Despite recent price rise, traders seeking tankers is bearish for oil

Filed under: International markets, Commodities, OilThose investors ready to position themselves in oil stocks, or perhaps even dabble in oil futures, may want to wait a while. Oil traders are seeking ... ." Dietz added that he was currently short unleaded gasoline, with a monthly contract. Continue reading [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 18:45:00

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Halliburton (HAL) lifted by oil futures surge

Halliburton (HAL) lifted by oil futures surge Posted Jun 6th 2008 1:57PM by Brent Archer Filed under: Analyst reports, Good news, Industry, ... are trading are trading higher today, after a Morgan Stanley analyst's prediction that oil could hit $150 a barrel in the next month sent oil futures soaring. If you think that the stock won't fall by too [more...]

Date: 2008-06-06 13:57:00

Green Ink: Oil?s Future Is Pricey

paper Crude oil futures inched above $65 after earlier declines, boosted by rising stock markets, Bloomberg reports ... social unrest. Lower oil prices are self-correcting. Just look at the 2013 futures price, says the WSJ— ... . But dismal economic data out of the U.S. and Asia has some analysts forecasting $55 oil. China [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 14:19:44

Who saw this coming? Gas below $1.70

A handful of gas stations in Pierce County are selling gas for $1.69, according to TacomaGasPrices.com ... what today's AP story has to say: Oil futures have followed stock markets recently, using equities as a proxy ... of the year before we begin to decouple and various commodities and financial instruments begin to march [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 20:43:02

Daily Forex Overview

Previous session overview On Thursday, the dollar rallied across the board, rebounding from sharp losses that accumulated since the start of the week, on a surge in U.S. stocks when crude oil futures dove more than USD5 on the day. In comments in an interview, ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet said there is a risk of a wage-price spiral developing [more...]

Date: 2008-07-18 06:59:24

Good Time To Hedge Against Higher Gasoline Prices?

I just filled up my tank for the least amount of money in a long time ... $1,000 of one of the two major oil ETFs tracking crude oil prices, USO or OIL. (Use a broker with free ... to compensate. If $4/gal comes back, your annual fuel bill would rise by $1,000, but your oil futures stock [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 14:20:17

Friday morning links

TOP STORIES Wall St. futures frozen after plunge - AP OPEC slashes production; ... U.S. stock futures blasted after Asia plunge - MarketWatch Oil falls despite production cuts - BBC Balle, balle..great demand for India Post gold coins! - Commodity Online Oil, Gold, Commodities [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 13:17:00

Bobbys Corner- Open Market 1.7.2009

Bobbys Corner- Open Market 1.7.2009 Posted by Bob Slade on Wed, 01/07/2009 - 8:33am in BOBBYS CORNER-FX Good Morning: ... rates as low as other central banks. Asian stocks rose and European equities fell.  U.S. futures ... packages. Oil:$48.50                        Gold:$859.60    Today we have some secondary data on jobs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:33:52

Daily Forex Overview

Previous session overview On Friday, the euro almost hit a record high against the dollar on worries about mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. A sharp fall in U.S. stocks, along with a fresh record high for crude oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange, sent the euro to an 11-week high of USD1.5949 - less than a cent [more...]

Date: 2008-07-14 08:23:06

Changing BRIC for BRAC: A new look for global investors

Changing BRIC for BRAC: A new look for global investors Posted Jul 25th 2008 10:35AM by Steven Halpern Filed under: International markets, India, China, Brazil, Russia, Newsletters, Canada, Commodities, Oil, Agriculture, Stocks to Buy ... economies and still face exceptional futures. "But their major resources are cheap labor, which [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 10:35:00

Naughty and nice in the oil markets

It’s an iconic scene, playing out in many movies from Trading Places and Wall Street to A Good Year (below) ... that hedging, rather than speculation, is at fault.  Refiner SemGroup overinvested in oil futures ... investors tend to hold long positions in commodities as inflation hedges. Losses in stocks forced [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 20:17:00

Bloodbath

I had warned readers against assuming that because we had a bounce in the equity markets, that life would soon return to normalcy ( ... that level). US stock futures trading has been restricted because it has fallen below 6%, its daily ... . A more aggressive than expected production cut by OPEC has done nothing to stem the fall of oil, down 5%. Gold [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 10:46:40

Money Magazine recommends commodities (kind of)

It's only six percent and it's not really commodities, but commodity stocks instead, however, ... 9%, the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index, which tracks oil, metals and food futures, averaged a 13% annual return. In just the past five years, commodity-driven mutual funds have gained an annual average [more...]

Date: 2008-06-27 13:18:00

Wednesday morning links

TOP STORIES Retail sales plunge 1.2 percent in September - AP Drama Behind a $250 Billion Banking Deal - NY Times Pimco Tapped to Manage Fed's CPFF - ... the gold standard - The Independent MARKETS/INVESTING Oil at 13 month low on economic weakness, ebbing demand - AP Gold climbs as equity markets fall further - Reuters U.S. Stock Futures Extend Drop [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 12:25:00

London Gold Market Report

Gold Slips as Dollar Bounces; George Soros Rumored "Long Gold, Short Oil" as Wall Street Losses Mount; ... as world stock markets ticked higher. The US Dollar rose on the forex market. Crude oil futures jumped [more...]

