Archive for: oil-prices

Brent-WTI spread

Lots of action in oil prices today, as the unrest has spread from Tunisia and Egypt– which produce relatively modest amounts of crude oil– to Libya,...

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Brent Crude at $104 per Barrel on Spreading Mideast Unrest

Brent Crude at $104 per Barrel on Spreading Mideast Unrest

Filed under: China , Middle East , Commodities , Oil When it comes to the biggest threat to world economies, oil scarcity is second only to nuclear war. What started...

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Oil Tops $80 per Barrel on Chinese Growth Outlook

Oil Tops $80 per Barrel on Chinese Growth Outlook

Filed under: China , Market Matters , Oil , Currency The price of oil has topped $80 per barrel. Crude for September delivery rose to $80.43, up $1,48 . Brent crude...

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Oil Trades Up to $73 on Expected Inventory Drop

Oil Trades Up to $73 on Expected Inventory Drop

Filed under: International Markets , Forecasts , Indices , Economic Data , Oil Oil traded higher today. After falling for six straight session, U.S. crude was up...

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U.S. Housing Data Spurs Late Gains in Oil Prices after Mixed Week

OilPrice.com Oil Market Summary for 04/19/2010 to 04/23/2010 After languishing most of the week, crude oil prices galloped to the finish line on Friday, tacking...

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Banana prices move sharply higher

Banana prices have risen by more than a third and are on track to break the Ł1 a kilogram barrier, suppliers say.High oil prices and poor exchange rates have pushed...

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Oil Prices Will Eventually Change Everything Drastically

I was plying the interstate highways of New England this weekend — there is no sane way to get from Albany, New York, to the vicinity of Middletown, Connecticut,...

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Investorideas.com – Kitcommentary from Kitco Metals Inc. – "Upside …

US stock futures added to their gains after the report, as did crude oil prices, but gold headed some $2 lower on the mildly stronger dollar. Perhaps it is too early...

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Investment Strategies: For Market-Beating Profits, Here Are Three Stocks That Aren’t on Wall Street’s Radar Screen

When I was an analyst at the uber-contrarian Avalon Research Group , we only initiated coverage on a stock if our opinion went against the consensus, or if the security...

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Energy Security and the Regulation Imperative in a New Economic Era

id the economic crisis stabilize oil prices? What is the future of energy security? Has China bypassed the United States in the green energy revolution? How will...

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Investing Lessons Learned from 2009

I am not big on New Year resolutions; they tend to be forgotten after the first few weeks of the year. Instead, I’ve found it much more useful to look back...

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BoyarMiller Forum Predicts Ongoing Pain in Commercial Real Estate for 2010 and Beyond

Houston’s commercial real estate market, hammered by the credit squeeze, recession and plummeting natural gas and oil prices, isn’t likely to see many...

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