Ideas, strategies, and viewpoints on the global energy commodity markets.

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Energy Hedging: The Diversified Portfolio Approach

The concept of portfolio diversification is nothing new to anyone who has ever owned a stock, bond or mutual fund. One only has to "Google" the term and you'll receive about 1.5MM websites that discuss it in some shape or form. As most financial...

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How To Select An Appropriate Energy Hedging Instrument

While many companies know that they need to hedge their exposure to volatile energy prices, many struggle to understand the various hedging...

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Weekend Reading: Oil Supply, Demand & Prices In Pictures

In an attempt to put things a few things in perspective, while noting that it's Friday and most are already enjoying the weekend, we've compiled a...

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Special Update - Crude Oil, Refined Products & Natural Gas

We generally don't provide public "market commentary" but given the events of the past week and their impact on the energy markets, we thought we...

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$85 Oil: An Ideal Hedging Opportunity?

As crude oil and refined products have declined significantly in recent days and weeks, we've received numerous inquires as to whether we think...

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NYMEX Hedging Updates & New Micro Futures

As we noted in our May energy hedging Q&A, the NYMEX (CME) has been working on the transition process whereby the benchmark distillate (disel fuel,...

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Revisiting Dodd-Frank & Energy Hedging

On June 16th the CFTC voted to delay the full implementation of Dodd Frank to "...provide the Commission with the opportunity to reexamine the status...

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Our Thoughts On The IEA Crude Oil Release

While we generally avoid commenting on news and politics, we thought the announcement from the the IEA last Thursday to release 60 million barrels of...

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May Energy Hedging Q&A - Heating Oil, Crude Oil & Gasoil

Without further ado, the following are our answers to your May energy hedging questions. As always, if you would like us to provide more depth or...

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