I bid you all good day, and Happy Nonfarm Friday! Oil has had a decent rally in the last week on the temporary fix to the Euro debt crisis, a strike by Norwegian oil workers stymieing supply, and simmering Iranian tensions. However, interest rate cuts by the Eurozone and China and further stimulus from the Bank of England have served to scare rather than soothe markets, hence a tumbling end of the week for crude, aided by a(nother) poor US jobs report. As for natty, heat to the tune of el scorcho has propelled pricing through the key level of the 200-day moving average, although moderating weather through July may drag them back lower once again. Anyhoo, enough talk; grab your fork: » read more
Posts Tagged ‘Economy’
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Jul 6 2012 @ 10:55am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Economy, energy consulting, Global Energy, Natural Gas
Burrito bites
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Sep 9 2011 @ 10:58am by Matt Smith in Capital Markets, Crude Oil, Economy, Global Energy, Natural Gas
Burrito Bites
After a minor hiatus, the burrito is back up and running again. There’s plenty of creativity left in the tank (that goes to all you hecklers who thought I might have blogger’s block). And I’ll prove it with a great interview with the director/producer of the thought-provoking energy documentary YERT for next week’s YERTweek™ on the burrito, as well as focusing on some of the documentary’s key themes in the coming weeks. » read more
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Aug 18 2011 @ 10:20am by Matt Smith in Capital Markets, Economy, Random, risk management
Fun! With Words! The Glass Half Empty
The term ‘double dip’ is being bantered around an awful lot this week, so it seemed prudent to take a closer look at why. Some digging into the current data reveals why this belief exists: » read more
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Jun 1 2011 @ 10:54pm by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Economy, Global Energy
File Under: Yep, I’m pretty sure that’s a smile
Yep, I finally squeezed out a smile on CNBC. Hark, click on the below link to launch to my appearance on the Squawk Box set in NYC:
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May 6 2011 @ 9:16am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Economy, Global Energy
File Under: Back In the Saddle
Yep, I’ve got a whole bag full of horse references for Derby weekend…hark, click on the below mugshot to launch to this morning’s lively discussion with Becky Quick:
