(Bloomberg) — Oil took over from natural gas as the leading fuel for power plants in New England, a significant switch that signals how the grid is desperately trying to keep the lights on in the face of a winter massive storm. The six-state grid relied on oil for at least a third of its […]
Read More(Bloomberg) –Even if Joe Biden secures a pledge for more oil when he visits Saudi Arabia next week, it may do little to drive down the high fuel prices roiling the global economy. The US president’s visit to a country he once vowed to isolate represents a significant thawing of relations, but the Saudis and […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Oil dropped by more than $5 a barrel in a matter of minutes after a report that the Biden administration is considering releasing about 1 million barrels a day from its strategic reserves for several months. The overall release could be as much as 180 million barrels, according to people familiar with the […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Markets in Turkey are flashing warning signs that inflationary pressures are building in the developing world as oil prices spike. Despite spending billions of dollars to shield the currency from surging energy prices last week, the lira extended the fifth-biggest depreciation in emerging markets since Feb. 11. The yield on two-year government notes […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Iraq stopped oil production from two southern fields with a combined capacity of almost half a million barrels a day. The shutdowns curtail the ability of OPEC’s second-largest member to pump crude just as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and tight supplies globally send prices soaring. The operators of Nasiriya and West Qurna-2 have […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — U.S. oil futures are trading above $75 but the yearly reshuffling of billions of dollars of commodity investments are about to trigger a sharp bout of selling. Every January, the world’s two biggest commodities indexes — the S&P GSCI Index and the Bloomberg Commodities Index — reset, spurring a raft of inflows and […]
Read MoreOne of the ways that I think a smart investor keeps track of industry and economic trends that can have a carryover effect on broad market activity. One of the sectors that is useful for the purpose is the Energy sector, since energy products such as petroleum and natural gas are used in the production […]
Read MorePart of taking a smart, value-based approach to investing in the stock market involves keeping track of information on industry and economic trends that are likely to have broad residual impacts on market activity. One of the sectors that I think has a broad carryover effect on multiple other sectors in the economy is Energy, […]
Read MoreSince the beginning of 2021, the energy sector has rebounded strongly from the pandemic-driven pressures that had kept prices – particularly in crude oil – depressed throughout 2020. From a November 2020 low point at around $34, for example, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude more than doubled to an October peak at around $85. The […]
Read MoreOne of the big themes this year of the “reopening” trade has come from a generally expected increase in consumer activity in activities that were almost completely restricted in 2020 such as travel to take vacations. That generally implies consumer demand for airlines, hotel bookings, and resorts should also increase, which is typically good news […]
Read MoreSometimes there are forces that affect a sector or industry in such a way that it creates a storyline that extends into not merely weeks, or months, but years. These can be positive or negative, but one of the things that I find interesting as an analyst is to look for those threads and try […]
Read MoreThe impact of the global pandemic sometimes seems to have no end in sight – even though economic activity has been picking up enough this year to start raising a lot of questions about inflationary pressures, their impact on interest rates, and more. One of the sectors that has rallied strongly since November of last […]
Read MoreOver the last few months, the Energy sector has been one of the market leaders, as the price of oil, natural gas and other energy products have all increased. Many analysts are pointing to supply constraints that are being felt in multiple sectors and that are creating inflationary pressure all the way to the consumer […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — The culprit behind the latest jump in oil prices isn’t soaring natural gas prices or even OPEC+’s limits on output but rather what is happening at America’s largest oil storage hub in Oklahoma. Traders are fretting that stockpiles in Cushing will fall as low as they physically can. It has sent gauges of […]
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