Commodities

GULF COAST PADD 3 The New U.S. Oil Bottleneck

As Cushing supplies decline due to increased logistic options out of the storage hub in the Midwest PADD 2 in Cushing, Oklahoma inventories are rising to elevated levels in the Gulf Coast which eventually will provide the bottleneck and back up oil flows all along the supply and logistics chain.

Trade Alert - New Position - SPWR

Option Alert Service Signal New Trade Suggestion

Crude Oil Rockets on Crimea

Energy bulls are clearly in control this morning especially crude oil bulls.   Brent crude (BNO, quote) continues its climb breaking through the $107 level. 

Trade Alert - CDE

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Geopolitical Tension Keeps Brent Above $106

Brent crude oil (BNO, quote) slid lower on Tuesday after PMI data added to worries about a waning global demand outlook. The commodity traded at 106.63 at 5:20 GMT as the confrontation between the West and Russia helped keep a floor under prices.

Opportunities and strategies behind the reform of chinese SOEs

At the two Conferences (National People’s Congress and Chinese Political Consultative Conference) of 2014, the reform of State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) became a hot topic of discussion among the representatives.

World Energy Outlook Underestimates Renewables

Originally published on Energy Post. By Rolf de Vos and David de Jager. The IEA’s annual World Energy Outlook (WEO) is seen as the most authoritative set of energy scenarios in the world. Yet when we test the forecasts for the growth of renewable…

Is Dr copper still the bellwether of global economies?

In considering the daily chart for copper, there are several questions that instantly come to mind.

Bullish tone continues for gold on breakout

Of all the markets and instruments that I comment on and write about, none attracts more strongly differing opinions than gold.

China's Weak Data Outweighs Concern Over Ukraine, Brent Slides

Brent crude oil (BNO, quote) traded at $108.29 at 5:45 GMT on Wednesday morning as worries about slipping global demand outweighed concern about the situation in Ukraine.