Oil Versus Shale

With current pissing contest that is the US versus OPEC I thought it would be interesting to see at what point everyone begins to feel pain.  Knowing everyones pain point is always an interesting thing. Intriguingly finding this data took a little bit of digging through various sources, there is also a little bit of…

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Gold Reserves

I know nothing about gold fundamentals – nor do I want to. However, I had excel open and thought it might be interesting to look at the pattern of gold reserves. And a chart always makes things more interesting….. A few things about this interest me. 1. Australia despite being the second largest gold producer…

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Oil

I have in the recent past been tempted to write something about the fall in the price of crude oil. In part I have hesitated because to me the fall is merely a movement in price as evidenced by the chart below which I referenced in Charts of Interest. However, some of the recent commentary…

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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Around this time of year there is always a bit of chatter regarding a Christmas rally, so instead of relying on myth and hyperbole as most of the financial community do I thought I would fire up excel and have a look. The table below is of the average percentage gain for each month going…

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