Tag Archives: oil prices

Ventures Into Sophism

Last week, while everyone was busy watching the stock market wildly convulse about, something noteworthy occurred.  Oil prices eclipsed $100 per barrel.  Moreover, oil prices are up about 5 percent so far this year. “Oil futures rallied on Friday, tacking … Continue reading

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Could This Be the Next Bakken?

Could This Be the Next Bakken? By Marin Katusa, Chief Energy Investment Strategist Everyone is looking to make the “Big Score” in the resource sector—that one special discovery that is not just elephant- but brontosaurus-size: big enough to put you … Continue reading

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Your Summer Tax Increase

Oil prices are holding above $106 per barrel.  What gives?  Wasn’t all the oil fracking supposed to increase production and decrease price? So far, part of this equation has come to be.  In fact, the Energy Information Administration’s weekly report, … Continue reading

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Programs to Control the Uncontrollable

Things are melting up – and melting down – the world over.  What’s more, summer’s only just begun.  While Americans were dreaming of block parties and beach bashes as they punched out for the Independence Day holiday Wednesday afternoon, Cairo … Continue reading

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