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Crude Oil And Gasoline Inventories Decline
Bespoke Investment Group • Wed, Apr 17
Weekly Gasoline Update: 7th Week Of Falling Prices
Doug Short • Tue, Apr 16
Record Market Performance Drives Record ETP Inflows, Assets Under Management In Q1
Deborah Fuhr • Mon, Apr 15 • 1 Comment
Don't Overlook The U.S. Dollar Factor For Oil Prices
James Picerno • Mon, Mar 25 • 4 Comments
Brent Crude And WTI: When The Same Thing Becomes Very Different
Charles Armstrong • Thu, Mar 21 • 36 Comments
Weekly Gasoline Price Update: Down A Penny Or Two
Doug Short • Tue, Mar 19
Oil Vs. Gasoline Prices
Bespoke Investment Group • Mon, Mar 18
26 ETNs May See Premiums And Discounts After Issuance Halted
Tom Lydon • Fri, Mar 15 • 3 Comments
Weekly Gasoline Update: Regular Down A Nickel
Doug Short • Tue, Mar 12
Weekly Gasoline Update: Down $0.02
Doug Short • Tue, Mar 5
Weekly Gasoline Update: Prices Rise Again, But At A Slower Pace
Doug Short • Tue, Feb 26 • 2 Comments
Weekly Gasoline Update: Ouch! Regular Rise $0.14, Premium Now Above $4
Doug Short • Wed, Feb 20 • 3 Comments
Will The January Effect Help ETFs And ETPs Have Another Record Year In 2013?
Deborah Fuhr • Sun, Feb 17
Weekly Gasoline Update: Prices On The Rise
Doug Short • Tue, Jan 29
Weekly Gasoline Update: Regular Unchanged For The 2nd Week
Doug Short • Tue, Jan 15 • 1 Comment
Crude Oil Inventories Surge
Bespoke Investment Group • Wed, Oct 24, 2012 • 10 Comments
Will Iran's Runaway Inflation Spark An Oil Bull Market?
Marin Katusa • Thu, Oct 18, 2012 • 7 Comments
Crude Oil And Gasoline Inventories Rise More Than Expected
Bespoke Investment Group • Thu, Oct 18, 2012 • 5 Comments
Weekly Crude Oil And Gasoline Inventories (10/11/12)
Bespoke Investment Group • Thu, Oct 11, 2012 • 3 Comments
Crude Oil Prices May Decrease Further: $108 In Focus
Dean Popplewell • Thu, Sep 27, 2012

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Crude Oil And Gasoline Inventories Decline
Bespoke Investment Group • Wed, Apr 17
Weekly Gasoline Update: 7th Week Of Falling Prices
Doug Short • Tue, Apr 16
Record Market Performance Drives Record ETP Inflows, Assets Under Management In Q1
Deborah Fuhr • Mon, Apr 15 • 1 Comment
Don't Overlook The U.S. Dollar Factor For Oil Prices
James Picerno • Mon, Mar 25 • 4 Comments
Brent Crude And WTI: When The Same Thing Becomes Very Different
Charles Armstrong • Thu, Mar 21 • 36 Comments
Weekly Gasoline Price Update: Down A Penny Or Two
Doug Short • Tue, Mar 19
Oil Vs. Gasoline Prices
Bespoke Investment Group • Mon, Mar 18
26 ETNs May See Premiums And Discounts After Issuance Halted
Tom Lydon • Fri, Mar 15 • 3 Comments
Weekly Gasoline Update: Regular Down A Nickel
Doug Short • Tue, Mar 12
Weekly Gasoline Update: Down $0.02
Doug Short • Tue, Mar 5
Weekly Gasoline Update: Prices Rise Again, But At A Slower Pace
Doug Short • Tue, Feb 26 • 2 Comments
Weekly Gasoline Update: Ouch! Regular Rise $0.14, Premium Now Above $4
Doug Short • Wed, Feb 20 • 3 Comments
Will The January Effect Help ETFs And ETPs Have Another Record Year In 2013?
Deborah Fuhr • Sun, Feb 17
Weekly Gasoline Update: Prices On The Rise
Doug Short • Tue, Jan 29
Weekly Gasoline Update: Regular Unchanged For The 2nd Week
Doug Short • Tue, Jan 15 • 1 Comment
Crude Oil Inventories Surge
Bespoke Investment Group • Wed, Oct 24, 2012 • 10 Comments
Will Iran's Runaway Inflation Spark An Oil Bull Market?
