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By Frank Holmes |
June 19, 2013
So why is an oil and materials manager getting his boots dirty in Sierra Leone? The cocoa plantation is only one example of a company producing a commodity that we believe will be sought by the world’s growing middle class population.
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By Tom Armistead |
June 18, 2013
In this interview, Fadel Gheit discusses the effect of Middle Eastern geopolitical issues on oil production, dissects the changing oil and gas production situation in the U.S. and explains how the shift in natural gas prices has turned the refinery business from the industry's perennial ugly duckling into a beautiful...
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By James Stafford |
June 18, 2013
India's relentless search for hydrocarbons to fuel its booming economy has managed the rather neat diplomatic trick of annoying Washington, delighting Tehran and intriguing Baghdad, all the while leaving the Indian Treasury fretting about how to pay for its oil imports.
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By J.W. Jones |
June 14, 2013
The Federal Reserve is performing a gigantic experiment in real time while admitting their economic models do not accurately portray outcomes in the future. Nowhere can this be seen more than in recent price action in gold and oil.
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By Joe Carroll and Edward Klump, Bloomberg |
June 14, 2013
The pioneers of America’s shale gas and oil revolution have done their work. Now it’s time for the factory crews to take over.
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By Chris Vermeulen |
June 13, 2013
Seasonal charts allow us to look at what the average price for an investment does during a specific time of the year. The gold and oil seasonal charts below clearly show that we are entering a time where price tends to drift higher.
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By Brian Sylvester |
June 12, 2013
Growth potential among end-users and underinvestment on the supply side makes graphite an obvious go-long play, according to Simon Moores, manager of Industrial Minerals Data.
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By JT Long |
June 11, 2013
Looking for profits in the oil and natural gas space? Look no further than shale plays, energy service companies and offshore oil drilling opportunities in the U.S., says Byron King of Agora Financial LLC.
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By Brian Sylvester |
June 11, 2013
Commodities may have broken out of a commodity supercycle and could be hitting a cyclical trough. Lisa Morrison analyzes the price outlook for 26 commodities over the next four years and gives them a temperature rating from hot to freezing.
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By Frank Holmes |
June 11, 2013
Given this rising interest rate environment, we wondered how gold, oil and other commodities, as well as energy and materials stocks have historically performed. With a hot economy, will we see hot commodities?