Does Piracy Affect Oil Prices?
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 Posted in Commodities, Crude Oil | No Comments »Recently we have begun seeing reports of increased piracy in the waters off the coast of Somalia. It seems these pirates have become more brazen in their tactics after successfully seizing a Saudi Arabian super-tanker carrying over $100 million in ...
The Middle East and Oil (part 3)
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in Commodities, Crude Oil | 1 Comment »So what is the third impact on the price of Crude Oil brought about by Middle Eastern conflict mentioned in Part 2? The answer is speculation. Now understand that investors speculate on almost anything that can, will, or might happen ...
The Middle East and Oil (part 2)
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in Commodities, Crude Oil | No Comments »The first installment left off with an intriguing question in mind: what is the resulting impact on the price of Crude Oil arising from Middle Eastern conflict? It was proclaimed
The Middle East and Oil (part 1)
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 Posted in Commodities, Crude Oil | No Comments »Every morning traders are waking up, reading the morning analysis, and finding out what's happening in the market and each day it seems as if the price of Oil is "dropping," "falling," "declining," or "depreciating." But does this really come ...