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4 comments Tuesday 01 Dec 2009 | Posted By Bill Eby | Commentary

Recently there was an article and news story on WCPO in Cincinnati about Speedway. In it they said a lot of things TheGasGame readers would already know, plus something I found interesting at first, and one outright falsehood.
They come right out of the gate letting us know Speedway’s secret: Real estate.
“We wanted [...]

0 comments Monday 02 Nov 2009 | Posted By Bill Eby | Predictions

The Spike Line is a new feature here at TheGasGame.com. Here we will use the Chicago Spot price of gasoline as a basis to determine a “Spike Line”. When you see the Spike Line deviation close to zero or in the negative, the likelihood of a spike is greater. More information on [...]

0 comments Wednesday 21 Oct 2009 | Posted By Bill Eby | Predictions

Chicago Spot: $2.11 UP 0.0616
Fair price adjustment: 0.7948
Fair Price: 2.7662
Average selling price 2.7150
Margin over cost + profit: -0.0512
We are in dangerous territory. The commodities market is up yet again, this time on a weak dollar. Fair price is at break even, which can mean a spike is close at hand. But, we have already had a [...]

1 comment Thursday 15 Oct 2009 | Posted By Bill Eby | Predictions

I meant to post this last night, but I got called away for diaper duty, and then bedtime. My apologies.
There was no DOE report yesterday because of the Columbus Day holiday. So will Speedway treat today as a Thursday or a Wednesday? If it is a Wednesday, they may wait for the DOE report [...]

4 comments Wednesday 30 Sep 2009 | Posted By Bill Eby | Commentary

Recently I came upon an article that stated Speedway was ranked the number one gas brand for the fifth quarter in a row. It is a part of a multi-brand survey put out by Harris Interactive as the EquiTrend Brand Survey.
In the survey they ask people about different brands in different categories like favorite [...]

2 comments Monday 07 Sep 2009 | Posted By Ed Aboufadel | Predictions

Comment on the August 18 prediction: Prices rose on August 20 to $2.59, so the prediction was CORRECT.
Monday, September 7, 2009, 6:00 PM: The past two weeks have been very busy for me, but gas prices have been tame, except for the unusual price adjustment a week ago, where Speedway and others raised [...]