Crude
"Canadians Should Be Concerned" As Energy Sector Job Losses Spike To 100,000 This Year
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/22/2015 18:50 -0500It's grim up north... and getting grimmer. Amid soaring suicide rates, Canada's once-booming oil patch is rapidly accelerating its downward trajectory. "Canadians should be concerned in times like these," warned Tim McMillan, president and chief executive of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, noting that the oil and gas sector will see 100,000 job losses by the end of this year. Apart from the protracted price declines, Alberta’s oil and gas sector has also had to contend with a 20 per cent hike in corporate taxes, increased provincial royalties, a carbon tax and new regulatory policies to limit rein in carbon emissions... and now a new competitot from US exports.
Six Signs That 2016 Will Be Much Worse Than 2015
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/22/2015 18:25 -05002015 has witnessed several events that had, and will have, negative repercussions on individual freedom. Orwellian totalitarianism is increasingly creeping into our everyday lives. How much more intrusive will the violations of our liberties become and for how long will the establishment get away with this? With regards to the financial system, no real solution was found to issues such as those in the euro zone. Furthermore, the financial system as a whole once again got deeper into debt. For how much longer can central banks and governments continue kicking the can down the road without any real reform?
Crude Extends Gains After API Reports Unexpectedly Large Inventory Draw
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/22/2015 16:59 -0500Following last week's huge build reported by DOE, crude inventories reported by API tonight dropped 3.6 million barrels (drastically different from the 2.3mm build expected). WTI is rallying on the news, despite a 1.5 million barrel build at Cushing (up notably from last week's 847k) - the 7th weekly build in a row.
'Terrorists' Almost Spoil Traders' "Dash-For-Trash" As Volume Disappears
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/22/2015 16:05 -0500WTI Crude Trades At Premium To Brent For First Time In Over 11 Months
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/22/2015 11:43 -0500Just as we warned, since the US export ban 'lift' loomed, so WTI prices have shifted notably, having today converged to Brent's price for first time since January. It may have a lot further to fall as some analysts suggest the lifting of the export ban "is going to end up ultimately being bearish everything."
Gartman Turns "Very, Very Quietly Bullish Of Crude" Even As Stock Prices Set To "Head Materially Lower"
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/22/2015 08:24 -0500"... we fear that prices are soon to head lower… and perhaps materially so. Thus, it is not only wise, it is reasonable, that we shall increase the size of our derivatives positions to make quite certain that our net long position is covered completely and that we are indeed as “net neutral” as we can possibly be.... ... we do find ourselves quietly… very, very quietly… turning away from being manifestly and overtly bearish of crude to being bullish as the term structures continue to shift."
Frontrunning: December 22
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/22/2015 07:38 -0500- Battered oil wins respite, lifts stocks (Reuters)
- Oil Halts Decline as Emerging Market Stocks Climb on China (BBG)
- Bonds Set to Beat Stocks Globally in 2015 After China Falters (BBG)
- SpaceX Falcon rocket nails safe landing in pivotal space feat (Reuters)
- China Leaders Flag More Stimulus After Top Economic Meeting (BBG)
- SEC to Retrench Case Against SAC’s Steven A. Cohen (WSJ)
Futures Rise, Drop, Then Rise Again In Illiquid Session After China Promises More Stimulus
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/22/2015 06:55 -0500- Apple
- Australia
- Bond
- Carry Trade
- China
- Citigroup
- Copper
- Credit Suisse
- Crude
- Crude Oil
- Deutsche Bank
- Falcon
- FINRA
- fixed
- Ford
- France
- goldman sachs
- Goldman Sachs
- High Yield
- Hong Kong
- Housing Market
- Japan
- Monetary Policy
- national security
- Netherlands
- Newspaper
- Nikkei
- Personal Consumption
- Price Action
- Redstone
- Richmond Fed
- Unemployment
- Yuan
It has been a seesaw session with U.S. stock index futures following their dramatic buying burst in the last half hour of market trading yesterday by first rising, then falling, then rising again alongside European equities both driven almost tick for tick with even the smallest move in the carry trade of choice, the USDJPY, even as Asian shares trade near intraday highs after China’s leaders signaled they will take further steps to support growth.
"I Know Of No One Who Predicted This": Russian Oil Production Hits Record As Saudi Gambit Fails
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/21/2015 22:36 -0500
Traders Panic-Buy Stocks Into The Close Despite Crude And Credit Crumble
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/21/2015 17:37 -05007 Reasons Why Oil Could Fall Even Lower Before Christmas
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/21/2015 14:10 -0500Oil's hope for a bottom anytime soon appears to stand Snow White's chance in hell of coming true. Seventy-eight years after Walt Disney released the first full-length animated feature, and seven factors in today’s crude complex are dwarfing crude prices.
Azerbaijan Currency Crashes 50% As Crude Contagion Spreads
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/21/2015 10:26 -0500OPEC blowback continues to ripple around the world. With Russia's Ruble pushing back towards record lows against the USD, and Kazakhstan's Tenge having tumbled to record lows, the writing was on the wall for Azerbaijan. As Bloomberg reports, the third-biggest oil producer in the former Soviet Union moved to a free float on Monday and the manat crashed almost 50% instantly to its weakest on record with the second devaluation this year.
WTI Crude Plunges To $33 Handle Ahead Of Futures Expiration
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/21/2015 09:52 -0500While contracts have rolled, we thought it worth noting that January WTI Crude just flushed to a $33 handle for the first time this cycle. Feb crude (the current front-month) is down almost 2% to its series lows around $35.35...
Just About Every Part Of The Permian Basin Is Unprofitable At $30 Per Barrel
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/21/2015 09:10 -0500While many still cling to the belief that U.S. shale and tight oil plays are commercial even at current low oil prices but data on the Permian basin and Bakken plays simply does not support this hope. In fact, less than 2 percent of Permian basin tight oil wells are commercial at $30 per barrel oil prices.
Futures Jump After Friday Drubbing, Despite Brent Sliding To Fresh 11 Year Lows, Spanish Political Uncertainty
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/21/2015 06:55 -0500- Aussie
- BOE
- Boeing
- Bond
- China
- Conference Board
- Consumer Confidence
- Consumer Sentiment
- Copenhagen
- Copper
- CPI
- Crude
- Crude Oil
- Danske Bank
- fixed
- France
- Gilts
- Housing Starts
- Initial Jobless Claims
- Japan
- Jim Reid
- Michigan
- Monetary Policy
- Netherlands
- New Home Sales
- Nikkei
- Nomura
- Output Gap
- Personal Income
- Price Action
- recovery
- Richmond Fed
- University Of Michigan
- Yuan
In a weekend of very little macro newsflow facilitated by the release of the latest Star Wars sequel, the biggest political and economic event was the Spanish general election which confirmed the end of the PP-PSOE political duopoly at national level. As a result, there was some early underperformance in SPGBs and initial equity weakness across European stocks, which however was promptly offset and at last check the Stoxx 600 was up 0.4% to 363, with US equity futures up nearly 1% after Friday's oversold drubbing. In other key news, the commodity slide continues with Brent Oil dropping to a fresh 11-year low as futures fell as much as 2.2% in London after a 2.8% drop last week.




