Despite the strong bullish sentiments…
The complex relationship between the…
The U.S. effort to influence…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict The diplomatic spat continues over Russia’s downing of a U.S. drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday. While the Russians deny having come into contact with…
A couple of times over the last few weeks, I have pointed out here that crude was looking for a direction. It has been trading in a narrowing range, and…
Oil market sentiment has never been more fragile. Geopolitics has the power to move these markets, but the real and implied impact on supply and demand remains elusive,…
As the Fed and other central banks around the world have raised rates, some areas of the stock market have posted big losses. Tech, for example, and anything to do…
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil finished higher on Thursday. The market is also up for the week, extending gains from the previous two sessions on signs of a strong…
1. UAE to Launch Another Exchange-Traded Benchmark- ADNOC, the national oil company of the UAE,…
With Belarus partisans claiming to have shot down a Russian spy plane, now is a good time to discuss the extremely precarious position in which Belarus finds itself,…
1. US Gas Producers Face Difficult Decisions as Prices Drop- For the first time since…
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures closed sharply higher on Thursday as traders clawed back most of the previous session’s losses. Despite the strong recovery, the market is still…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Following the devastating earthquake in Turkey, Erdogan has been rumored to be considering postponing May 14 elections until June, though Turkish media sources said on Thursday…
While the specter of nuclear war may seem to loom larger and more ominously in the wake of Putin’s speech on the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine,…
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures finished lower on Thursday after giving up earlier gains. Helping to put a lid on prices was a rise in the U.S. Dollar,…
1. Fossil Fuel Subsidies Peaked Last Year Amidst Surging Prices- According to…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its second year, Washington is under pressure on another front as well - China, more so after the shooting down of…
Regular readers will know, as will anyone that has ever attended one of my instructional courses, that I very rarely arrive at a trade idea just by looking at a…
On the eve of the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the next phase appears to have begun, and now it’s all about getting more weapons to Ukraine.…
A few weeks ago, I had a go at catching the falling knife that is natural gas right now. For all of two trading days it looked like that might…
April West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures edged lower on Thursday but were then pushed higher on Friday morning by a surprise announcement that Russia would cut production in March.…
1. Fossil Emissions Are Set to Peak in 2025 As Energy Industries Adapt- A new…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict U.S. journalist Seymour Hersh published an investigation this week into the explosions on the NordStream pipeline in September last year, claiming that American divers planted explosives…