Amazingly, the Friday before Thanksgiving creeps up on us with the stealth of a ninja. This week has brought more yadda yadda blah blah blah re Europe, as the domino rally of debt deterioration now reaches Spain (no bulls in sight), and funds flee from their bonds. Meanwhile, the US continues to see placatingly decent economic data (or maybe our expectations have just been beaten down…hmm, there’s a thought). » read more
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Nov 18 @ 10:55am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Economy, Global Energy, Natural Gas, Random
Burrito bites
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Jul 7 @ 10:55am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Global Energy, Natural Gas, risk management
If Commodities Were Members of The Rolling Stones…
Commodityworld™ is very much like The Rolling Stones, full of energy and gathering no moss. Seeing a recent picture of the Stones got me wondering about which commodity best represented each of them (welcome to my world…). Keith was easy to choose, but as for Mick I couldn’t get no satisfaction, well, you’ll see…here’s the wrinkled rockers with their commodity equivalents. » read more
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Jul 1 @ 10:55am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Economy, Global Energy, Natural Gas
Burrito bites
Friday, a long weekend ahead, and Q3 kicked off - reasons to be cheerful, 1-2-3. And this week has brought the familiar twists and turns. Well actually, crude had been on the straight and narrow (higher) for most of this week, egged on by the exuberance of the response to the approval of a Greek austerity package, which has essentially ensured the survival of the Eurozone in its current form…for now. As for the good ship nat gas, it has shown moderate progress after bouncing from strong support around $4.20ish, as summer weather supports higher cooling demand, while the first-named storm of this Atlantic hurricane season reminds us we never know what is around the corner – so keep your eyes on the prize (exhibit 1, left). A long weekend awaits, so be sure to load up on sustenance: » read more
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Jun 15 @ 2:19pm by Matt Smith in Biofuels, Global Energy, Random
When Fruit and Energyworld™ Collide
As you well know, I believe that everything is interconnected – commodities, currencies, bonds, equities, etc….so my recent whirl through ‘The Big Apple’ set me off on a tangent about…..energy and fruit. So here are ten ways in which the two doth intermingle: » read more
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Mar 16 @ 11:23pm by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Economy, Global Energy, Natural Gas, Risk Strategy
Japan: Panic In Equities, Currencies, and Global Energy
The impact from events in MENA (Middle East / North Africa) in the past couple of months has been uncompromisingly bullish for the energy complex, and specifically crude oil. However, with the coming of a second ‘black swan’ event in quick succession to this first outlier through the earthquake in Japan, markets this time have been dealt a very different hand, in that the impact to the energy complex is not quite as clear cut. » read more
