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WTI offers 2012 opportunities
In this last column for the year 2011, I would like to pay attention to West Texas Intermediate (... Read full article »
Lumber futures might signal economic upturn
In this edition of my column I would like to put lumber into the spotlight. A commodity like oil... Read full article »
Greek tragedy spreads throughout Europe
Europe is still suffering a severe debt crisis, with Greece playing a leading role. In February,... Read full article »
Baltic Dry Index seen as positive indicator for global markets
Last week, gold surpassed the $1900 barrier as investors feared a recession. The European and... Read full article »
Does the Sugar market offer better opportunities than Oil?
With the oil market being in the doldrums - suffering sideways markets - trending markets like... Read full article »
Crack spread falls after Opec meeting
Wednesday, June 8th, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) decided to keep... Read full article »
Commodities plunge offers trading opportunity
Commodities this week dropped the most in almost two years, on speculation that economic growth... Read full article »
Global nuclear power programmes under scrutiny following Japan incident
The explosions at the nuclear power plant in Fukashima, Japan have unsurprisingly raised... Read full article »
Trading opportunity WTI versus Brent
Oil is oil, right? Well, it seems that it is not that simple. There is a difference between North... Read full article »
Forward freight agreements securing against price movements
A forward freight agreement (FFA) is a financial futures contract which allows parties, like ship... Read full article »
Insurers look to cat bonds
The world's second largest reinsurance company, Swiss Reinsurance, calculated that insured losses... Read full article »
Rare earth metal production reliant on monopoly
Much has been said about gold and other precious metals. Less known, but possibly more important,... Read full article »
The race for biofuels and energy diversification
That oil-producing countries in the Gulf-region are mainly dependent on that production to fuel... Read full article »
Buying opportunity WTI crude oil
On August 10, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the policy-making body for the American... Read full article »
Baltic Dry Index continues losing streak
In my previous column, I pointed out that several (hard) indicators were signaling a possible... Read full article »
