Category: Crude Oil

Crude Oil Prices – Weekly Recap 2-6 January

Crude oil started off the first week of 2012 with very sharp gains in crude oil price on the first couple of days as many oil traders became bullish on oil. As the week progressed oil prices changed direction and…

Crude Oil Prices – Weekly Outlook January 9-13

Crude oil prices started off the month of January with sharp gains mainly during the first couple of days of the year. Will this upward trend continue?  For the second week of January, let’s examine what is up ahead for…

Weekly Outlook for 9-13 January

Following the sharp gains in commodities prices during the first week of 2012, the second week of 2012 might continue this direction pending the new reports and decisions that will be made during the week. Some of the news items…

Gold and Silver Kept on Rising –Recap January 5

Gold and silver prices continued their upward trend and finished yesterday rising; crude oil prices changed direction and ended up yesterday dropping; natural gas prices also declined. Major currencies such as Euro and Australian dollar sharply depreciated against the U.S…

U.S. Non- Manufacturing Index Slightly Rose to 52.6%

Today, the U.S. non-manufacturing ISM report was published and the U.S. non-manufacturing PMI reached 52.6% in December. The U.S. non-manufacturing PMI, which is an index that estimates the economic activity in the U.S. non-manufacturing sector, grew for the 25th consecutive…

Euro Area Inflation Declined to 2.8% December 2011

According to the recent Eurostat report the Euro Area inflation rate slightly slipped by 0.2 percent points to reach an annual inflation rate of 3% in December 2011. This decline comes despite the recent cuts in the ECB’s interest rates.…