Jason Schenker
Jason Schenker
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In the short run, people's consumption is essentially fixed for gasoline. The biggest evidence of this is despite the fact we've got prices at $3, $4 or $5 a gallon, we've got consumers lining up to pay for it.
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The Iranian situation appears to be getting worse.
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The bigger question is does OPEC have excess capacity that it can tap into in the longer-term, ... It appears they're unlikely to raise their quotas, and that's not going to assuage market concerns about their capacity.
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Such a strong report by a financial institution has to help others in the same sector. Rates have been rising but gradually, which gives some banks opportunity to adjust.
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The gain in distillate was unexpectedly large, which should eventually weigh on the market. Distillate increased because a decline in demand coincided with an increase in imports.
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A further deterioration of the situation in Nigeria, or escalation of nuclear brinkmanship with the Iranians, could push the (New York) price of crude further to 70 dollars.
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I look at the futures curves, and they're shifting up; we're looking at, a year from now, the price being $40 a barrel. Oil won't be at $30 any more -- that's gone.
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Regardless of how large the draws are expected to be, especially in gasoline, seeing the actual numbers will be a shock.
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Prices went a lot higher than most of us expected a year ago. The factors that caused prices to surge aren't likely to go away next year. The volatility of the market may even increase.
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Energy shares took a hit today as crude prices eased. The drag in energy shares, combined with end-of-year low volume, is bringing volatility to the stock markets.
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OPEC's statements and quota decision announced at the beginning of next week could exert a somewhat bearish impact on prices.
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OPEC is likely to be a critical event next week. A cut in production, however, seems quite unlikely despite slower fourth-quarter U.S. GDP growth out today and a well-supplied market. The specter of oil supply disruption haunts energy markets.
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Concerns about the economy have tipped the 10-year down. Obviously if rates rise, we should see some slowing, but we don't anticipate any type of collapse by any means.
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You've got (U.S.) supplies coming from a lot of places: more imports, more refinery capacity and more production from the Gulf of Mexico, and that's pulling down prices in the short term.