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Central Banks Tread Cautiously Despite Easing Inflation

Central Banks Tread Cautiously Despite Easing Inflation

Central bank leaders express cautious…

Finance / the Markets

US Bancorp Hits Renewable Energy Market Running

Feb 12, 2013 at 16:47 | Charles Kennedy

Since 2008, and despite the hits the market has taken, US Bancorp (NYSE: USB) has invested $930 million in renewable energy projects, with $250 million of that in 2012 alone,…

Oil Market Forecast & Review 1st February 2013

Feb 01, 2013 at 14:18 | Editorial Dept

After reaching a high at $98.24, March Crude Oil futures sold-off slightly and consolidated as long traders took a breather ahead of Friday’s U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls report. Despite strong speculative…

Energy Markets: The Past is Not Always the Key to the Future

Jan 29, 2013 at 17:07 | Energy Digital

Sometimes it is useful to take a look at the bigger picture, or a completely different picture, when trying to assess the vibe (man) of a certain market (i.e., energy),…

A Fresh Opportunity in Refining Stocks

Jan 25, 2013 at 13:10 | Dan Dicker

The one party that continues to roll on in the midst of a very quiet energy sector remains refining.  But you must be particularly careful where you go here, as…

What Traders of Commodity Stocks Need to Know About Rio Tinto’s Writedown

Jan 18, 2013 at 12:21 | Editorial Dept

What Traders of Commodity Stocks Need to Know About Tio Tinto’s WritedownThe breaking report from Rio Tinto and their unexpected $14 billion write down tells two stories and…

Oil Market Forecast & Review 18th January 2013

Jan 18, 2013 at 12:10 | Editorial Dept

Increasing demand for higher risk assets along with the unexpected drop in the past week’s U.S. crude oil inventories helped March crude oil spike higher into a Fibonacci price level.…

Rigging of the Oil and Gasoline Markets - What Will Obama do?

Dec 21, 2012 at 17:25 | Dian L. Chu

UBS paid $1.5 Billion for manipulating Libor, and Barclay`s already paid the piper for manipulating the Libor rate. Well, it is about time the CFTC get its act together, and…

The Fiscal Cliff and its Effect on Oil Markets

Nov 30, 2012 at 16:34 | Gail Tverberg

The United States’ fiscal cliff is very much related to several changes we have been going through recently, and will likely continue to experience:1.    High oil prices (more…

Can the Fed Survive After QE3?

Sep 19, 2012 at 16:48 | Ed Dolan

Each time the Fed undertakes a new program of quantitative easing, questions arise about the possible impact on its solvency. I addressed that concern in November 2010, at the time…

Why Ben Bernanke's QE3 is a Game Changer

Sep 18, 2012 at 17:35 | Mad Hedge Fund Trader

I think that Ben Bernanke's QE3 is such a game changer, that we have to throw all existing strategies into the trash and start all over again from scratch.  Suddenly,…

Will we see a Big Sell-Off in the Coming Weeks?

Sep 12, 2012 at 17:37 | Dave Zgodzinski

I had a neighbour who had a method for market timing. It was physical.She told me that she knew it was time to sell a stock when she…

Hedge Funds: The New Dumb Money

Aug 22, 2012 at 12:22 | Mad Hedge Fund Trader

Much of the fury in this morning's nearly 60 point "melt up" opening in the Dow was generated by hedge funds panicking to cover shorts. Convinced of the imminent collapse…

How the Fed Will Trigger the Next Crash

Jul 24, 2012 at 17:57 | Mad Hedge Fund Trader

Over the last two months, I have witnessed one of the least convincing rallies in the US stock market in recent memory. Looking at the chart for the S&P 500…

Looking for Hope in the Financial Markets

Jul 12, 2012 at 09:53 | Top Stock Portfolios

Stocks have been down five days in a row. 'Sell in May and go away' is working yet again. The news out of Europe just seems to get worse with…

Huge Opportunity for Investors as China Looks to Privatise Industries

Jun 08, 2012 at 16:57 | Mad Hedge Fund Trader

The call was scratchy and barely audible. I was instructed to not mention any names. I should only use the prearranged code words when talking about political parties. You never…

The Strong Dollar Leads to a Fall in Commodity Prices

May 16, 2012 at 18:00 | Mad Hedge Fund Trader

Panic is on deck, to use the baseball terminology that my foreign readers are often attempting to decipher. That is the only conclusion one can reach after getting gob smacked…

The Lack of Accountability that Allowed JPMorgan to Gamble Billions

May 15, 2012 at 18:04 | Kurt Cobb

If I were to stake you $50,000 and set you loose in the world's largest casino, you might try your luck in a big way at a number of games…

When Hypotheses Are Worth Trillions

Mar 18, 2012 at 09:07 | Vladimir Harman

UK banking regulators and the representatives of major banks intensified their discussions on new and more rigid regulatory scheme concerning the setting and calculating the British Bankers Association's London InterBank…

The Benefit of the Doubt Market

Jan 24, 2012 at 20:31 | Mad Hedge Fund Trader

It is already January 24, and the S&P 500 has seen a grand total of two down days so far in 2012. Are we on the eve of one of…

Investors, Look East?

Jan 23, 2012 at 10:23

After the peaceful 1991 collapse of the USSR foreigner investors flooded into the former Soviet Union, seeking deals. The majority of foreign capital was directed at the post-Soviet space's hydrocarbon…

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