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In a continuation of our series on the state of the oil industry we look at some of the other ramifications of what we are…
EIA Inventory DataIn analyzing the last EIA report of the year it is noteworthy that gasoline stocks really rose the last 5 weeks of the…
UBS paid $1.5 Billion for manipulating Libor, and Barclay`s already paid the piper for manipulating the Libor rate. Well, it is about time the CFTC…
People can “go green” all they want. After all, America is still the land of the free. But I just don’t recommend that investors do…
When discussing this analysis we shall focus on WTI, the markets trade together for all intents and purposes, just that Brent trades $20 higher, give…
WTI closed November just shy of $89 a barrel on hopes of an improving economy. I think there is an argument for an improving economy…
General Motors’s eco-friendly vehicles are becoming good friends with American drivers. GM saw an impressive 10 percent increase in sales in August 2012, Auto World…
In recent months there has been a lot of incorrect speculation that because Iran has been shut off from the petrodollar, SWIFT-mediated regime, its economy…
Greece moved closer to winning a delayed aid disbursement on Friday. Speaking to reporters at a European Union summit, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said that…
With Bin Laden and Gaddafi out of the picture, the geopolitical headline is now shifting to Asia/China. The most recent excitement came from a 3-way…
The Reuters Jefferies CRB Index is down 8% so far in May with almost every single commodity in the index registering red. Even the ongoing…
Goldman Sachs surprised the market when the investment bank advised its clients on Monday, April 11 to liquidate the "CCCP basket" for a 25% profit. …
At a press conference on March 11, President Obama indicated that a plan was 'teed up', and that he would move quickly to tap the…
If you take a look at the unusual market trends--nothing seems to faze the markets and commodities trading in tandem with stocks, then one thing…
Yes, that's right! The same Big Banks that taxpayers bailed out during the financial crisis are now jacking up oil and gasoline prices (Fig. 1),…
The United States Oil Fund (USO), and exchange traded fund (ETF) tracking the performance of WTI (West Texas Intermediate) crude oil futures contract, starts its…
The recent news from Libya suggests that a transitional government is already being put in place as BBC reports that Libya's opposition groups is set…
Crude oil prices have been seesawing between the news coming out of Libya and rising inventories in the U.S. Crude oil stocks at Cushing, Oklahoma…
As the international military forces are descending upon Libya as we speak, some people have dismissed Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's vow of a 'long war…
The recent uprising in North Africa and the Middle East (MENA) region, which culminated in an UN sanctioned military acton against Libya, suggests that the…