Wealth Creation Through Natural Resources
US crude inventories are at record highs and production is at the highest levels in several decades. Meanwhile, refinery outages (both planned and unplanned) are helping to put a crimp in near term demand – from Bloomberg Briefs: This market … Continued
Bloomberg: Oil baron Hamm shares outlook on spending and Oil production CEO: Zinc is facing a substantial supply deficit, InZinc may be in prime position Oilprice.com: Gangs, Guns and Crooked Cops threaten Mexico’s energy future development more than the Price of Oil… MarketWatch: US market … Continued
Front month crude futures briefly touched $44.52/barrel following the weekly oil inventories report from the EIA which contained the following sentence: “At 406.7 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are at the highest level for this time of year in at … Continued
A wild day in the equity markets and some early signs of a bottom in crude. Here’s what we are reading this evening… Marketwatch: He called $50 oil, now he says it’s going lower….although he also agrees that $60-$70 is … Continued
There are some constructive signs mounting in crude oil: Demand has clearly picked up in the US as drivers enjoy sub-$2 gasoline prices in many parts of the country Sentiment on crude oil is the worst its been in a … Continued
One of the biggest stories of 2015 has been the surging price of gold in euro terms: Gold in euro terms has soared nearly 20% in the last month, however, there are mounting signs that a pullback/correction is due: … Continued
Since forming a double-top at $1307/oz last week gold has formed a bearish technical pattern that could result in a move lower back down to the $1250s: A breach of the $1275 support level would set up a pullback to … Continued
During the week ending January 20th hedge funds increased short positions in WTI crude oil futures to the highest levels since September 2010: There is an interesting dynamic developing in the crude market: Inventory builds are expected to be huge … Continued
Lots of quality material to read over this weekend: Peter L. Brandt: The NYSE Composite is forming a near textbook continuation H&S pattern, get ready for a big upside move in US equities. Barron’s: “Regardless of the reason, if banks aren’t … Continued
There was a boom in oil & gas Capex during the past couple of years, particularly in the shale oil drilling space: With the recent crash in the oil price this boom has turned into a bust and there is … Continued