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By Jeff Greenblatt |
May 20, 2013
Headlines recently have been dominated by political scandal. Here's how these revelations play out in the markets.
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By James Ramelli |
May 16, 2013
Over the past week crude oil prices have been rocked by conflicting macroeconomic data and a suspected price-fixing scandal, leaving many investors questioning the validity of current price levels. Tap into that volatility with a put spread.
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By Alexander Kwiatkowski and Winnie Zhu, Bloomberg |
May 15, 2013
Two weeks after Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Platts changed the way more than half of the world’s crude is valued, the companies along with BP Plc and Statoil ASA are being probed by European antitrust regulators about potential manipulation of oil prices.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 14, 2013
Following several years of stronger-than-expected North American supply growth, the shockwaves of rising U.S. shale gas and light tight oil and Canadian oil sands production are reaching virtually all recesses of the global oil market.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 13, 2013
The oil market got heavy as word of a possible story of a Fed exit, which started to permeate the trading floor on Friday. The other issue is oil going down to the Gulf Coast and whether our production boom will overwhelm the refineries.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 10, 2013
The President is pushing for natural gas exports. He must have run the numbers and now realizes what a positive impact it will have on his economy.
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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 Jeff Greenblatt |
May 6, 2013
The market doesn't seem concerned with the end of QE and rate tightening. Maybe it knows something the rest of us don’t.
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By Moming Zhou, Bloomberg |
May 2, 2013
West Texas Intermediate crude gained the most in almost six months as the number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits slipped and the European Central Bank reduced interest rates to a record low.
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By Phil Flynn |
April 29, 2013
The oil market is getting a stimulating start as oil traders look to the ECB to give the trade a boost. Add a dash of stimulus and we see oil near a two week high.
