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By Lisa Abramowicz, Bloomberg |
May 24, 2013
Wall Street banks are expanding holdings of speculative-grade bonds as prices fall from record highs with investors retreating from exchange-traded funds that buy the debt.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 24, 2013
Can you taper up? Oil Prices rebounded after a big fall in part because of a misunderstanding. Apparently you can taper up as well as taper down in what I guess you can call the tale of the taper.
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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 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 Mark Shenk, Bloomberg |
May 7, 2013
The U.S. Energy Information Administration reduced its crude-oil price forecast for 2013 because of falling futures and increasing production outside of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
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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 26, 2013
A sharp jump in gasoline demand this week and a report questioning North Sea output put petros in rally mode.
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By Phil Flynn |
April 17, 2013
Oil Prices look like they found support around $86.00 as I expected. After the massive sell-off because of the fears of a global slowdown and massive U.S. supply, oil could start rebounding on the more mundane seasonal and refinery factors.
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By James Paton, Laurie Hays and Soraya Permatasari, Bloomberg |
April 10, 2013
BHP Billiton Ltd., the biggest mining company, said the shale boom in the U.S. will spur an industrial revival and transform the world’s largest economy.
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By Mark Shenk, Bloomberg |
April 9, 2013
The U.S. Energy Information Administration increased its West Texas Intermediate crude price forecast for 2013, predicting new pipeline and rail capacity will narrow WTI’s discount to Brent oil.
