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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

  • Oil Falls As Short Covering Seems To Have Run Its Course

    Published 15 March 2016 | viewed 9,470 times

    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…

  • Oil Plunges As Iran Shuns Production Freeze

    Published 14 March 2016 | viewed 10,152 times

    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…

  • Oil Prices Sink As Investors Lose Faith In OPEC Freeze

    Published 10 March 2016 | viewed 11,581 times

    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…

  • Oil Prices Up In Spite Of Crude Inventory Build

    Published 09 March 2016 | viewed 15,994 times

    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…

  • Oil Prices Fall As U.S. Inventory Build Seems Inevitable

    Published 08 March 2016 | viewed 12,896 times

    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…

  • Oil Continues To Rally As Short-Covering Continues

    Published 07 March 2016 | viewed 20,039 times

    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…

  • Oil Prices Maintain Gains On Strong U.S. Jobs Report

    Published 04 March 2016 | viewed 9,851 times

    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…

  • Oil Prices Seesaw On Declining U.S. Production, Increasing Stockpiles

    Published 03 March 2016 | viewed 7,536 times

    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…

  • Storage Stalemate Subdues Oil Prices

    Published 02 March 2016 | viewed 8,204 times

    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…

  • Oil Erases Overnight Gains On Bearish Data

    Published 01 March 2016 | viewed 7,526 times

    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…

  • Oil Up On Positive Comments From Saudis

    Published 29 February 2016 | viewed 9,289 times

    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…

  • Oil Prices Rally After Renewed Rumors Of Cuts

    Published 26 February 2016 | viewed 7,598 times

    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…

  • Oil Price Rally Comes Undone As U.S. Crude Inventories Build

    Published 24 February 2016 | viewed 8,862 times

    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…

  • Oil Prices Fall Again As Iran Fails To Join The Freeze

    Published 23 February 2016 | viewed 8,204 times

    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…

  • Oil Prices Rally On IEA Report

    Published 22 February 2016 | viewed 10,246 times

    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…

  • Gasoline Glut Sends Oil Prices Tumbling

    Published 19 February 2016 | viewed 6,895 times

    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…

  • Oil Prices Continue To Rally As U.S. Crude Inventories Shrink

    Published 18 February 2016 | viewed 10,590 times

    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…

  • OPEC Ups Pressure On Iraq, Iran To Freeze Production

    Published 17 February 2016 | viewed 6,528 times

    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,…

  • Oil Markets Unimpressed By Crude Output Freeze

    Published 16 February 2016 | viewed 10,029 times

    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…

  • Oil Prices Gain As Rumors On OPEC Cut Continue To Circulate

    Published 15 February 2016 | viewed 10,430 times

    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.…

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