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Will Global Confidence Cause a Chain Reaction?
Busted: Bankers and the Digital Economy | August 18th 2008 by TNTalk
Just a few weeks ago, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson held that a bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to be highly improbable, if not impossible. Now there is talk that an extraordinary Treasury capital infusion may be needed to restore falte read more
Great Calls on Oil
Intelligent Speculator | August 16th 2008 by Phillip Lyon
I have written quite a few articles about the speculation in oil over the last few months and I want to revisit some of those articles because I have been proven correct. First, there can no longer be a debate about whether the excessive rise in oil read more
Oil stocks: Time to buy?
Mullooly Asset Management Podcast | August 7th 2008 by Thomas Mullooly
Nearly 20 years ago, when I worked in Chicago, I became friends with a gentleman named Joe Lopresti. Today, Joe is the President of Arlington Capital Management. We've remained in touch and share our thoughts and outlooks on the market periodi read more
The Every Increasing March of Oil Prices
Riding the Commodity Bull Market | August 2nd 2008 by Brett Owens
Kevin Kerr gives CNBC his thoughts on the oil market.Kevin makes a great point - demand destruction is overblown, as it took $140 oil for to trigger a measly 2.5% drop in US demand. A drop in the global bucket, he says.He sees oil back up towards $1 read more
U.S. stock futures trade higher after jobs report
Investment Blog | August 1st 2008 by Admin
U.S. stock futures trade higher after jobs report By Steve Goldstein, MarketWatch Last Update: 8/1/2008 8:37:00 AM LONDON (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock futures traded a bit higher Friday as not as many jobs were lost in July as economists predicte read more
What effect is the high price of oil having on the economy right…
Investment Blog | July 25th 2008 by Admin
Speculators (I believe) along with OPEC are trying to find the tipping point by trying to get the most for a barrel of oil without actually ruining the economy(aside from all of the other factors affecting). Lets face it if no one can afford to drive read more
US Coal Stocks Rebound On Strong 2Q Results, Analyst Views
Investment Blog | July 25th 2008 by Admin
US Coal Stocks Rebound On Strong 2Q Results, Analyst Views Last Update: 7/25/2008 1:42:59 PM DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Coal producers are having a good day in the market following Arch Coal Inc.’s (ACI) report Friday that second-quarter net incom read more
MIDEAST WAR WILL NOT TAKE PLACE, CANDIDATE ASSERTS
The Daily Event | July 18th 2008 by Patricia
GREENPOINT, Bklyn, July 18…Iranian President Ahamadinejad says “we will wipe Israel off the face of the earth.” Israeli Prime Minister Olmert responds: “The Iranian threat must be stopped by all possible means.” Is nucle read more
Pickens Plan - T Boone Pickens' Plan for Energy
Riding the Commodity Bull Market | July 10th 2008 by Brett Owens
Makes a lot of sense, and who better to engineer a plan than Boone.At it's heart - we have to expand wind power, where great potential lies in the Midwest. Using wind power for electricity can allow us to shift the use of natural gas from energy to read more
Liberals Say the Most Offensive Things
Just a Girl in Short Shorts Talking About Whaterver | July 1st 2008 by Becky
Liberals say the darndest things.In the same way that conservatives preach that the oil gouging is just the result of market forces, and the solution is to drill off Santa Barbara and evict the Anwar polar bears, liberals have their own twisted t read more
Speculation in Oil
Bloggy Business Today | June 28th 2008 by Brian Yalung
Well, it appears as if the oil energy crisis is not going to go down in history without a fight from some people in order to change things. Rather than changing towards renewable energy sources or at the very least away from diminishing resources to read more
Futures thoughts to wrap up the week
Riding the Commodity Bull Market | June 27th 2008 by Brett Owens
Thoughts on the commodity futures markets as we put a wrap up on the week: Oil topping 140 as I write - this market continues to defy gravity. Too scary for me to try and play either side of this market.The Fed's decision to stay put (a real shocker read more
Oil rises past $140 a barrel
Trading Crude Oil | June 26th 2008 by solfest
NEW YORK: "Oil futures rose to more than $140 a barrel, a new record, Thursday after OPEC's president said oil prices could rise well above $150 a barrel this year and Libya said it may cut oil production." (click on the read more icon for the full read more
Goldman Sachs says U.S. brokers no longer “attractive”
Investment Blog | June 26th 2008 by Admin
By Steve Goldstein, MarketWatch Last Update: 6/26/2008 5:37:00 AM LONDON (MarketWatch) - U.S. stock futures dropped on Thursday as Goldman Sachs said U.S. brokers no longer look attractive and as Research In Motion, Nike and Oracle all issued cautiou read more
Oil and the "Enron Loophole"
An Investment Banker's Take On Life | June 24th 2008 by Cesar L. Magnaye
W.C. Fields, noted American comic and actor, when caught reading the Bible, was quoted to have said: "I'm looking for loopholes." A loophole is also what Senator Barack Obama, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, aims to plug, among other thi read more
Gas Prices Cut In Half?
