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Louisiana Light • 1 day | 87.12 | +0.63 | +0.73% | ||
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Bonny Light • 1 day | 88.40 | -0.92 | -1.03% | ||
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Opec Basket • 1 day | 88.39 | -0.06 | -0.07% | ||
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Mars US • 175 days | 77.26 | -1.51 | -1.92% | ||
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Gasoline • 10 mins | 2.754 | -0.004 | -0.16% |
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Bonny Light • 1 day | 88.40 | -0.92 | -1.03% | ||
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Girassol • 1 day | 89.03 | -0.87 | -0.97% | ||
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Opec Basket • 1 day | 88.39 | -0.06 | -0.07% |
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Peace Sour • 9 hours | 76.77 | +0.76 | +1.00% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 9 hours | 79.82 | +0.76 | +0.96% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 9 hours | 86.77 | +0.76 | +0.88% | ||
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Central Alberta • 9 hours | 77.17 | +0.76 | +0.99% |
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Eagle Ford • 1 day | 80.05 | +0.76 | +0.96% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 1 day | 80.00 | +0.75 | +0.95% | ||
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Kansas Common • 1 day | 73.75 | +0.75 | +1.03% | ||
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Buena Vista • 2 days | 87.23 | -0.55 | -0.63% |
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Leonard Hyman & William Tilles
Leonard S. Hyman is an economist and financial analyst specializing in the energy sector. He headed utility equity research at a major brokerage house and has provided advice on industry organization, regulation, privatization, risk management and finance to investment bankers, governments and private firms, including one effort to place nuclear fusion reactors on the moon. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and author, co-author or editor of six books including America’s Electric Utilities: Past, Present and Future and Energy Risk Management: A Primer for the Utility Industry.
You can find Leonard Hyman's lastest book Electricity Acts on Amazon
William I. Tilles is a senior industry advisor and speaker on energy and finance. After starting his career at a bond rating agency, he turned to equities and headed utility equity research at two major brokerage houses and then became a portfolio manager investing in long/short global utility equities. For a time he ran the largest long/short utilities equity book in the world. Before going into finance, Mr. Tilles taught political science .
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