Ben Bernanke blames fiscal policies out of Washington. However, it is starting to look more and more like Fed policy is equally to blame for the lackluster U.S. GDP growth.
The last two weeks oil inventories fell by a record 20 million barrels, this event has never happened in 30 years of historical data. Something just doesn`t add up here...
Gasoline RBOB price moves are ridiculous. RBOB closes Friday above 40 cents from the price on July 1st without any major news like 5 refiners exploding, or a major hurricane...
Surging shale oil production has exposed the lag in the U.S. infrastructure to transport the new domestic energy source in a safe and the most cost-efficient timely manner to the end users.
The real question is when will the Feral Hogs fix their sights on the WTI market, and take it down to $80 like they have the last two years. My guess now that they have had their fun with the Gold and Silver markets, they will start looking around for their next target.
Whether it is the price of a car, a new house, the price of gasoline, a movie ticket, or a good stock there is going to be more money created each year chasing these assets in the system.
Well Gold hasn`t had a particularly good start to the year, in fact, a good pairs trade would be going long the S&P 500 and short the Gold market for a nice 12% return in two months.