Since OPEC’s historic decision in November of 2014 to leave crude output targets unchanged for member countries, thereby causing the price of oil to slide, many commentators have discussed the future...

OPEC’s Role in Oil Prices. This week we saw just how volatile the oil markets are and how subject to every whim they can be. Towards the beginning of the week,...

Hedge Fund Short Covering Probably Accounts for Recent Rally Crude has rallied a bit over the last two weeks. Hedge funds and other money managers accumulated the equivalent of 374 million...

In By The Numbers for the August 05, 2016, we wrote about an interesting occurrence: a natural gas inventory draw during the middle of summer. As we noted in the August...

Each week, we strive to provide you a bare bones summary of what happened to the price of WTI, Natural Gas, and Brent Crude. In addition, we summarize the major reports...