Posts Tagged ‘WTI crude oil’

0 Feb 8 2013 @ 10:05am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Economy, Global Energy, Natural Gas

File Under: Do You Feel Lucky?

This morning’s appearance on CNBC’s Squawk Box was rather brief, but given Clint Eastwood was coming up on the show and it was already running late, I did feel lucky (punk) to get on at all. Hark, click on the below mugshot to launch to the clip:

 

0 May 24 2012 @ 10:39am by Matt Smith in Capital Markets, Crude Oil, Economy, Global Energy, Natural Gas

Commodity Capers Through The Caped Crusader

General financial markets, and (from a burrito state of mind) specifically Commodityland™, have been looking rather dark and scary this week, leading me to think of Gotham City.

The gothic nature of markets has left me to consider, contrast, and compare the inhabitants of the home of the Caped Crusader with all things commodity-like. » read more

0 Jan 19 2012 @ 10:58am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Global Energy, Risk Strategy

The Analogy Strikes Back

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

3 Aug 25 2011 @ 10:33am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Economy, Global Energy, risk management, Risk Strategy

Crude Drivers Collide

This week is shaping up to be more crucial than most for crude oil, as we see some important developments in key price drivers of Black Gold, Texas Tea. So here are some details which have already been gleaned, and some which are yet to be revealed. » read more

0 Aug 22 2011 @ 9:01am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Economy, Global Energy

File Under: Sneeze and you’ll miss it

This morning’s appearance on CNBC’s Squawk Box was cut short as the conversation was dictated by political banter. So I’m only on for the first thirty seconds….although they did give a nice apology at the end! Hark,click on the mugshot below to launch to the clip: