ICE Middle East Sour Crude Oil

In my previous columns, when I discussed 'the oil market' I referred to the benchmarks of the... Read full article »
Middle East: Monday, August 10 - 2009 at 15:38

Balancing gold and oil: Part 2

At the beginning of March, I discussed the interesting price development of gold versus oil. At... Read full article »
Middle East: Tuesday, July 14 - 2009 at 16:12

Copper: One of the world's oldest commodities

Recently I wrote a column about copper and the developments in its pricing. In this column I... Read full article »
Monday, June 01 - 2009 at 14:38

Natural Gas shows recovery

As stated in my previous columns, more and more signs show an improving world economy. It was not... Read full article »
Middle East: Tuesday, May 12 - 2009 at 12:31

Is copper showing the downturn may be over?

Strong gains since the beginning of this year in industrial commodities could be indicative of... Read full article »
Middle East: Monday, April 27 - 2009 at 12:18

Energy market liberalisation and pricing

Because of the liberalisation, energy markets are more volatile than ever. Which factors... Read full article »
Middle East: Thursday, April 02 - 2009 at 12:31

Balancing gold and oil

Recently gold hit the $1,000 barrier, but retreated again towards a level of $900. In the... Read full article »
Middle East: Sunday, March 08 - 2009 at 16:56

Baltic Dry Index: Signs of economic recovery?

World stock markets are still being hit by bad macro economic figures. Recently, US monthly... Read full article »
Middle East: Wednesday, February 18 - 2009 at 10:59

Oil in contango

At the futures market, oil futures are priced in contango. This means that a futures contract set... Read full article »
Middle East: Tuesday, January 20 - 2009 at 15:46

US dollar strength keeps Euro pair even

The euro/us dollar-pair has been fluctuating wildly since the end of October, edging between $1.... Read full article »
Monday, December 15 - 2008 at 15:11

Standard deviation is key to predicting price volatility

Prices move up and down; all the time. Sometimes a little, but every now and then by large... Read full article »
Wednesday, December 03 - 2008 at 12:10

Capitalising on freight derivatives

Populations move to cities, urbanisation takes over from rural distribution, roads get extremely... Read full article »
Wednesday, November 19 - 2008 at 16:13

Credit crisis hurts commodity markets

The global sell-off not only hits stock markets, but also commodities. Two weeks ago, the Dubai... Read full article »
Sunday, October 26 - 2008 at 09:53
Goldman Sachs analysts predict that crude oil presents a compelling buying opportunity

Investing in oil with ETF-options

The credit crisis has continued to deepen recently causing many financial institution casualties... Read full article »
Tuesday, October 14 - 2008 at 12:05

Electronic Traded Funds offer derivatives alternative

Commodities, ranging from oil to silver, face a brutal sell-off from the all time record values... Read full article »
Tuesday, September 02 - 2008 at 12:56