Category: Crude Oil

Crude Oil Prices – Weekly Recap July 23-27

oil chart WTI Brent - percent change 23-27 July 2012

Crude oil prices started the week with very sharp falls that changed to gains throughout the rest of the week. Further, the premium of Brent over WTI also expanded. The news of the decline in new home sales and pending…

U.S GDP Q2 2012 Rose by only 1.5%

The bureau of economic analysis published today July 26th its first estimate of the growth rate of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product for the second quarter of 2012. According to the recent update U.S output of goods and services expanded…

US Pending Homes Sales Decreased in June 2012

According to the recent monthly report of the U.S. pending homes sales, which was published yesterday July 26th by the National Association of Realtors, the real estate market has shifted again as pending home sales declined during June: the U.S.…

Will Oil Prices break the $100 mark?

standard deviation of the of daily percent change of WTI & Brent during 2012)

Oil Prices bounced back from last month’s tumble. During July, the price of WTI oil rose by 7.6%; United States Oil (NYSEMKT:USO), by 7.4%. The recent decline in the Euro/USD may have curbed the rise in oil prices. The fundamentals…

U.S New Homes Sales Declined in June 2012

Today, the U.S. Census Bureau reported the change in number of new homes sold in the U.S during June 2012: the number of new homes sales decreased compared with the number of new homes sold during May 2012. According to…