Oil Prices
It’s All About the Dollar (uup, tlt, uso, wtic)
More and more, strategists, commentators and investors are coming to the same conclusion: it’s all about the… Read more
Is It Time to Raise Interest Rates…
Will inflation push the Fed to move earlier than it wants to? Or will a weakening economy… Read more
Should Oil Companies get $4.4 billion in Tax Breaks?
Executives from the five largest oil companies were scheduled to appear before a Senate finance committee to answer questions about tax breaks that … Read more
Citi Splits (c, cme)
Citi has been a favorite of the high velocity trading firms, who using computer algorithms to scalp pennies from stock price movement…. Read more
Shift in Sentiment?
The “slowing growth” theme we’ve been discussing has now worked its way into the headlines. Today’s… Read more
Is the Recovery Stalling?
Oil price initially dropped this morning, but quickly rebounded. The dollar is also enjoying some upside today. It will be interesting to… Read more
What Oil Prices are Saying (c, jpm, bac)
Citigroup (NYSE:C) reported $0.10 in earnings for the first quarter this morning. Analysts had been expecting… Read more
Oil Prices and Spending, Part II (ge)
Oil prices are back to moving higher as Kuwait has suspended … Read more
Oil Prices and Spending
MasterCard Spending Pulse, a data-tracking service, reports that, for the week of April 1, Americans bought… Read more