Jim Hyerczyk

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• Expert Commentary: A Record Setting Week In Energy

  Published 18 November 2018 | viewed 1,638 times

  It was a record setting week in the energy complex with crude oil posting one of its biggest declines since the price collapse in 2014…

• Natural Gas Soars As Crude Enters Bear Market

  Published 10 November 2018 | viewed 12,186 times

  This week has been the tale of two markets. One being driven lower by a gradual shift in the fundamentals to bearish, the other driven…

• Crude Recovery Hinges On U.S.-China Trade Deal

  Published 04 November 2018 | viewed 11,622 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures opened the new month under pressure, continuing the assault on prices that began on the third day of…

• The Real Reason For The Big Sell Off In Oil

  Published 28 October 2018 | viewed 20,756 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil futures are set to finish lower for the third straight week. What began as a simple pullback in a…

• Can We Expect A Rebound Rally Next Week?

  Published 21 October 2018 | viewed 19,289 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate and International-benchmark Brent crude oil futures are trading higher on Friday after a steep sell-off the past two sessions. The markets…

• Why The Oil Rally Is Slowing Down

  Published 28 September 2018 | viewed 6,697 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate and international-benchmark Brent crude oil futures are in a position to post solid gains for the week. The market continue to…

• Determining The Sweet Spot For Crude Oil

  Published 21 September 2018 | viewed 6,212 times

  U.S. November West Texas Intermediate and international-benchmark December Brent crude oil are poised to close higher for the week. Furthermore, both futures contracts are in…

• Oil Prices Trend Upward In “Fragile” Market

  Published 14 September 2018 | viewed 5,672 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate and international-benchmark Brent crude oil futures are in a position to close higher for the week. Most of the gains occurred…

• Hedge Funds Turn Bullish Amid Minor Correction

  Published 07 September 2018 | viewed 5,539 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures posted a volatile two-sided trade this week before turning decisively lower for the week. Volume was light at…

• Upside Bias Lifts Oil Prices

  Published 31 August 2018 | viewed 4,474 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are in a position to finish the week nearly 5 percent higher although on a weak note due…

• Oil Markets Walk A Tightrope

  Published 24 August 2018 | viewed 6,209 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are trading higher on Friday. The market is also in a position to post a higher close on…

• Demand Pitfalls, High Supply Threaten Long-Term Trend

  Published 17 August 2018 | viewed 5,218 times

  Despite rebounding on Thursday and early Friday, October West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are heading for a third consecutive weekly decline and its sixth…

• Trade War Fears Could Keep WTI Under $70

  Published 10 August 2018 | viewed 4,246 times

  September U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures oil is poised to finish the week about 2.40 percent lower with most of the week’s loss…

• Crude Oil Is Stuck At $70

  Published 03 August 2018 | viewed 9,371 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are in a position to close flat-to-slightly higher this week. The market was set to close lower for…

• Bullish News Fails To Incite Oil Rally

  Published 27 July 2018 | viewed 5,348 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are trading slightly lower early Friday after posting three straight days of gains. Even with the small setback,…

• Oversupply Concerns Plague Crude Markets

  Published 20 July 2018 | viewed 5,430 times

  September West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are in a position to close lower for the week despite clawing back most of its weekly loss…

• Technical Analysis: Was This Just A Correction?

  Published 13 July 2018 | viewed 6,479 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil plunged earlier in the week on worries that escalating trade tensions between the United States and China could hurt…

• Why Oil Prices Failed To Hit $80

  Published 06 July 2018 | viewed 24,785 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are in a position to post a technically bearish closing price reversal top on the weekly chart. While…

• There’s Not A Lot Of Room For Error In Oil Markets

  Published 29 June 2018 | viewed 6,148 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate and international-benchmark Brent crude oil are in a position to finish the week, month and quarter sharply higher. This quite a…

• Oil Rises On OPEC’s Production Decision

  Published 22 June 2018 | viewed 8,150 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate is trading higher on Friday after OPEC and other major oil producers agreed on oil production levels starting from July. The…