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By Phil Flynn |
May 9, 2013
The WTI/Brent oil spread fell below $8 for the first time in two years as the U.S. is reestablishing itself not only as a major oil consumer but also as major world oil producer.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 1, 2013
Oil is backtracking and the outside markets seem to suggest that the Federal Reserve will have to do the same. Oil prices are trying to balance weak manufacturing data out of China versus today's Fed decision.
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By Santanu Chakraborty and Lyubov Pronina |
April 26, 2013
Emerging-market stocks fell, paring a weekly advance in the benchmark index, as declines in commodity producers overshadowed gains in Chinese banks.
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By Inyoung Hwang, Sarah Pringle and Moming Zhou, Bloomberg |
March 4, 2013
U.S. stocks rose, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average within 40 points of a record, amid optimism the Federal Reserve will continue to provide monetary stimulus.
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By Mark Shenk, Bloomberg |
February 28, 2013
OPEC crude output rose for the first time in six months as rising Libyan production outpaced a cut by Saudi Arabia, which has implemented a program aimed at curbing excess supply and supporting prices.
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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 Maria Kolesnikova, Bloomberg |
January 17, 2013
JPMorgan Chase & Co. led lending to commodities companies for a third consecutive year even as global financing to the industry fell to the lowest since 2010.
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By Phil Flynn |
January 4, 2013
So much for Federal Reserve transparency, it is very clear after the release of the Fed minutes that the Federal Reserve either misled the market after the last Fed meeting or there is something more sinister going on.
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By Ian Sayson and Victoria Stilwell, Bloomberg |
January 2, 2013
Developing-nation stocks rose to a 10-month high after U.S. lawmakers passed a bill that averted spending cuts and tax gains that had threatened the world’s largest economy.
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By Phil Flynn |
January 2, 2013
Oil prices had the shackles removed and spiked higher after the Republicans caved and agree to a bill that will raise taxes on families that earn over $450,000. Of course for oil bulls any deal is better than no deal.