Marin Katusa • Thu, Oct 18, 2012 • 7 Comments
Crude Oil And Gasoline Inventories Rise More Than Expected
Bespoke Investment Group • Thu, Oct 18, 2012 • 5 Comments
Weekly Crude Oil And Gasoline Inventories (10/11/12)
Bespoke Investment Group • Thu, Oct 11, 2012 • 3 Comments
Crude Oil Prices May Decrease Further: $108 In Focus
Dean Popplewell • Thu, Sep 27, 2012

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at MarketWatch.com (May 2, 2012)
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at MarketWatch.com (Aug 18, 2011)
Lower Oil Prices-Not a Bad Thing!

at CNBC.com (Jun 23, 2011)
U.S. stocks struggling to hold gains

at MarketWatch.com (Jun 17, 2011)

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Tuesday, May 14, 4:50 AM Thanks to U.S. shale oil, demand for OPEC crude will remain largely unchanged over the next five years the IEA says in its semi-annual report. "Output growth from North America dominates the medium-term growth profile," the agency notes. By 2018, U.S. output should reach 11.9M barrels per day, 20% of the projected total of 59.3M barrels per day of non-OPEC supply. 3 Comments [Commodities]
Monday, May 6, 8:31 AM The commodity boom (DBC) is over, writes Morgan Stanley global macro chief Ruchir Sharma, as massive overinvestment - mostly to feed China's voracious demand - comes online just at the time said demand becomes considerably less voracious. Not only are China and emerging markets in general slowing, but the countries are striving to become more efficient (USO) as well. "If historical pattern holds, we are now entering a long period of falling commodity prices, which could last two decades." 2 Comments [Commodities]
Thursday, April 18, 10:32 AM One would expect lower crude inventories to result in higher prices, but that didn't happen yesterday as WTI slid below $87. Walter Kurtz's four possible reasons to explain crude's downside moves: weaker than expected growth in China has sparked a negative sentiment in commodity markets; hedge funds unwinding positions; lower U.S. demand for gasoline; North American production continues to surprise. 2 Comments [Commodities]
Wednesday, April 17, 8:56 AM Following a nearly 3-week period in which DB halted creations for 26 ETNs on which it's the indexer, the bank finally resumed creations on the notes yesterday. The affected notes follow: BDD, BDG, BOM, BOS, BUNL, BUNT, DEFL, DGP, DGZ, DOD, DTO, DZZ, INFL, ITLT, ITLY, JGBD, JGBL, JGBS, JGBT, LBND, OLO, SBND, SZO, UDNT, UUPT, WMW. 1 Comment
Monday, April 15, 11:57 AM It's not as bad as gold, but crude oil is taking a beating too as weaker-than-anticipated economic reports from China deepen demand worries. Goldman Sachs says it has closed its long position in Brent crude with a loss of ~15%, worried prices will come under more pressure as European refining capacity comes back online after routine maintenance. WTI -2.9% to $88.59, Brent -2.6% to $100.45. Comment! [Energy, Global & FX]
Monday, April 15, 6:57 AM S&P 500 (SPY) futures -0.5%, Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) -0.4% as the liquidation in precious metals continues. Other sensitive commodities: WTI crude (USO) -2.5% to $88.76, and copper (JJC) -3.4% to $3.23. 6 Comments [On the Move]
Monday, April 15, 4:49 AM China's GDP miss and disappointing industrial production data are sending global equity markets lower, as well as copper and oil, which is also suffering from the IEA slightly cutting its demand outlook last week. Japan -1.6%, Hong Kong -1.4%, China -1.1%, India +0.6%. EU Stoxx 50 -0.2%, London -1%, Paris -0.8%, Frankfurt -0.8%, Milan -0.2%, Madrid -0.4%. Oil -2.4%, copper -1.5%. 1 Comment [Global & FX, Top Stories, On the Move, Energy]
Thursday, April 11, 10:47 AM Crude futures give back a bit of recent gains after the IEA cuts its outlook for global oil demand growth to 795K bbl/day from a previous 820K bbl/day, reflecting weak demand from industrialized countries and especially Europe, where 2013 consumption is seen at the lowest since the 1980s. Still, political threats to supply and an imminent recovery in refinery operations mean it's "too early to call a bear market." Comment! [Energy, Commodities, Global & FX]
Monday, April 1, 8:57 AM West Texas crude’s discount to Brent prices widened from the narrowest in almost nine months after Exxon Mobil (XOM) shut its 96K bbl/day Pegasus pipeline system due to a leak in Arkansas. Inventories already are high, and the pipeline closure will mean less crude can be transported from the U.S. Midwest, potentially exacerbating a glut of oil coming from Canada to the Midwest. Comment! [Energy, Commodities]
