Given the popularity of last week’s post linking natural gas to Star Wars, I figured I would try to be a one-trick pony squeeze as much mileage out of this one as I could. Since some readers were flabbergasted at the omission of certain characters, here are some new analogies, with the emphasis on the crude complex. » read more
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Jan 19 @ 10:58am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Global Energy, Risk Strategy
The Analogy Strikes Back
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Apr 6 @ 10:58am by Matt Smith in Global Energy, Natural Gas, risk management
Reasons For A Rally, Factors For A Fall
As Naturalgasworld™ enters the shoulder month season (=April / May), I’m going to play devil’s advocate at this time of transition. As we shuffle away from heating demand and towards the call for cooling, here are a number of considerations which are providing reasons for a rally…or factors for a fall: » read more
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Jan 13 @ 10:58am by Matt Smith in Capital Markets, Crude Oil, Economy
The Best Things In Life Aren’t Things
Flipping through a book on graffiti in the past week, I came across this phrase and image. It set me off on the tangent that the best things (= most bullish influences) in current markets at the moment are not ‘things’ (i.e. underlying fundamentals), but the unquantifiable: perception and sentiment. » read more
