It’s understandable why traders might consider going long oil:
It has shown relative strength vs. other risk assets and commodities, rising in the face of continued USD strengthIt still appears to be at the lower end of its multi-month trading range of $65-$82Recent, larger than expected US inventory drawdowns suggest [...]Shale gas is one of the biggest new things to come along in the energy space for some time. But Natural Gas drilling costs and low gas prices make this a challenging environment for Gas producers.
Yesterday's big news in the commodities world was Exxon's $31 billion takeover of XTO Energy. [...]
While stocks and commodities have had spectacular rallies since last March, a few groups have been left behind. Solar stocks are one such group. While they rallied early in the year, they have been mostly flat to down since this spring, while almost everything else in [...]
Jason Kelly submits: It's the trade we've been watching for a while. At the beginning of this month, the dollar looked far too hated for its downtrend to continue. The dying dollar was largely responsible for the commodities boom on an elementary level, and elementary' [...]
Wake up, Mr. Obama. You just hit the [...]
Commodities prices slumped after Dubai sought to defer some debt payments, rattling investors and spurring a dollar rally. Gold for immediate delivery fell to $1,177.63 after touching a record $1,195.13 on 26 Nov 2009. Gold prices have advanced 33% [...]
From vegetables to fruits, milk products to grains and packaged foods, prices of all commodities have been going up since the beginning of the year. The [...]
The accelerating rise in commodities prices may leave energy behind. Even if the economy recovers next year as expected, energy consumption in the industrialized world fell so far, so fast, that it will struggle just to meet 2007 levels.
Barclays Capital estimates that oil demand [...]
The Case Against An Energy Comeback: Demand needs more than recovery to surge
The accelerating rise in commodities prices may leave energy behind. Even if the economy recovers next year as expected, energy consumption in the industrialized world fell so far, so fast, that it will struggle just to meet [...]
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