Friday, July 10, 2009

Oil Price Volatile

One Year Anniversary of Oil's Intraday Record High - Analysis and Discussion with Maynard Holt of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. (Bloomberg News)
Oil closed 2008 at $44.60 after falling from $147 nearly a year ago. Crude then surged from below $35 in March in part on investor concern that massive U.S. fiscal stimulus spending will eventually spark high inflation. Investors often buy commodities such as crude as a hedge against a weakening dollar and inflation.


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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Oil Speculators Under Fire

Oil Speculators Under Fire


Policy makers on both sides of the Atlantic launched an effort to crack down on what they called speculation in oil markets. The CFTC said it is considering tougher regulation of oil-futures markets and the U.K.’s Brown and France’s Sarkozy are calling for international action to curb volatility.

Monday, July 6, 2009

Natural Gas prices continue to fall

In-Depth Look - Cheap Natural Gas - Bloomberg


Strange Days for Natural Gas - Winter Cheaper Than Summer (Bloomberg News)
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