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• Traders Cautiously Optimistic After Major Selloff In Crude

  Published 24 March 2023 | viewed 3,381 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil prices fell by 1% on Thursday after U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm informed lawmakers that refilling the Strategic Petroleum…

• Why The Price Of Premium Gasoline Is Rising

  Published 24 March 2023 | viewed 1,441 times

  1. China-Russia Relations Continue To Improve- The visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Russia this week highlighted increasing volumes of energy trade between the…

• Fighting Continues In Yemen Despite Saudi-Iran Détente

  Published 24 March 2023 | viewed 459 times

  Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict The U.S. Fed insists that the financial sector is “sound and resilient”, despite the banking crises that started with the collapse…

• Is It Time To Short This Soaring Solar Stock?

  Published 24 March 2023 | viewed 569 times

  One of the things I learned early in my trading career was that in that business, admitting and acknowledging mistakes is a good thing. That…

• Don't Expect OPEC Or Biden To Boost Oil Prices

  Published 24 March 2023 | viewed 1,358 times

  Oil prices have sunk to levels that are leaving traders wondering two things: will OPEC implement further cuts to raise prices, and will the United…

• The Only Really Bullish Factor In Oil Markets

  Published 17 March 2023 | viewed 8,810 times

  1. Chinese Demand Becomes the Only Really Bullish Factor for Oil- Whilst oil prices were undergoing one of the most spectacular declines in recent months…

• Fundamentals Take A Back Seat As Fear Dominates Oil Markets

  Published 17 March 2023 | viewed 3,766 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices rallied on Thursday, ending a three-day losing streak, as reports emerged that Saudi Arabia and Russia were…

• Oil Markets Are Fully Focused On Interest Rate Hikes

  Published 17 March 2023 | viewed 2,130 times

  Oil market sentiment has never been more fragile. Geopolitics has the power to move these markets, but the real and implied impact on supply and…

• Tensions Rise Over Russia's Downing Of A U.S. Drone

  Published 17 March 2023 | viewed 1,279 times

  Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict The diplomatic spat continues over Russia’s downing of a U.S. drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday. While the Russians deny…

• Crude Has Broken Out of Its Range: What’s Next?

  Published 17 March 2023 | viewed 40,297 times

  A couple of times over the last few weeks, I have pointed out here that crude was looking for a direction. It has been trading…

• What You Need To Know To Start Trading Oil Futures

  Published 05 March 2023 | viewed 5,925 times

  Trading oil futures is an attractive proposition to many people. The market moves quickly, and in both directions, giving lots of opportunity for profit. Of…

• What Will It Take For Oil To Break Out Of Its Range?

  Published 03 March 2023 | viewed 1,214 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil finished higher on Thursday. The market is also up for the week, extending gains from the previous two sessions…

• Russia Redirects Oil Product Exports To Africa

  Published 03 March 2023 | viewed 738 times

  1. UAE to Launch Another Exchange-Traded Benchmark- ADNOC, the national oil company of the UAE, is set to launch a new futures contract for its…

• A Disastrous Year For Azerbaijan's Oil Industry

  Published 03 March 2023 | viewed 232 times

  Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Bakhmut is the new Ukrainian symbol of resistance in the Donetsk region, and it’s being pounded by Russian forces. Wagner mercenaries…

• What Belarus Wants From China

  Published 03 March 2023 | viewed 557 times

  With Belarus partisans claiming to have shot down a Russian spy plane, now is a good time to discuss the extremely precarious position in which…

• Bad News For U.S. Producers As Natural Gas Prices Plunge

  Published 24 February 2023 | viewed 16,295 times

  1. US Gas Producers Face Difficult Decisions as Prices Drop- For the first time since September 2020, Henry Hub natural gas futures plunged below $2…

• Rising Crude Inventories Cap Oil Prices

  Published 24 February 2023 | viewed 2,544 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures closed sharply higher on Thursday as traders clawed back most of the previous session’s losses. Despite the strong…

• Fears Mount Of Russia Making A Move On Moldova

  Published 24 February 2023 | viewed 4,246 times

  Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Following the devastating earthquake in Turkey, Erdogan has been rumored to be considering postponing May 14 elections until June, though Turkish…

• What Russia's Withdrawal From The START Treaty Really Means

  Published 24 February 2023 | viewed 1,209 times

  While the specter of nuclear war may seem to loom larger and more ominously in the wake of Putin’s speech on the anniversary of the…

• Russia’s Spring Offensive Is Now Underway

  Published 17 February 2023 | viewed 32,306 times

  On the eve of the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the next phase appears to have begun, and now it’s all about getting more…