Oil prices (WTI and Brent) rallied last week. WTI and Brent oil rose by 2.2% and 1.1%, respectively. As a result, the difference of Brent oil over WTI narrowed again: The premium ranged between $6.4 and $7.46. Last week, the…
The gold and silver market continued to cool down during last week. In the U.S, several reports were published and showed mixed signal regarding the progress in its economy: new home sales fell by 3.3% during February; pending home sales…
The precious metals market cooled down again last week; energy commodities prices rallied; in the forex market the U.S dollar slightly appreciated against the Euro and Japanese yen and dropped against the Aussie dollar and Canadian dollar. This week many…
Gold and silver continued their descent during the previous week. The aftermath from the FOMC’s tapering decision one week earlier kept dragging down bullion prices. Moreover, the U.S dollar slightly appreciated against some leading currencies including Euro and Japanese yen.…
In the past several months, the coal market has showed signs of recovery mainly due to harsh winter conditions in the U.S. Coal companies such as CONSOL Energy (NYSE:CNX) and Arch Coal (NYSE: ACI) have benefited from these developments as these companies’…
Exelon (NYSE:EXC) has benefited from the recent colder than normal weather mainly throughout Midwest and Northeast. Let’s examine how the weather may have improved the company’s operations in the first quarter of 2014; also, how does Exelon measure up to…