Finance / the Markets

Mar 21, 2014 at 14:22 | Editorial Dept

Just in case you are living under a rock and missed it, on Wednesday the new Fed chair, Janet Yellen, gave her first press conference following a rate decision. Fed…

Feb 14, 2014 at 14:26 | Dan Dicker

It’s been a tough winter, and not just because of the weather.  The markets have given us opportunity but it’s been a barbed-wire wrapped one:  Big moves down have looked…

Feb 07, 2014 at 14:51 | Jim Hyerczyk

March crude oil futures rose to even for the year, erasing all of the loss from the December 31, 2013 close at $98.55. Positive U.S. economic data, stabilizing equity markets…

Jan 31, 2014 at 16:36 | Jim Hyerczyk

Crude oil futures surged this week as traders appeared to be unfazed by a few of the traditional fundamentals that should have curtailed the upside action. This week,…

Jan 24, 2014 at 15:54 | Jim Hyerczyk

After two weeks of consolidation, March crude oil futures surged to the upside, changing the main trend to up on the daily chart, but making a little more than a…

Jan 17, 2014 at 18:52 | Daniel J. Graeber

The head of an Iranian committee on foreign investment said reaching an agreement on nuclear issues will encourage oil companies to take another look at Iran. Iran's new face on…

Jan 17, 2014 at 17:35 | Jim Hyerczyk

February crude oil consolidated on the weekly chart last week, suggesting the market may be poised for another short-covering rally. Based on the short-term range of $100.75 to $91.24, traders…

Jan 10, 2014 at 16:31 | Dan Dicker

Sometimes I regret being an energy focused trader, because frankly, nothing much has been happening to make an energy trader happy -- crude prices have been range bound, stocks have…

Jan 10, 2014 at 16:26 | Jim Hyerczyk

After the sell-off in crude oil the week-ending January 3, one would have thought that technically oversold trading conditions would have triggered the start of a short-covering rally. In addition,…

Jan 02, 2014 at 18:19 | Jim Hyerczyk

February crude oil futures sold off sharply the week-ending January 2. The selling pressure drove the market through a December bottom at $96.52, turning the main trend to down on…

Dec 19, 2013 at 21:46 | Jim Hyerczyk

February crude oil futures fluctuated between gains and losses this week as investors reacted to the latest economic reports and the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to begin reducing its monthly…

Dec 13, 2013 at 14:04 | Jim Hyerczyk

February Crude Oil futures rallied for a second consecutive week, however, the weak follow-through to the upside indicates that the move was most likely triggered by short-covering rather than new…

Dec 09, 2013 at 17:35 | Joao Peixe

Brazil’s state-run Petrobras oil company hailed a small victory last week when the government allowed it to raise fuel prices, but this was tempered by a sharp drop in share…

Dec 06, 2013 at 15:40 | Jim Hyerczyk

The technical picture for January Crude Highly has drastically improved since we wrote last week when the market was pressing $91.77. At that time, downside momentum and selling pressure were…

Dec 04, 2013 at 17:37 | Claude Salhani

There is something awfully similar between black crude oil and black magic; both are equally incomprehensible to the uninitiated and only insiders understand how it really works. How…

Nov 29, 2013 at 16:00 | Jim Hyerczyk

The technical picture for January Crude Oil futures turned gloomy during this holiday week. After three weeks of consolidation, the inability to garner enough upside momentum to drive the market…

Nov 22, 2013 at 17:23 | Dan Dicker

Happy days are here again:  The outpouring of joy at seeing gas prices marginally lower coming into Thanksgiving this year has the oil watchers all aglow – but I am…

Nov 22, 2013 at 17:16 | Jim Hyerczyk

After several weeks of consolidation, January crude oil closed in a position to breakout to the upside, as talks between Iran and six other nations to curb Tehran’s nuclear program…

Nov 15, 2013 at 16:06 | Jim Hyerczyk

January crude oil futures reached a five-month low this week, however, oversold conditions and technical support points stopped the slide, putting the market in a position to post a potentially…

Nov 08, 2013 at 17:01 | Jim Hyerczyk

December crude oil futures rose this week, driven higher by oversold technical conditions, uncertainty over the Fed’s timing of its plans to taper monetary stimulus and a smaller-than expected rise…