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4 comments Tuesday 05 May 2009 | Posted By Patrick | Predictions

Looking at morning numbers briefly this morning before an interview on WOOD AM1300, I think I might have to announce that I’m expecting a price hike soon to $2.19! A quick look at closing prices on the market from late last week and yesterday:Thursday close $1.42Friday close $1.47Monday close $1.54 As you can see, wholesale [...]

5 comments Tuesday 21 Apr 2009 | Posted By Patrick | Predictions

Let me just say how surprised I am that Speedway raised prices today. I think everyone should be able to see how out-of-line this price hike was as it stunned many. Wholesale gasoline prices closed down a good amount yesterday, so why did Speedway raise prices? Good question. And while we’re on the topic, Speedway [...]

4 comments Tuesday 21 Apr 2009 | Posted By Patrick | Announcements, Predictions

First off, this isn’t a prediction or warning Just wanted to let our faithful readers know that in addition to starting to use Twitter, I also started a new page on TheGasGame.com. “Today in Oil” will be updated every evening with current gasoline and oil spot prices, as well as news and comments from yours [...]

2 comments Friday 13 Mar 2009 | Posted By Patrick | Predictions

…but please lower your prices until you need to buy that more expensive gasoline! Folks- that Chicago discount is drying up fast as the Winter blended fuel (RVP 11.5) is sold at an alarming rate. Summer gasoline that pollutes less but costs more to produce is starting to be produced (RVP 9.0) and will slowly [...]

0 comments Friday 06 Mar 2009 | Posted By Ed Aboufadel | Commentary

Comment on the February 25 prediction:  It was easy to parrot the other predictions last week, but the prediction was CORRECT and that hike did not go over $2.  The next day, though, we went to $1.99, and then yesterday it was $2.05.  As Speedway posted prices over $2 before under $1, my December 11, [...]

1 comment Wednesday 04 Mar 2009 | Posted By Patrick | Predictions

Not very solid on this folks, maybe 50/50, but I think we’re awfully close to a “price restoration” in Speedway States to maybe $1.999. Like I said, I don’t feel as confident on calling this hike as I have on others, but I think that some stations dropped prices following the markets closing price on [...]