Tim Evans
Tim Evans
climbing crude demand downward high level price reminder revision stocks trouble
The OPEC demand revision is more of a reminder than anything else. Between the high level of crude stocks and the downward revisions to demand, the price should have trouble climbing like it has done this week.
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A Bush status quo results in somewhat higher oil prices both in the short and the longer term in my view,
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Profit-taking was the most widely employed term for what (happened Friday), but we see the potential for this simple turn to develop into a much more substantial decline, as the fundamentals behind the push higher were not all that strong to begin with.
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We've rung the bell at $600 and now we're perhaps ready to consolidate before we consider higher price levels.
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There is a very strong consensus that gold will continue its trend higher this year and that, in itself, is a warning sign.
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The laws of economics still apply and higher prices call forth more supply while dampening demand. The long view of the market's history, filled with booms and busts, is on our side.
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Really, we've had some focus (on oil) since mid-February, when both markets made a significant low, and both markets had a near retest of those lows on Wednesday. Oil is emerging as the focus for the gold market as a surrogate for general commodity inflation. Without that kind of commodity inflation, then gold becomes a less attractive investment.
cash move profits rush
Really, it's just a rush to cash in profits on what was really a spectacular move higher.
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It is a surprising report in just about all respects. But I think it is something that we have to expect in times like these that the data doesn't always fit into a neat little model of what we think ought to be happening.
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It is pretty clear they were attempting to move this oil into a crude oil market where there was already a surplus.
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We're really just trying to achieve a little bit of a balance between follow-through selling after Tuesday's big drop and a little bit of bargain hunting on the other side of the ring, trying to pick a bottom here.
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It's having trouble getting out of its own way. Fundamentally, the CPI data from this morning was really quite mixed.
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There still may be ample opportunity for price chopping off storm updates over the balance of the week, but the market is looking considerably more relaxed today.
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The natural-gas market is on a completely different page now, with profit taking on short positions pushing prices higher, despite what are still impressively bearish prospects. This week will be warmer than last week, limiting the extent to which storage might be drawn down.