders shrank in China. The long-term natural gas story is getting out.
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By Phil Flynn |
April 18, 2013
Words like depression and deflation are again being talked about and it is possible that the commodity collapse in gold, copper and oil is sending an ominous warning about the direction of the global economy.