Date: 2008-07-18 12:47:00

Dow Soars Nearly 300 Points As Oil Tumbles Again

The stock market had a mixed start on Wednesday as futures indicated a modestly higher open for the indices. Equities however, experienced some selling pressure initially. Nevertheless, the pressure [more...]

Date: 2008-07-16 21:28:05

Green Ink: Big Oil Waits for Obama, and What About All Those Green Jobs?

paper Crude oil futures elbowed their way above $62 Friday on the back of rising stock markets, Bloomberg reports ... . Environmentalists can expect some horse trading on issues like coal and nuclear power, but expect [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 13:24:40

1-7-2009 (Wed Afternoon) Fin. & Econ. Activity

U.S. stocks slid the most in two weeks as a private report showed employers cut more jobs than estimated in December and companies from Alcoa Inc ... it better,” Schumer said - Bloomberg Oil futures tumbled 12 percent, the most in more than seven years ... , gasoline and distillate fuel as demand dropped. Inventories of crude oil rose 6.68 million barrels [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 21:40:05

An Obama surge on Wall Street, and beyond?

Did we just witness the Obama pre-victory rally? The stock market today bucked convention with a sharp advance that lifted the Dow Jones ... stocks (European blue-chip shares jumped 4.1%, on average) and commodities (oil futures soared $6.62 [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 08:49:47

Overnight markets: Down

Asian stocks and US futures slid Thursday, following US and European markets down amid fresh fears that worldwide bank rescue programmes have come too late. Crude oil prices fell to 13-month lows as commodities prices tumbled across the board. US markets (Wed) DJIA down 733.08 at 8,577.91 Nasdaq... [more...]

Date: 2008-10-16 04:44:46

Oil recovers with Dow rally

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The daily survey from motorist group price of oil on Monday reversed AAA. Prices peaked at $4 ... , have already started cutting back founder of commodities brokerage on oil use, said Cordier ... has already taken investors sold off crude futures place, and it's going to take a as stock indexes around [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 17:17:35

Stocks set to drop as jobs in focus

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) ... more than 3%. European stocks fell in early trading. Oil eased 8 cents to $48.50 a barrel ... ' focus. At 4:30 a.m., Nasdaq, Standard & Poor's 500 and Dow Jones industrial average futures were [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 09:37:13

Latest News In Stock Market Investment Research - Dec 19, 2008

Dassault Aviation buys Alcatel-Lucent’s Thales stake 19 Dec 2008 at 2:14am LONDON (MarketWatch) ... trading on Friday, pulled down by more losses from oil majors as crude futures continued to hover [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 09:40:48

Banks Risk Scottish North Sea Oil industry and Britain's Energy Future

Having contacted the Author Mark Jago, he has given me permision to post his article ... Company which is publicly listed on the London and Toronto Stock Exchanges and is based in Calgary [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 15:46:00

Futures Signal Recovery

EUROPEAN MARKETS HIGHER FOR SIXTH DAY DESPITE OIL RISE U.S ... and the latest housing figures - are due out shortly after the trading day opens. Equities ... , where stocks have climbed six straight trading days in an affirmation of central bank efforts to stem [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 14:11:14

Daily Forex Overview

Previous session overview On Monday, the dollar declined across the board Monday, taking its cue from a drop in U.S. stock markets as financial shares sold off. The dollar was also feeling the heat from oil prices that crept back up toward USD125 a barrel on futures markets, indicating that any measurable relief [more...]

Date: 2008-07-29 07:20:34

Tuesday morning links

TOP STORIES Oil dips as Ike weakens, OPEC mulls holding steady - AP An Itchy Finger on the Trigger of a Bazooka - NY Times 2008 a tough year so far ... ; Dollar - Commodity Online Toronto stocks tumble on resource demand fears - Reuters ECONOMY ... - AP Mortgage Giants’ Future: A Rebuild or a Teardown? - New York Tiemes FED/TREASURY/BANKING Rescue [more...]

Date: 2008-09-09 12:56:00

Oil Falls Below $40 as Mideast Fighting Rages

LONDON: Oil fell below $40 a barrel on Tuesday, pressured by gloom about prospects for world economic growth which outweighed heightened tensions in ... this year, its biggest annual fall since futures began trading 25 years ago. It has dropped more than ... and gasoline stocks increased by 1.5 million barrels. Weekly U.S. fuel inventory data is due [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 13:22:57

Commodity News Digest

Global Markets: Stocks, Dollar Surge into 2009 - Reuters After Worst Year Ever, Commodities May Lag Recovery - Reuters Success of Managed Futures is a Mixed Bag - Chicago Tribune Bonds in 2009: Waiting by the Exits - CNNMoney Oil Jumps 3.6% on Supply Worries - CNNMoney [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 21:39:54

Technical Picture - Consolidation Ahead of FED

Stocks sold off in early trade as investors grappled with ongoing uncertainty and the threat of more losses from the financial sector, ... funds futures imply a reduction to the fed funds target rate is certain. There is currently a 66 ... in commodities such as agchem, natural gas, gold, and crude oil. Crude was up as much as 8.2% during [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 06:16:00

Technical Picture - Consolidation Ahead of FED

Stocks sold off in early trade as investors grappled with ongoing uncertainty and the threat of more losses from the financial sector, ... funds futures imply a reduction to the fed funds target rate is certain. There is currently a 66 ... in commodities such as agchem, natural gas, gold, and crude oil. Crude was up as much as 8.2% during [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 07:00:16

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