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U.S. crude futures dropped to around $94 a barrel on Friday after disappointing China data and on lingering concerns the U.S. Federal Reserve would curb its stimulus program.
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Given that we have been short WTI a heck of lot more times than we have been long on it this year, that question almost seems absurd to us.
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CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Fast Money traders discuss the day's top trades and the stocks they'll be watching tomorrow.
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CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks at where gold, oil and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow.
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As Mr. Bernanke observed, interest rates would likely rise on a disruption to the U.S.’ debt obligations. However, political brinkmanship notwithstanding, interest rates are about to rise anyway. For instance, China has lost its appetite for U.S. debt (especially short-term debt) since the Fed went ahead last fall with a second round of quantitative easing.
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CNBC's Bertha Coombs discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks at where oil and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow.
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Natural gas production in the Lower-48 U.S. rose for the first time this year to finish the first quarter. The net storage position finished March at a 4.68 Bcf/d surplus. That was the highest high in three seasons.
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CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Fast Money traders discuss the day's top trades and the stocks they'll be watching tomorrow.
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CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets, including the WTI-Brent spread, and looks at where oil, industrial and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow.
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Before the bulls get carried away, they should keep in mind that given aforementioned fissures, what’s necessary for OPEC is no longer necessary for its members.
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Energy used to be something we took for granted; it is was cheap, accessible and plentiful. Now, energy seems precious, complicated and fractious, a chip in the high-stakes game of geopolitics.
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CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Fast Money traders discuss the day's top trades and the stocks they'll be watching tomorrow.
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CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks at where oil and the precious metals are likely headed tomorrow.
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CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Fast Money traders discuss the day's top trades and the stocks they'll be watching tomorrow.
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CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks at where oil and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow.
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CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks at where gold, oil and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow.
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By all accounts — OPEC’s Monthly Report being one of them — the cartel called OPEC is producing around 29 MMbbl/d. OPEC calculates 2011 demand for its oil to average 29.9 MMbbl/d. Thus, in the simplest of terms, the Group needs to raise production by upwards of 1.0 MMbbl/d to balance demand.
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Debating whether the best way to combat increasing prices is to cap wholesale prices of gasoline for a year, with state Sen. Dick Elliott, (D-SC) and Rayola Dougher, American Petroleum Institute.
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CNBC's Melissa Lee and the Fast Money traders discuss the day's top trades and the stocks they'll be watching tomorrow.
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CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets and looks at where oil and precious metals are likely headed tomorrow.
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The string of poor economic headlines in the U.S. continued unabated last week. The S&P/CaseShiller Housing Indices and the May jobs report bookended another grim week; a week that issued daily telltales that the pace of the U.S.’ economic recovery is in serious doubt. Home values (the largest single investment for most consumers) are down and job creation is stagnant.
Power Shift
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In a domestic energy market developing faster than just about anyone can remember, the key is in finding an edge.
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The environmental impact of "fracking," the drilling technology largely responsible for America's boom in energy production, is hotly contested.
