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Oil Nears $80 On Its Way Higher
Oil Nears $80 On Its Way Higher
Oil reached $79.05 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That is almost certainly not the end of its rise and for a number of reasons $90 crude is likely to be on the way before year’s end. Oil has, so far, traded higher primarily because of weakness in the dollar and ...
Saudis drop WTI oil contract
ft.com — Published: October 28 2009 20:27 | Last updated: October 28 2009 20:27 Saudi Arabia on Wednesday decided... to drop the widely used West Texas Intermediate oil contract as the benchmark for pricing its oil , dealing a serious blow to the New York ... (more) Saudis drop WTI oil contract
Professional Money Management and Peak Oil
gregor.us — Over the past two weeks I’ve taken the time to read over a new, 68 page Peak... Oil report from Paul Sankey at Deutsche Bank, entitled, The Peak Oil Market . What’s notable about this report is its holistic, comprehensive treatment of the ... (more) Professional Money Management and Peak Oil
ASPO-8: The 2009 International Peak Oil Conference in Denver
aleklett.wordpress.com — This year’s international ASPO conference in Denver was organized in collaboration with ASPO-USA and coincided with their... national annual conference. Sunday’s parallel sessions held before the formal start of the conference offered interested Denver ... (more) ASPO-8: The 2009 International Peak Oil Conference in Denver
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Energy ETFs: Global Or U.S.?
ETF Database — ... on hopes of a continued recovery and increasingly strong demand from China. With some analysts anticipating that crude will continue to rise, many investors have begun tilting their portfolios more heavily towards energy ETFs, hoping that higher margins will lead this sector to outperform the broad market. ...

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