Submit a Story!
Votes
topics:

vote down flag
fxstreet.com - 3/19/2009
UPDATE: UK Oil, Gas Exploration Faces Collapse -Industry Grp
—
(Adds background, context.) LONDON (Dow Jones)--Investment and exploration in the U.K. North Sea oil and gas basin could collapse this year because of high costs and a funding drought, said the head of the country's oil and gas industry lobby Thursday. Investment could have halved within two ...
Do Oil and Gas ETFs Have a Future?
etftrends.com - 3/25/2009
Do Oil and Gas ETFs Have a Future?
— etftrends.com — Oil and gas demand has fallen of a cliff. As chants of “drill, baby, drill” fall away... and the frenzy to find new oil fields recedes, many wonder what’s in store for these commodities and their exchange traded funds (ETFs). Yes, ... (more) Do Oil and Gas ETFs Have a Future?

Comments vote down Daily Markets found this 3/25/2009found this
gregor.us - 3/25/2009
When Oil Was Free
— gregor.us — Were you alive when oil was free? Were you born yet? Did you have TV? Let me... help: Oil was free about two months ago in January, when it traded around 34.00 per barrel. Each barrel of oil contains about 5.8 million BTUs. Each American uses about 25 ... (more) When Oil Was Free

Comments vote down Todd Sullivan's - ValuePlays found this 3/25/2009found this
Oil ETF’s & The Return of $50 Oil (OIL, USO, OIH, DXO, DIG)
247wallst.com - 3/20/2009
Oil ETF’s & The Return of $50 Oil (OIL, USO, OIH, DXO, DIG)
— 247wallst.com — Oil flirted with the $50.00 handle today, which would be close to a 4-month high. This also... marked the end of the April contract expiration, so now we roll over to May. April delivery for light sweet crude finished out today and went well over ... (more) Oil ETF’s & The Return of $50 Oil (OIL, USO, OIH, DXO, DIG)

Comments vote down ETF Trends found this 3/20/2009found this

Blog Reactions

Gregor.us:  UK Update: Credit and Oil

The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future:  Drumbeat: March 22, 2009

The Mess That Greenspan Made:  Monday morning links

Comments
Blog Reactions

UK Update: Credit and Oil
Gregor.us — ... Word comes today that the UK Offshore Oil and Exploration sector is at risk of collapse. Dow Jones Newswires has the coverage. The story is a nice companion to the ...

Drumbeat: March 22, 2009
The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future — ... through the $787 billion federal stimulus package to take applications. Oil firms could quit North Sea if there is no tax relief, MPs warned Oil industry leaders warned yesterday that companies could quit the North Sea for good if the UK Government did not provide immediate tax relief. Bosses from industry body Oil & Gas UK told MPs in Aberdeen that 50,000 jobs could go if the government did not act swiftly. UPDATE: UK Oil, Gas Exploration Faces Collapse -Industry Grp Investment and ...

Monday morning links
The Mess That Greenspan Made — ... to survive - Reuters • Japan's business sentiment deteriorates - MarketWatch MARKETS/INVESTING • Oil climbs past $52 on stock market rally - AP • Gold May Rise on Demand for Dollar Alternative - Bloomberg • Bernanke’s Deflation Jihad May Trample Traders - Bloomberg • Central bank moves to boost U.S. and UK stocks vs Europe - Reuters • Hellman & Friedman to buy Barclays iShares unit - MarketWatch • UK Oil, Gas Exploration Faces Collapse - FXStreet ECONOMY • U.S. ...

Related Content
Dow Jones Stock Market Forecast 2009 :: The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting Free Website
marketoracle.co.uk 3/4/2009 — Economy for 2009 Global crude oil production peaked in 2008. This will mean that there will be no recovery from the recession. Global crude oil production had been rising briskly until 2004, then plateaued for four years. Because oil producers were ...
Trading Strategy: Oil Stocks vs Oil
marketsci.wordpress.com 12/30/2008 — This strategy was inspired by the recent Bespoke post Oil Stocks Outperforming Oil in which Bespoke showed the historical ratio between the price of oil stocks and the price of oil itself. I’ve reproduced their graph below. Rising values indicate ...
Do You Know What You’re Doing With Oil ETFs?
etftrends.com 1/30/2009 — Goldman Sachs has stepped forward to warn of unprecedented flows into oil exchange traded funds (ETFs), and it has raised the question of whether investors know what they’re doing. What’s Behind the Jump? The energy analysts attribute the ...
Oil in Big Macs
gregor.us 6/9/2009 — There’s a temptation to believe that if one stripped out the USD from the price of oil, a better picture of oil’s cost would emerge. Over the years people have expressed Oil in Euros, Swiss Francs, and of course Gold–which does make ...
Oil Speculation ?
ritholtz.com 1/12/2009 — Yesterday’s 60 Minutes had a story on Oil Speculation. Its not that they said anything wrong, its more that they told 10% of the story of the rise and fall of energy prices. Surprisingly thin, it completely missed all of the many other factors ...
Financial Sense Storm Watch Update "Oil Rises, Oil Falls" by James J. Puplava 01/28/2009
financialsense.com 1/29/2009 — Oil Rise, Oil Falls F rom the drilling of the first oil well in 1859, the oil industry has been locked into a perpetual boom-and-bust cycle. During the early days booms and busts were brought on by dramatic swings in the supply vs. demand equation. ...
One Way to Get Oil ETF Exposure, Minus Volatility
etftrends.com 1/17/2009 — The rapid volatility in oil has once again drummed up interest in the energy sector and the exchange traded funds (ETFs) that follow the commodity. While closing down today at $41.70 a barrel, oil has rallied 23.1% from its Dec. 19 low of $33.87 a ...
Oil Is Cheap. Why Is Gas, Which Is Made From Oil, Even Cheaper?
economix.blogs.nytimes.com 11/24/2008 — Crude oil futures recently fell below $50 a barrel, the cheapest they've been since May 2005. How does this relate to gasoline prices?
The Oil Cushion
calculatedriskblog.com 3/9/2009 — Last year I wrote a post about how falling oil prices would provide some cushion for the U.S. economy: The Oil Cushion . Here is an update ... The following graph shows the monthly personal consumption expenditures (PCE) at a seasonally adjusted ...
Oil Outperforming Oil Stocks
bespokeinvest.typepad.com 8/5/2009 — Since peaking at the end of 2008, oil (the commodity) has outperformed oil stocks significantly. The chart below shows the ratio between the S&P; 500 Oil & Gas index and the price of oil. When the line is rising, oil stocks are outperforming, and when ...
Russia's economy: Poor little rich kids — The Economist: Full print edition 3/19/2009
As the economy deteriorates, even oligarchs are suffering RUSSIANS are hardly falling over themselves to watch Dmitry Medvedev’s weekly televised talks. Muscovites, it seems, would prefer a Hollywood movie. For one thing, Mr Medvedev has ...
What is the salad oil scandal? — Investopedia.com Headlines 3/19/2009
Frequently Asked Investing Question
Oil Sand Castles — The Big Money 3/23/2009
Two of Canada's largest energy corporations, Petro-Canda and Suncor Energy Inc., announced today that they will merge to increase their financial stability. TBM 's Christopher Flavelle discussed the volatile Canadian oil sands market in this ...