Wealth Creation Through Natural Resources
Energy stocks have been in a steady downtrend for more than 2 months. Today investors received the strongest indication yet that a reversal might be at hand with the two largest energy sector ETFs (OIH and XLE) both printing large … Continued
WTI crude suffered an 8% spill today. The fundamental reasons are fairly straightforward (continued supply glut that has not been completely redressed despite the large price decline at the end of last year, a China stock market crash which has … Continued
Weekly chart wrap for the week ending 6/5/2015 – we saw some seismic moves in interest rates as equities began to show some chinks in their armor. The current trends are as follows: Oil: Oscillating within a range Precious metals: … Continued
At the beginning of May we pointed out that energy stocks were set for a pullback. Now after dribbling lower for the last month it’s time to get back into energy equities: A large bullish outside reversal following this … Continued
After a record run of 16 consecutive weekly U.S. crude oil inventory builds the tide has turned and we are currently experiencing a streak of 4 consecutive weekly drawdowns: Via Sober Look Given that we aren’t even at peak demand … Continued
Many major commodities such as copper and crude oil made important lows during January (while crude made a marginal new low in March, it’s clear that January marked a major momentum and sentiment low for black gold). It’s been four months … Continued
After months and months of inventory builds to extreme record levels crude oil has finally begun to see some draws including a surprise 2.2 million barrel draw last week: There are likely to be additional inventory draws over the … Continued
After being absolutely crushed during the 2nd half of 2014, thus far energy stocks are one of the best performing sectors in 2015. However, that may be about to change as a number of technical factors indicate that the 2015 energy … Continued
This is an interesting graphic courtesy of RBC illustrating a large drop-off in managed money (CTAs, commodity pool operators, etc.) positioning in commodity futures: After reaching extremely high net long exposure earlier last year before the crude oil crash, managed … Continued
It might be hard to believe but WTI crude has rallied nearly 50% since March 17th. While crude’s recent rally has certainly taken the crowd by surprise (as illustrated by tremendous short covering in the exchange traded fund USO) there’s … Continued