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Improved Prospects for an Oil Production Agreement Sends Price Higher
April 9, 2020
West Texas Intermediate crude oil rose 3.9%. Optimism is growing that Saudi Arabia and Russia will end their dispute over production cuts. Elsewhere among commodities, the price of gold advanced 1.5% overnight and is above $1,700 per ounce. Markets are gliding into the long Good Friday/Easter holiday. Mexico, New Zealand and Norway were shut this […] More
Civilization Under Strain
October 10, 2017
Catalan is the latest place to see tribal forces running amuck. The separatist leader Carles Puigdemont appears poised to declare complete or perhaps qualified independence from Spain, setting the stage for more violence with Spanish police. The IBEX has declined 0.9%. The dollar is on its heels following holidays Monday in The U.S., Japan, Canada […] More
