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The Coming Pipeline Cash Gusher

Pipeline company earnings are being scrutinized for capital investment plans.  The energy sector’s pursuit of growth has been well covered. Investors would prefer less...

How Math and Popping Corn (Futures) Relate

Ingredients:  Short corn futures & average daily contracts traded Funds are short corn futures in a record amount according to the Commitment of Traders report...

Investors Look Warily at the Persian Gulf

The Shale Revolution has certainly provided America with more geopolitical freedom. The 1973 Arab oil embargo punished the U.S. for supporting Israel, as it...

Gold’s Head & Shoulders Price Target Calculated

I have heard more and more discussion about the head and shoulders pattern that has formed on the gold daily chart. The talk usually...

Shale Cycles Faster, Boosting Returns

Chevron (CVX) CEO Mike Wirth must have used the term “short-cycle” at least half a dozen times on Friday’s conference call discussing their $33BN...

For the Oil Bears…If There Are Any

Why not be bullish on oil now? It had its best January ever and its strongest first quarter since the early 2000’s.  Oil has...

Corn – Flooding Has Not Boosted Price Yet

If you watch the corn market, you know it’s traded within a range since mid- September.  Currently, the price of corn sits just 1%...

Technical Charts Don’t Support Oil’s High Price Level

Oil has advanced 38% since the $42.36 low on Christmas Eve. The price of oil is trading at its highest level in 4 months....

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