Tuesday, March 26, 5:45 PM An increasing push to substitute natural gas for oil and improvements in fuel economy could lead to the end of growing oil demand much sooner than expected, Citi's Seth Kleinman forecasts. The last decade's structural bull market was a result of surging global oil demand and weak non-OPEC supply growth; the outlook has now reversed, meaning Brent prices are likely to hover at $80-$90/bbl by decade's end. 7 Comments [Energy, Global & FX]
Monday, March 18, 4:01 AM DB announces a halt in new creations on 26 ETNs it is the indexer or issuer on (effective 3/29), meaning the potential for the notes to trade at significant premiums to NAV as redemptions will still be available. DB expects to resume creations by mid-April. The affected notes follow: BDD, BDG, BOM, BOS, BUNL, BUNT, DEFL, DGP, DGZ, DOD, DTO, DZZ, INFL, ITLT, ITLY, JGBD, JGBL, JGBS, JGBT, LBND, OLO, SBND, SZO, UDNT, UUPT, WMW. 2 Comments
Tuesday, March 12, 6:46 PM Surging output from shale oil fields likely will lift U.S. crude output to 7.5M bbl/day by October, topping net imports for the first time since 1996, the EIA says in its Short-Term Energy Outlook. U.S. demand last year fell 400K bbl/day to a 16-year low 18.55M, and EIA expects demand in 2013-14 to barely inch higher, as aggressive conservation and substitution measures have pushed consumption onto a new trajectory. 4 Comments [Energy, Commodities, U.S. Economy]
Tuesday, March 12, 8:18 AM World oil demand is set to grow 800K barrels/day in 2013, says OPEC in its March monthly report. That's unchanged from a previous forecast and the same as 2012. Supplies, however, are on the rise thanks to shale oil, says Compass Global's Andrew Su, cutting his forecast for WTI crude (USO) to $75/barrel. 1 Comment [Commodities]
Monday, March 11, 5:41 PM More on Goldman's buy-the-dip short-term outlook for commodities: Crude oil is attractive because of emerging-market demand, limited OPEC spare capacity and relatively low global inventories. Brent futures should continue to show backwardation, and "substantial pipeline de-bottlenecking" in North America should support WTI prices. Gold is another story: It's a flat-out short, with prices rising before falling. 4 Comments [Commodities, Energy]
Monday, March 11, 11:56 AM U.S. oil stockpiles are up almost 6% YTD and remain well above the five-year average for this time of year, due mostly to a 22% surge in U.S. oil production. Yet crude prices also are historically high, and with coming fixes to pipeline bottlenecks likely to unlock WTI’s value and Brent supply and demand still tight as Iranian crude remains out of the market, it would take a major shock for high prices to end anytime soon. 1 Comment [Energy]
Friday, March 8, 9:43 AM Brent crude oil futures extend losses below $110/bbl and WTI crude slips toward $91 after U.S. payrolls data indicates labor markets are on a path toward sustained job creation. The restart of the North Sea pipeline system, no change in policy from either the Bank of England or ECB, and indications of increased OPEC exports also are keeping a lid on Brent prices. 10 Comments [Energy, Commodities, Global & FX]

joeg1969
$DTO adding this one can fly way way higher!
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$DTO (Crude Oil 2 x Short ETN): Potential Long Setup | by @thewavetrading http://bit.ly/Xa7xHF
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Michael Clark
Momentum in stocks still down. Watch US DOllar. Long DTO, Double Short Oil ETF; Short BMI. http://seekingalpha.com/p/jump
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Justin M. Hall
2/29/12 9:55P ET: I'm also sticking with DTO, DZZ, and ZSL. These trades have more to go. Stay tuned.
2/29/12
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Justin M. Hall: My point: DTO could potentially trade in the $30's this year. Longer-term, I think oil prices could fall dramatically, starting in 2014.
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Justin M. Hall: While I am pro-Israel, I'm not convinced yet that they'll take action this year. Going forward, that's a risk to shorting oil via DTO.
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Justin M. Hall
2/27/12 7:36A ET: In conjunction with the short oil (DTO) theme, we're also initiating positions in DZZ & ZSL at the open.
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ssmith90: blurg! i bid on the market insted of the premarket on DTO. there goes 2% out of the window. oh well still learnin
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Justin M. Hall: SSmith90, sit tight with DTO. You should do just fine. :-)
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Justin M. Hall
2/26/12 4:35A ET: We're planning to Short Oil via DTO on Monday, 2/27/12. This update is a courtesy to my readers at SA.
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Justin M. Hall: Oil fuitures are down and DTO should climb higher. Generally, I don't trade in the pre-mkt session. Waiting for the open.
