Jason Schenker
Jason Schenker
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That's a very volatile category. We can't necessarily count on the increase we've seen in that category to continue the rest of the year.
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We're likely to see prices continue to trend upward. The biggest potential to push prices down is going to be an increase in supply, but right now supplies look pretty fixed.
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The stock market is reacting to the strong earnings reports we've seen earlier today. But sooner or later, companies may have to start passing through the increase in energy costs or be hurt by it.
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The month-over-month increase at 0.4 percent was the swiftest rate since January 2005. The implication is that core inflation may be rising.
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If energy price increases do not prove to be a transitory blip, inflationary fears are likely to increase and Fed hikes are likely to continue,
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The gain in distillate was unexpectedly large, which should eventually weigh on the market. Distillate increased because a decline in demand coincided with an increase in imports.
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Truth be told, by the government's own study, this would have a minimal impact on price, decades in the future.
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This warm weather is lowering demand for natural gas and heating oil. What the market does is all in the hands of the weatherman.
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The government's offer of barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has mitigated some of the upward price pressure on crude oil. The problems with gasoline and natural gas may not be helped even if the SPR is tapped. If refineries are offline and can't run the extra oil, it will make no difference.
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We've recently seen a series of minor conflagrations in Nigeria, which are resolved swiftly. The headlines raise awareness in the market but the price rises soon fade.
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With gasoline futures at records a nationwide average of $3 at the pump is likely in the near-term.
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There have been attempts this year to solve the bottleneck in the refinery part of the energy equation. That is still not resolved.
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There is no strategic government reserve of natural gas or refined products, and right now the biggest concerns in the marketplace are for products.
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The real shocker is that there was a build of natural gas at this time of year.