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Commodities Watch: Corn Price Sets New Record; Cocoa Prices Falling; WTI Crude Could Drop Significantly (DBA, MOO, TSN, SFD, HRL, DE, CNH, AGCO, MOS, HSY, KFT, GLD, SLV, GDX, GDXJ, SIL, USO)

Posted: April 5, 2011 at 2:30 pm

Time for our daily look at the world of commodity prices and key developments. Corn futures continue their seemingly inexorable march toward $8/bushel as wet and windy weather in the ...
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The Top Six Analyst Calls of the Week (INTC, FFIV, LULU, MCP, WFC, USO, DIG, DTO)

Posted: February 26, 2011 at 7:45 am

Analyst calls are sometimes favorable and sometimes off the mark.  Still, analysts move stocks and often offer keen insight not seen elsewhere. Each week we review the major analyst calls ...
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$100 Oil: Brent Crude Versus WTI Crude Spread Issues (USO, BNO)

Posted: February 18, 2011 at 7:15 am

Oil is really trading above $100.00 now.  Brent Sea Crude April11 Futures on ICE were at $102.97 Thursday, while WTI Crude March11 futures went out at $86.45.  What is interesting ...
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DOE Inventory Data Swings Prices (OIH, USO, VLO)

Posted: January 12, 2011 at 10:47 am

The Department of Energy is out with its weekly inventories data.  There appears to be some seasonality and weather issues, and it will be interesting to see these figures next ...
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Oil Rig Counts Confirming Trends (BHI, OIH, USO)

Posted: January 7, 2011 at 1:35 pm

Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI) has just released its weekly rig count, and the rig count is back up.  In the rig count data for services business there is the ...
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DOE Inventory Drawdown Only Highlights More $90 Oil (OIH, USO)

Posted: December 22, 2010 at 10:45 am

The Department of Energy issued yet another large drop in crude oil inventories in the U.S. for the latest week.  We are watching the key ETFs of Oil Services HOLDRs ...
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Oil Inventories Plummet (USO, OIH, VLO)

Posted: December 15, 2010 at 10:43 am

The Department of Energy has just released what may seem like a shocking drop in its weekly report on oil inventories.  This morning’s data has a potential impact on the ...
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Goldman Sachs Supports Higher Gold & Oil to 2011-2012 (GLD, IAU, SGOL, DGP, GDX, GDXJ, OIH, USO, DIG)

Posted: December 2, 2010 at 9:50 am

Goldman Sachs periodically updates its outlook on sectors and the economy with a one to two-year horizon.  Yesterday's upgrade of economic output in 2011 is accompanied by some interesting aspects ...
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Correlation Trade Breaking? Dollar, Commodity, Stock, Bond (UUP, GLD, USO, TBT)

Posted: November 15, 2010 at 11:49 am

Calling the markets fast to react has become the understatement of the year.  Friday felt like a shift in sentiment was really taking hold with bond yields rising, commodities falling, ...
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October Inflows & Outflows: More Trends for ETFs Over Mutual Funds (GLD, USO)

Posted: November 10, 2010 at 11:37 am

Did retail investors catch the top of the market?  Many individual investors missed the huge market gains from the lows in early 2009 and now many are playing catch-up.  Fresh ...
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QE2 & Bernanke Pump Gold & Oil, Not Long Bonds (GLD, DGP, USO, OIH, DIG, TBT)

Posted: November 4, 2010 at 9:58 am

Quantitative easing is forcing investors into riskier assets as Ben Bernanke and the FOMC attempt to manufacture some inflation and after the US Dollar weakness.  We are seeing big moves ...
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DOE Oil Inventory Trumped By Lower Refining Capacity (OIH, USO, VLO)

Posted: November 3, 2010 at 10:44 am

We are continuing to see a mixed picture in oil and byproduct inventory levels in the United States.  Some is seasonal, and some may be due to outside demand issues.  ...
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Elections and Quantitative Easing Look Price In (DIA, SPY, QQQQ, USO, GLD, TLT, TBT)

Posted: November 1, 2010 at 2:16 pm

It is no secret that the elections are Tuesday, November 2, and it is no secret that the FOMC under Ben Bernanke will begin the November FOMC starting November 2 ...
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Oil Prices Likely To Stay Below $85 (USO, OIL, OIH)

Posted: October 14, 2010 at 9:00 am

Predicting oil prices a month from now is a risky business. Predicting oil prices a year from now is close to madness. Perhaps it is fairer to say that believing ...
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As Oil Heads to $90… or Back to $70 (USO, OIH)

Posted: October 4, 2010 at 12:31 pm

Now that oil has bested the $82.00 per barrel mark and rallied about 15% in six weeks, investors are trying to figure out what is next.  We are tracking the ...
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