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Justin M. Hall: DTO should do well.
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Native Texan
Adding to DTO - Several of the pundits I follow seem to think it's going to break down.
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Native Texan
FAZ @ $29.21 (again, gulp!) Still holding TVIX @ $20.88 and DTO @ $38.21
1/25/12
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x oil -field: $UVXY *New 52-Week Low $7.52¢ - $248.70¢ http://bit.ly/WHv8SD http://bit.ly/ZY5yKS http://bit.ly/WUfB3t http://bit.ly/ZQvRT4
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x oil -field: $UVXY *New 52-Week Low $5.80¢ - $248.70¢ http://bit.ly/WHv8SD http://bit.ly/ZY5yKS http://bit.ly/WUfB3t http://bit.ly/ZQvRT4 $CS
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Native Texan
S buy this morning @ $2.14 is working.. TVIX and DTO have tanked.
1/25/12
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vinyal
Wow SCO DTO getting hammered. would not have thought a reversal like that
1/25/12
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mun2000: it is not first time when rally rally after supply increase .burn many times now I think that buy every dip in oil is good
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mun2000: Big mistake should buy when it was 3% down got greedy wait for fed to drop more
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Native Texan
FAZ @ $29.21 (again, gulp!) Still holding TVIX @ $20.88 and DTO @ $38.21
1/25/12
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x oil -field: $UVXY *New 52-Week Low $7.52¢ - $248.70¢ http://bit.ly/WHv8SD http://bit.ly/ZY5yKS http://bit.ly/WUfB3t http://bit.ly/ZQvRT4
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x oil -field: $UVXY *New 52-Week Low $5.80¢ - $248.70¢ http://bit.ly/WHv8SD http://bit.ly/ZY5yKS http://bit.ly/WUfB3t http://bit.ly/ZQvRT4 $CS
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Justin M. Hall
2/29/12 9:55P ET: I'm also sticking with DTO, DZZ, and ZSL. These trades have more to go. Stay tuned.
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Justin M. Hall: My point: DTO could potentially trade in the $30's this year. Longer-term, I think oil prices could fall dramatically, starting in 2014.
3/2/12
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Justin M. Hall: While I am pro-Israel, I'm not convinced yet that they'll take action this year. Going forward, that's a risk to shorting oil via DTO.
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Justin M. Hall
2/27/12 7:36A ET: In conjunction with the short oil (DTO) theme, we're also initiating positions in DZZ & ZSL at the open.
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ssmith90: blurg! i bid on the market insted of the premarket on DTO. there goes 2% out of the window. oh well still learnin
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Justin M. Hall: SSmith90, sit tight with DTO. You should do just fine. :-)
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Justin M. Hall
2/26/12 4:35A ET: We're planning to Short Oil via DTO on Monday, 2/27/12. This update is a courtesy to my readers at SA.
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Justin M. Hall: Oil fuitures are down and DTO should climb higher. Generally, I don't trade in the pre-mkt session. Waiting for the open.
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Justin M. Hall: DTO should do well.
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Native Texan
Adding to DTO - Several of the pundits I follow seem to think it's going to break down.
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vinyal
Wow SCO DTO getting hammered. would not have thought a reversal like that
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mun2000: it is not first time when rally rally after supply increase .burn many times now I think that buy every dip in oil is good
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mun2000: Big mistake should buy when it was 3% down got greedy wait for fed to drop more
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Native Texan
Still holding TVIX and DTO...
1/25/12
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Native Texan
TVIX, DTO -- RHP SOME --- GET SOME!
1/24/12
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Native Texan
Adding to Crude Oil short... using DTO.
1/24/12
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Native Texan
TVIX, FAZ & DTO -- I told you Monday, "Get Some" so, Get some! http://bit.ly/zMUHY5
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Native Texan
Still holding TVIX @$20.88, FAZ @$31.79, DTO @ $38.21. (It's starting to hurt a little).
1/23/12
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Native Texan
I'm going to start adding to shorts today through Wed TVIX, DTO and FAZ. Well, maybe not DTO - Sr Iranian legislators mouthing off again.
1/23/12
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Native Texan
Remember my post from Friday? "DTO, FAZ & TVIX, Get some!!" ... Well, RHP SOME!
1/22/12
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Native Texan
Sure glad that I'm still in TVIX, FAZ and DTO, whoop! Steve Grasso: "I smell a selloff this week, but i've smelled it for awhile now ..."
1/21/12
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Native Texan
TVIX, FAZ & DTO here.. Get some! The Gernerals have arrived! Mount your horses!
1/20/12
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