Market Trends & Outlook

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....

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....

Corn Charts – The Bears May be Getting Tired

After months of tight consolidation in corn prices, the past 8 days have been very active. Name just about any technical oscillator like RSI,...

Corn Charts – The Bears May be Getting Tired

After months of tight consolidation in corn prices, the past 8 days have been very active. Name just about any technical oscillator like RSI,...

Gold Hits Resistance

Gold has increasingly been in the news lately, after quite some time of little interest for the metal.  Besides Fed rate news, the US...

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