What The ?? | June 24th 2008
Contrary to popular belief, gas isn’t high because of a shortage, or global warming, or the war in Iraq. It’s high because of investors in oil futures, and what’s called the Enron Loophole, created by McCain advisors, who was direct read more
U.S. stock futures edge lower with Lehman, AIG in spotlight
Investment Blog | June 16th 2008 by Admin
U.S. futures edge lower with Lehman, AIG in view By Steve Goldstein, MarketWatch Last Update: 6/16/2008 8:23:00 AM LONDON (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock futures moved slightly lower on Monday as investors await the opportunity to pore over an expec read more
Slaves to the Free Market
Only Moments | June 14th 2008 by Nick Oliva
The Planet-Destroying “Doomsday Machine”-from the 1960’s Star Trek Television Series I tend to bring modern perspectives into the past using historical actions that belie the human condition through the ages, as to show us read more
Refining the Oil Pricing Question
Techfun | June 12th 2008 by JD
We talk about and complain about oil prices but what we are actually talking about are oil FUTURES prices. When it comes to the actual black sticky stuff, it comes in many grades and with many different qualities. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Refini read more
Why the Oil Price Is High
Moral Philosophy and Current Events | June 12th 2008 by John Hubert
By Paul Craig Roberts11/06/08 "ICH" original HERE... -- - How to explain the oil price? Why is it so high? Are we running out? Are supplies disrupted, or is the high price a reflection of oil company greed or OPEC greed. Are Chavez and the Saudis con read more
The Oil Game
Jimmy Fitz | June 9th 2008 by Jim Fitzgerald
Gas prices are now averaging over $4.00 a gallon and they are going to go higher. Who knows, the prices are probably heading to $5.00 per gallon. I hope I am wrong about that but it seems that they may. If you ask the average American what the reas read more
Oil Price Superspike Coming Soon - Goldman Exec
Investment Blog | June 9th 2008 by Admin
Oil Price Superspike Coming Soon - Goldman Exec Last Update: 6/9/2008 12:55:57 AM KUALA LUMPUR (Dow Jones)–The global crude oil price “superspike” predicted several years ago is coming sooner because of strong demand and low invento read more
Vacation Starts, Let's Get To Work
Horst Household Happenings | June 7th 2008 by Barry
My first day of vacation was greeted by the highest close of oil futures in history, just shy of $140 per barrel. The stock market dropped and unemployment increased by.5%, the largest one month increase in some time. I went and filled up the truck w read more
Bernanke's Recent Dollar Jawboning
Riding the Commodity Bull Market | June 4th 2008 by Brett Owens
Chuck Butler gives a fantastic rant on Bernanke's recent tough talk in his morning column. Not much too add to Chuck's commentary - nicely done Chuck!From a trading perspective - I'm trying to pare back all position sizes, and I still can't seem to read more
Oil price crash not imminent despite bubble: Soros
Investment Blog | June 3rd 2008 by Admin
By Chris Baltimore WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The phenomenal rise in oil prices show signs of a bubble, but a crash is not imminent, billionaire hedge fund manager George Soros told U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday. “We are currently experiencing the burs read more
ALERT: The Great Oil Swindle
Moral Philosophy and Current Events | June 1st 2008 by John Hubert
How much did the Fed really know? By Mike Whitney 30/05/08 "ICH" original HERE...-- - The Commodity Futures and Trading Commission (CFTC) is investigating trading in oil futures to determine whether the surge in prices to record levels is the resul read more
More on the real reason behind high oil prices
Moral Philosophy and Current Events | May 26th 2008 by John Hubert
by F. William Engdahl Global Research, May 21, 2008 As detailed in an earlier article, a conservative calculation is that at least 60% of today’s $128 per barrel price of crude oil comes from unregulated futures speculation by hedge funds, banks an read more
Where Will Future Oil Production Come From and How Can Investors…
The Daily Reckoning Australia | May 21st 2008
If you can say with assurance why oil prices are US$127, you are more assured than most. OPEC believes oil strength is really just U.S. dollar weakness. A stronger dollar means lower oil prices, and probably lower commodity prices in general. There a read more
CNBC: Boone Pickens on Oil
Riding the Commodity Bull Market | May 21st 2008 by Brett Owens
BP Capital CEO Boone Pickens thinks we'll see $150 oil before the end of the year. He also bought 10 million shares of Yahoo, following his friend Carl Icahn into the deal.He also believes demand destruction in oil due the US slowdown is a non-issue read more
[UNITED STATES] Oil prices gain while pump prices rise to new hi…
Diario Energia |BAJAENERGY BLOG | May 19th 2008 by Manu T. Laveaga
Oil futures crept higher Monday while retail gas and diesel prices reached new records, adding to the pressure on drivers planning road trips for the coming holiday weekend. Americans are now paying an average of $3.79 for a gallon of regular gas, a read more
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