Taking a voyage across the world of energy with ClipperData’s Director of Commodity Research. Follow on Twitter @ClipperData, @mattvsmith01
Ok folks, here are five factors to consider on this first Friday in October: 1) It is Nonfarm Friday, and official US employment data has…
Eighty-seven years to the day after Duke Ellington recorded ‘The Mooche’, and China is mooching off for a five-day holiday after delivering some better-than-expected manufacturing…
And there is an exciting day in store on this final day of Q3, with all manner of information to digest. Japan kicked things off…
Despite dark clouds hanging over the commodity complex, crude prices are rebounding thus far after yesterday’s clobbering. We have had quite the data deluge overnight,…
While it is a quiet start to the week on the economic data front, the crude complex is having a boisterous beginning. Oil is charging…
We have now tumbled into fall, although you wouldn’t know it by looking at the weather forecast. As NOAA’s 8-14 day outlook illustrates, we are…
After a quiet first few days of the week on the data front, Wednesday has roared in like a lion, bringing preliminary global manufacturing numbers…
Forty-six years to the day after Willie Mays hit his 600th home run, and the crude complex is striking out after yesterday’s winning performance; crude…
Despite a quiet start to the week on the economic data front – while Japan is closed for three days due to national holidays –…
With a lack of overnight economic data to consume, we are left to reflect on yesterday’s Federal Reserve decision to keep interest rates at 0.25%.…
Seventy-six years to the day after Ol’ Blue Eyes recorded ‘All or Nothing At All‘, and the Federal Reserve finds itself in a similar predicament.…
As we approach the first potential interest rate hike of the cycle on Thursday (get ‘er done), here is an annotated chart of the S&P500,…
Crude prices are ripping higher today thus far, egged on by a surprise draw from last night’s API report. A 3.1 million barrel draw was…
One and a quarter centuries to the day after the birth of Agatha Christie, and markets remain shrouded in mystery ahead of Thursday’s potential US…
Thirty-seven years to the day after Mork and Mindy first appeared on our TV screens, and markets this week are set to be out of…
The crude complex is charging lower into the weekend despite some bullish signals from the monthly IEA Oil Market Report (some might say today’s drop…
Not only is today a glorious day for Arnold Palmer as he celebrates his 86th birthday, but it is also a red letter day for…
Amid a holiday-dappled week, we barrel in to Wednesday without the presence of the weekly oil inventory report; we will have to wait until tomorrow…
As the US returns to work after a long weekend, it is under the influence of various overnight releases from Europe and Asia. Brent crude…
‘Clack! cla-cla clack-clack clack-clack CLACK!!’ (today’s fanfare for Nonfarm Friday was played on football helmets to celebrate the start of college football season). It is…