Tag Archives: Oil

Week In Review – June 15

Posted on June 17, 2018 by macromon

Summary Friday’s markets were surprisingly resilient given the escalation of the trade wars Big recovery in Euro periphery sovereign spreads on the back of Italian FinMin’s statement backing the euro currency Angela Merkel is having big problems within her government. … Continue reading →

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Week In Review – January 26

Posted on January 28, 2018 by macromon

Summary The wealth effect – boosting consumption out of what is perceived as permanent wealth -seems to be kicking in.   Consumers are feeling flush with the humungo gains in stocks and housing over the past few years.  It also … Continue reading →

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COTD: Big Oil

Posted on December 22, 2016 by macromon

Our chart of the day (COTD) comes to from the Visual Capitalist.     First, some context from their website, The Chart of the Week is a weekly Visual Capitalist feature on Fridays. Ever since the invention of the internal … Continue reading →

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What’d You Miss in markets this week? Here’s your recap – Bloomberg

Posted on October 2, 2016 by macromon

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3 Numbers with Lex: Oil production — FT

Posted on April 20, 2015 by macromon

Three oil factors are afoot: US shale oil production may be at a peak, oil prices are rallying and Saudi Arabia is ramping up production. Lex’s Alan Livsey analyses this and what happens when the Saudis open their spigots again. … Continue reading →

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Energy Breaking Out…

Posted on April 15, 2015 by macromon

Lots of interest in the energy sector. The Energy ETF, XLE,  cleared a 4-month high today, closing at its highest price since the 6.4 percent gap down on November 28th.  It now looks headed to fill that gap at 85.15. … Continue reading →

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Falling oil prices – a global tax cut – FT

Posted on December 15, 2014 by macromon

Global oil prices have fallen more than 40 per cent in the past six months to hit their lowest level in almost five and a half years. Chris Giles, economics editor, and Neil Hume, commodities editor, discuss what the fall … Continue reading →

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Global Oil: Daniel Yergen on Charlie Rose

Posted on December 12, 2014 by macromon

Global energy and the price of oil with Daniel Yergen, author of: “The Quest.” Aired November 30, 2014 Click here for interview (click here if pictures are not observable)

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Some Consequences of the Oil Crash

Posted on December 10, 2014 by macromon

The corollary of the oil crash wealth transfer from producers to oil consumers is  a conversion of  savings to consumption. The chatter about today’s market weakness, for example, is that sovereign wealth funds from the oil producing countries are liquidating … Continue reading →

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Oil on troubled markets – FT

Posted on October 23, 2014 by macromon

The FT’s John Authers reports from New York as shares in energy companies drop alongside a sharp fall in oil prices. Supply of oil was higher than expected, pushing prices further down. Click here for more Authers Note videos http://video.ft.com/Authers-Note … Continue reading →

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