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By Futures Staff |
February 1, 2013
Stormy in more ways than one, 2012 was a rough year. Here is our tongue-in-cheek look back over its defining events.
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By Phil Flynn |
December 4, 2012
It is possible that the the drop in new manufacturing orders came about because of Hurricane Sandy, but it did not seem to make a difference to oil traders who are worried about going over the fiscal cliff.
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By Moming Zhou and Mark Shenk, Bloomberg |
November 6, 2012
Crude rose the most in a month on forecasts that U.S. gasoline supplies dropped after Hurricane Sandy forced the shutdown of East Coast refineries and as Americans went to the polls to pick a president.
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By Phil Flynn |
November 6, 2012
The late day spike seemed to start in Brent crude and could be a sign of the market growing uneasy with the violence on the Saudi-Yemen border.
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By Phil Flynn |
November 5, 2012
Despite the gas line in New Jersey the market tanked on the reality of demand destruction. Oh sure, the better than expected jobs number also led to a major break as the risk-off trade came into play.
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By Phil Flynn |
November 2, 2012
Gas prices should fall as Northeast refiners come back on line and the Colonial pipeline comes back on today!
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By Inyoung Hwang and Jonathan Morgan, Bloomberg |
October 31, 2012
U.S. stocks advanced as equity markets in the world’s largest economy reopened after Hurricane Sandy caused the longest weather-related shutdown since 1888.
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By Barbara Powell, Bloomberg |
October 30, 2012
Gasoline fell on speculation that demand will decline on the East Coast as Atlantic superstorm Sandy causes widespread flooding and power outages.
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By Nina Mehta and Katia Porzecanski, Bloomberg |
October 30, 2012
U.S. equity markets will reopen tomorrow after the longest weather-related shutdown in more than a century, resuming after the New York Stock Exchange was spared by Hurricane Sandy as it swept through New York yesterday.
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By Rita Nazareth, Nina Mehta and Whitney Kisling, Bloomberg |
October 30, 2012
For the first time in more than a century, weather has stopped U.S. equity trading for two straight days as Hurricane Sandy swept across New York City.