Archive for the Tag 'contracts'

Dow rises 900 points, gasoline rises as well.. hike soon!

As of late, oil and gasoline have been virtually tied to the Dow as we look to economic woes as reasons to sell-off gasoline and oil contracts. With the Dow finally putting together a noteworthy rally, gasoline and oil both surged.
With a gain in wholesale prices along with much tighter Midwest supplies, we can expect [...]

Are Oil Prices Rigged?

You know that part of the intellectual basis for The Gas Game is to use energy prices on future markets to approximate wholesale prices and then try to predict what is going to happen to retail prices. Following the futures markets have always made me wonder if they are manipulated, or perhaps the better word [...]

West Michigan’s higher prices justified, the pain will continue…

First off: Read this post thoroughly if you want to find out WHY prices are justified.
A brief thank you to Tom Kloza for taking the time out of his day (Publisher @ OPIS) to respond to a few questions I had.
I now understand and can say that I know why Grand Rapids (and all of [...]

Math/Stats/Data

This page is filled with great information on the math behind gasoline prices, the stats of hikes, days they are most likely to occur, and the data behind why prices rise and fall. This information is about as raw as it gets, meaning it is hard to understand for some who haven’t looked at it [...]

Uncovering good news from the Gulf

Many Americans can breathe a sigh of relief as workers slowly return to the Gulf to survery storm damage today. As of Wednesday morning, I have yet to hear of major damage to any facility that processes oil or natural gas. That has led to a large oil sell-off the last few days, with crude [...]

Gasoline and oil nosedive- Dolly to miss rigs and refineries

With news from major forecasting firms that project Dolly to miss major Gulf rigs and refineries, traders are busy selling off their contracts for gasoline and oil.
As you can see on the ticker on the left, gasoline is down nearly 10-cents/gal and oil is down over $4/bbl.
Hopefully this continues, and MAYBE we can see $3.89 [...]

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