Posts Tagged ‘ price of oil ’
When you have a lot of problems you also have a lot of opportunity. I want to start with some wise words from John Templeton. Templeton actually died a few weeks ago at the age of 95. His is a great story.
Born and raised in rural Tennessee, Sir John was ...read more
Fuel Efficient Airlines
Jul 22nd, 2008 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Commodities, Emerging Markets, Oil
In investing, the prospect of crisis has always been a sort of summons for me. It’s like when I was a little boy and the ice cream truck’s jingle sent me running for loose change on a hot summer day. These days, I’m just trying to get at goodies of ...read more
Oil Speculation
Jul 8th, 2008 | By Byron King | Category: Oil
With the price of oil doubling in the past year, there are more fingers being pointed than solutions being offered. Unfortunately, one of the biggest “culprits” garnering much of the blame has been the oil speculators. Congress has decided to make them the scapegoat for our energy concerns, and unfortunately ...read more
Rising Oil Prices
May 20th, 2008 | By Chris Mayer | Category: Currencies, Gold, Oil
Has oil hit its peak price or not? The answer to that question leads us to ask whether or not commodities are a bubble about to burst. Barron’s recent cover story on commodities came down on the side that the party was over.
I believe the charts I have in this ...read more
The Carbon Kool-Aid and the Catch-22
Jan 11th, 2008 | By Jim Amrhein | Category: Oil
AS YOU ALL KNOW BY NOW, ON THE FIRST BUSINESS DAY of what’s looking to be a shaky year economically for the U.S., oil futures hit the dreaded $100-per-barrel mark, like just about everyone had been predicting. I’m far from a genius for having seen that one coming…
I seem to ...read more
Oil, Gold, Batman and Leo Tolstoy
Nov 15th, 2007 | By Byron King | Category: Gold, Oil
OKAY, READERS, LET’S TAKE A LOOK at what’s going on. The price of oil is nearing $100 per barrel and will probably break through that level any second now. The price of gold is nearing $825 per ounce. That should go higher. So this is what we know. Not pretty, ...read more
Living in the Material-Energy World
Sep 6th, 2007 | By Byron King | Category: Oil
I hope that your summer moved along nicely, dear Whiskey readers. As many of you already know, I was out at the Agora Financial Investment Symposium in Vancouver back in July, where I met and enjoyed your company. To all of you who made the trek to British Columbia, thank ...read more
