When entering the world of commodities investing, there are many things to consider. Not only are there many different commodities to choose from, but other factors such as deciding allocations…
Energy: $85 supported in Crude oil the last 3 sessions but I view this as a pause before more selling ensues. I’ll remain bullish as long as December is below…
Here we go again, another ‘Planet Stupid’ update. All posts like this one have a predictable structure. Some egregious baloney is put out by a propaganda organization like Reuters, the…
The headline-sweeping news led by the Associated Press this week to the effect that the US is poised to overtake Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest producer of oil buries…
A report released this week from IHS finds unconventional oil and natural gas activity will add as much as $61 billion to federal and state coffers this year. In…
The conservative government of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been assiduously touting China as a vast new potential energy market for Canada’s hydrocarbon exports, most notably Alberta’s rising bitumen…
In recent months there has been a lot of incorrect speculation that because Iran has been shut off from the petrodollar, SWIFT-mediated regime, its economy will implode as the country…
We seem to hear two versions of the story of limited oil supply:1. The economists’ view, saying that the issue is a simple problem of supply and demand.…
The Company – Apache Corporation (APA)Apache is engaged in the exploration, development and production of natural gas, natural gas liquids, and crude oil. Diversification is Apache’s strong point.…
I’ve always used copper more of a barometer of the overall health of the economy more so than a trading vehicle. Several years ago I remember trading copper when futures…
Whiting Petroleum (WLL) is a Bakken focused company with two catalyst plays in the Permian and DJ Basins and an ancillary enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project in West Texas. While…
This trade has been a real disappointment. Despite seeing the greatest monetary stimulus package in history, gold is now lower than when QE3 was announced. You can do all the…
It’s a lot of cash for prospective bounty hunters, and an equal amount of interesting politics here that we certainly can’t let slide by without pointing out some obvious conflicts…
DUBLIN -- Call it the joy of engineering.There is such a thing, and it is at its peak when engineers face a challenge unfettered by politics or marketing.…
Rare earth metal prices have fallen sharply since mid-2011, some declining by as much as 80% as expectations of rising supplies coincided with declining demand. More recently, prices have shown…
North Dakota’s oil production from its Bakken Shale formation continues to grow, reaching 660 thousand barrels per day (bbl/d) in June 2012. With a back-to-back 5 percent rise in…
For the past three or four years media sources in the U.S. trumpeted the “game-changing” new stream of natural gas coming from tight shale deposits produced with the technologies of…
“For foreign oil companies seeking to expand production and reserves, Russia is now off limits,” Robbert Van Batenburg, head of research at Louis Capital Markets LP in New York, said…
There is speculation that Canadian Oil and Gas Producer Nexen Inc. (NYSE:NXY)'s proposed $15.1 billion takeover by China's CNOOC Limited (NYSE:CEO) is likely to fall through, amid government interference.…
In a move that surprised most analysts, Citigroup (C) announced that the bank's CEO Mr. Vikram Pandit has resigned with immediate effect. The surprise announcement "raises tremendous questions" according…