Peter Beutel

Peter Beutel
gasoline lines looking maybe worst
We could be looking at gasoline lines and $4 gas, maybe even $5 gas, if this thing does the worst it could do,
cold home huge increases looking owners price winter
We're going to see huge price increases, particularly for Midwestern home owners this winter; and if it's a cold winter they will be really hurting. They are already looking at price increases of 40 to 80 percent.
bond closely couple looking normally says speech traders
We'll be looking at it (Greenspan's speech) a lot more closely than we normally do, but I don't know if we'd ever look at it the same bond traders do. To them everything he says is gospel. It's only once every couple of years we even know what he's saying.
higher looking prices year
We are looking at prices dramatically higher than a year ago in some cases.
happened happens higher human looking market nervous reasons time worst year
We don't know how much of the refinery is down or for how long. But not to negate the human tragedy, it happened at the worst time of the year seasonally. And it happens at a time the market is nervous and looking for reasons to go higher anyway.
fact further gear ignored kicked proof
The very fact that it was ignored is further proof that we are now in a bearish market. We feel that we may have kicked into a new gear on the downside.
ask increase traders
There's some apprehension about the report. If we don't see an increase in distillate inventories, traders are going to ask when we will before winter.
ask increase traders
There's some apprehension about the report, ... If we don't see an increase in distillate inventories, traders are going to ask when we will before winter.
acting fact fallen prices seem telling
Prices to me seem to be sick. I don't know if it's something to do with the economy. The fact that they're acting so sick, that they've fallen down and they can't get up is telling me that it may be something structural.
beyond difficulty either moving prices range seem trading
Prices seem to be in a trading range between $57 and $64. They are having difficulty moving beyond either of those borders.
energy major prices recession time triple
Every time energy prices triple we have a major recession in 1½ to 2 years.
afternoon anyone exactly friday goes gulf katrina likelihood looks market people point short talking
At this point it looks like $70 is squarely in the market's sights, and people are talking about it as a done deal, ... The likelihood is that if Katrina goes into the Gulf and we don't know exactly where it will make landfall, anyone short in this market Friday afternoon will panic.
meet position spare unit vital
We're already in the position where every refinery unit is vital just to meet demand. We don't have any spare capacity. That's what it makes it so critical.
consumers defies hard laws point start
It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. It's hard to tell at what point consumers will start to balk. It defies the laws of economics.