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Matt Smith

ClipperData

Contributor since: 17 Oct 2012

Matt Smith

Taking a voyage across the world of energy with ClipperData’s Director of Commodity Research. Follow on Twitter @ClipperData, @mattvsmith01

Latest articles from Matt

  • Crude Oil Higher On Pre-Doha Hopes

    Published 14 April 2016 | viewed 8,572 times

    Today is national ‘reach as high as you can’ day, and it feels like the oil market is getting into the spirit of things, pushing…

  • Oil Prices See-Saw On Bearish News OPEC Freeze Speculation

    Published 13 April 2016 | viewed 9,562 times

    One hundred and ten years after the birth of Samuel Beckett, and waiting for a production cut from key oil producers feels like waiting for…

  • Oil Hits 5 Month Highs Ahead Of Doha Meeting

    Published 12 April 2016 | viewed 9,932 times

    One hundred and eighty-three years after Charles Gaylor patented the fireproof safe, and the oil market is on fire once more, trailblazing higher. It truly…

  • Crude Charging Higher Ahead Of Big Week

    Published 11 April 2016 | viewed 15,628 times

    Thirty-three years after REM released their debut album, and the crude complex today is being driven by murmurs again. As the producer meeting in Doha…

  • Crude Rally Pauses After Strong Gains

    Published 07 April 2016 | viewed 7,414 times

    Two hundred and forty-six years after the birth of William Wordsworth, and the oil prices today are wandering lower (as lonely as a cloud) after…

  • Oil Edges Up After Biggest Draw In U.S. Crude Stocks This Year

    Published 06 April 2016 | viewed 10,724 times

    Today we celebrate polytetrafluoroethylene, for it is national Teflon day. Accordingly, the crude complex is refusing to stick to the script, and is rallying again…

  • Oil Prices Slide On Falling Hopes For Output Freeze

    Published 05 April 2016 | viewed 9,158 times

    It is Pharrell’s 43rd birthday, and the crude complex appears happy to edge lower once again as production freeze hopes wane. Here are six things…

  • Oil Prices See-Saw After Friday’s Rout

    Published 04 April 2016 | viewed 8,239 times

    Four hundred and thirty-five years after Francis Drake circumnavigated the world, and we continue to see the same themes circling the oil market at the…

  • Crude Crushed As Production Freeze Hopes Thaw

    Published 01 April 2016 | viewed 9,136 times

    One hundred and ninety years to the day after Samuel Morey patented the internal combustion engine, and the combination of Saudi rhetoric and a solid…

  • Oil Prices Up As Dollar Depreciates Further

    Published 31 March 2016 | viewed 8,116 times

    Twenty-seven years to the day after Guns N’ Roses released the single ‘Patience’ (anyone feel old? Nope? Me neither…), and the crude market is trying…

  • Oil Prices Up As Dollar Drops And Gasoline Draws

    Published 30 March 2016 | viewed 10,989 times

    Twenty-three years to the day after Charlie Brown hit his first home run in the Peanuts comic strip, and crude prices are swinging for the…

  • Oil Rally Unwinds Ahead Of Inventory Data

    Published 29 March 2016 | viewed 10,690 times

    One hundred and sixty-eight years to the day after Niagara Falls stopped flowing due to an ice jam, and ongoing skepticism about a coordinated oil…

  • Oil Prices Fall Slightly On Bearish Fundamentals

    Published 28 March 2016 | viewed 8,428 times

    Two hundred and nineteen years after Nathaniel Briggs first patented a washing machine, and crude continues to spin around the $40 level, unable to make…

  • Oil Prices Continue To Tumble As Supply Glut Fears Return

    Published 24 March 2016 | viewed 11,640 times

    Sixty-one years after Tennessee Williams’ play ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ debuted on Broadway, and the crude complex is exhibiting traits of the aforementioned…

  • Oil Prices Fall Fast On Huge Inventory Build

    Published 23 March 2016 | viewed 20,298 times

    Two hundred and twenty-two years after Josiah G. Pierson patented the rivet machine, and the oil market remains as riveting as ever. (I’m here all…

  • Oil See-saws On Brussels Bombings, OPEC Freeze Rumors

    Published 22 March 2016 | viewed 11,805 times

    News of terror attacks in Belgium have shaken up financial markets and the western world generally. Oil is gauging the sentiment in broader markets and…

  • Oil Markets Increasingly Bullish As Long Positions Surge

    Published 21 March 2016 | viewed 18,120 times

    Three hundred and thirty-one years after the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach, and the market is once again looking composed, despite its recent push to…

  • Oil Prices Rally To 2016 Highs On Weaker Dollar

    Published 18 March 2016 | viewed 16,793 times

    Two hundred and three years after David Melville patented the gas streetlight, and oil prices are lit up once again today. Prices are rallying for…

  • Oil Prices Jump As Dollar Hits 5-Month Lows

    Published 17 March 2016 | viewed 16,668 times

    To mark St. Patrick’s Day, the crude bulls have the luck of the Irish, as prices push on the green. As hopes of a production…

  • Oil Up As Saudis Mull Production Freeze Without Iran

    Published 16 March 2016 | viewed 7,480 times

    It is Eric Estrada’s 67th birthday, and accordingly, key oil producers are once again looking to police the oil market, reviving hopes of a production…

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