Merrill over Matter

From Platts (2009 September 29) , quoting Verleger: "Verleger points to a weakening 3:2:1 crack spread on the NYMEX, which settled ...

Why is this version 2.5? Because we should have learned.  This one is brought to you with the usual actors only this time they are sitting i...

Long term interest rates in the form of the etf TLT (20+ year U.S. Treasury bonds) is at an interesting jucture. As you can see from these c...

In the 'before time' if you had a pulse you could get credit. Those easy times are long gone and bankers seem to have dusted off the...

Sometimes it is what doesn't happen that can make news. While todays action in the oil market is due to rising fuel inventories [zerohed...

Philip Verleger has some interesting things to say on why we had a spike in oil prices last year and when it could possibly happen again. ...

Data published yesterday shows the continued retrenchment of the U.S. consumer. I extended the graph's time period so you can see the la...