Taking a voyage across the world of energy with ClipperData’s Director of Commodity Research. Follow on Twitter @ClipperData, @mattvsmith01
Seventy-eight years after oil was discovered in Saudi Arabia, and the Kingdom continues to wield its influence as much as ever. As oil prices charge…
33 years to the day after OPEC agreed to cut its oil prices for the first time in its history, and it is still fighting…
Two hundred and twenty-two years after John Stone patented the pile driver, and the oil market is trying to dodge getting hammered today. After yesterday’s…
On the 84th birthday of the most wonderful Keely Smith (no relation, by the way), the oil market is reversing yesterday’s losses and going ‘zooma…
One hundred and twenty-nine years after Everett Horton patented the telescopic fishing rod, and the recent oil rally is looking overextended. Let’s go on a…
Eighty-three years after the board game Monopoly was invented, and oil prices are not represented by the iron (they are not flat), nor by the…
One hundred and thirty-nine years after Emile Berliner invented the microphone, and a strong nonfarm payrolls report has amplified the weekly gain for crude into…
One hundred and ninety-nine years after the first commercial steamboat route from (the mighty!) Louisville to New Orleans was opened, and the crude complex appears…
On the day that Lou Reed would have celebrated his 74th birthday, the oil market is taking a walk on the wild side ahead of…
It is one hundred and twelve years after the birth of Glenn Miller, and while the oil market was in the mood for an overnight…
Seventy-six years after Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Oscar, and the crude complex is looking inspired today. Given it is…
Eighty-six years after New York installed its first traffic lights, and the crude complex has been given the green light to rally today, showing no…
One hundred and fifty-nine years after the first shipment of perforated postage stamps was received by the U.S. Government, and the crude complex is posting…
One hundred and twenty years after the Tootsie Roll was introduced by Leo Hirshfield, and markets are coming unstuck after yesterday’s sugar high. The April…
Three hundred and eighty-six years after popcorn was first introduced at Thanksgiving dinner, and the crude complex is popping higher to start the week. Here…
Five hundred and forty-three years after the birth of Copernicus, and all action in the crude complex is revolving around yesterday’s crude inventory report. While…
One hundred and eighteen years after the birth of Enzo Ferrari, and the current rally in the crude complex apparently has more gas left in…
On Foo-Fighting drummer Taylor Hawkins’ 44th birthday, OPEC members are again banging the drum for a production freeze. Yesterday’s meeting of oil producers Saudi, Russia,…
Fifty-seven years after the birth of John McEnroe, and there is a racket being made in the oil market. The racket has been caused by…
Two hundred and fifty-eight years after mustard was first advertised in the U.S., and the crude complex is looking hot to trot once more. U.S.…