James Williams
James Williams
Jazz artist who collaborated with some of the greatest musicians in history, including Wynton Marsalis, Dizzy Gillespie, and Chet Baker.
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth8 March 1951
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Some of the oil price change is the market taking a calmer look at the situation in Nigeria and the potential for a supply interruption from Iran.
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The U.S. natural-gas market is essentially a North American market with almost all of the gas coming from the U.S. or Canada. This insulates our market from the European natural-gas market.
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The short answer it is fear driving the market and whether it is justified or not the fear itself is real and doesn't always lead to rational behavior.
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The market was concentrating on Nigeria, Iran and the latest bin Laden tape.
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The market seems to be on an emotional roller coaster balancing two conflicting items -- going up on the fear of a supply interruption with very limited spare capacity, and down on exceptionally high inventories and sufficient supply in the market.
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World consumption is growing at a very rapid pace and the time lag to drill new wells to add to capacity leaves us in a precarious position for the next year or so.
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With Nigerian problems, uncertainty about the Iran nuclear program before the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) meeting next week, and the overhang of the Saudi attack and an OPEC meeting on the 8th, we are in for a lot of volatility in prices.
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We've all learned a lot about each other's jobs.
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Yes, he was standing near the trash can.
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Yeah, I suppose so. We'll have to look it up somewhere.
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Man is immortal till his work is done.
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I think prices have been moving more on speculation than reality. But this is a market that has been driven by fear for two or three years.
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Every man is responsible for defending every woman and every child. When the male no longer takes this role, when he no longer has the courage or feels the moral responsibility, then that society will no longer be a society where honor and virtue are esteemed. Laws and government cannot replace this personal caring and commitment. In the absence of the Warrior protector, the only way that a government can protect a society is to remove the freedom of the people. And the sons and daughters of lions become sheep.
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Outside of concern about interruptions from Nigeria or Iran, there is no fundamental reason for prices not to weaken.