U.S. Stocks Drop as Oil Slides
U.S. stocks, bonds and oil prices slid Tuesday, extending markets’ volatility into a third session. After going two months without a daily move of 1% or more, the S&P 500 Continue Reading
Rising US incomes defy election narrative
Household incomes surged last year in the US, suggesting American middle class fortunes are improving in defiance of the dark rhetoric that has dominated the presidential election campaign. A strengthening labour Continue Reading
Big Break Through For Small Scale LNG
With the price differential between oil and LNG sending mixed signals to the market, is the time right to look at Small Scale LNG (SSLNG)? Below we outline six key Continue Reading
Is This A Sign That Oil Majors Are Becoming More Bullish
Drilling Rig French oil company, Total SA announced in a press release Friday that it would be exercising the rights to obtain 75 percent of the lease agreements in the Continue Reading
How ‘Zombie’ Oil Companies Stay Alive in Life-or-Death Debt Markets
Beneath the surge in corporate defaults lies a surge in distressed exchanges. Such exchanges — defined by Moody’s Investors Service as when a troubled company offers its lenders new or Continue Reading
Climate change ‘significant and direct’ threat to U.S. military: reports
U.S. Marines run down the beach to set up a mortar defense during a simulated beach assault at Marine Corps Base Hawaii with the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Unit during the Continue Reading
Kiev vows to avoid Russian gas pressures
Past contractual pressures from Russia won’t resurface as Ukraine becomes energy independent in the next five years, the prime minister said. Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman told local leaders the Continue Reading
Ruble Dragged Down by Oil as Traders Weigh Friday Rates Meeting
Rate divergence isn’t the end of carry trade: Deutsche Bank Bank of Russia expected to cut benchmark 50 bps to 10% The ruble resumed its slide with oil as a Continue Reading
Peak Oil by Any Other Name is Still Peak Oil
One of the most compelling charts I have ever seen is the “Growing Gap” chart that used to appear on the front page of every ASPO Newsletter. This is the Continue Reading
Crude Oil Climbs as U.S. Equities Advance, Dollar Retreats
S&P 500 Index climbed after shares in Europe, Asia dropped OPEC flips forecast to predict 2017 rebound in rivals output Oil advanced as U.S. stocks rebounded from the biggest rout Continue Reading