both crude oil and the d j utilities index are breaking down today what does this mean?
100531
It doesn't mean anything, it's just the natural fluctuation of the markets.
798507
Not quite. Leading indicators are obviously the trends and possibilities which will lead to the greatest result/impact in shareholder confidence and hence the share price (ie oil price for a oil mining company). So the indicator (oil price fall) would lead to increased CPI and then flow on the entire economy. Whereas the composite index of leading indicators refers to the general economic conditions on the economy. (so the oil price's effects on the entire economy (which is made up of individual companies and their share price).)\nSo they are related, but not the same.
342689
its a joke. they should have portest for the high gas prices. shell and the others are having record 30 billion + profits.
1156475
Nothing to do with it....... they've been dropping a bit all over the place the last few weeks (or in the case of one or two of my UK stocks plummeting)...... I think it's a mix of the US dollar heading down in value, certain members of financial officialdom doing / saying the wrong things + I've noticed alot of Dividend payments cropping up on my SHAREBUILDER statements lately (already had 4 of them over Monday & Tuesday).
436046
It has a lot to do with the run up to the Iran conflict, loss of output from Iraq and the growing needs of developing countries (China & India) for petroleum.  What's really amazing is the the disinterest in the United States for alternative energy and the oil industry's continued collusion with automakers and government to keep us from using that technology.  Greed, power and stupidity sums it up nicely.
546009
It's all deregulation and Capitalism at it's finest. The oil companies are realigning into monopoly's again. This is a crime to fair competition; because there is no competition. This always happens with a majority Republican rule, it's their view on politics. There is no trickle down theory with forced inflation's on Americans.
750101
Specific sectors will benefit from coming policy changes and adjusted priorities.  A few sectors will suffer.\n \nBig pharma stocks have fallen with the sure knowledge that Democrats will push through provisions that permit medicare and other federal programs to negotiate lower prices for drugs and encourage the re-importation of drugs from Canada.  Sectors involved in alternative fuels will surly get a bump with the solid support for energy independence.  The old energy sector -- Exxon for one -- will take a hit with the certainty that obscene profits will be taxed as windfall profits and some of the Cheney energy policy advantages for big oil will be reversed.  \n\n(These are the prognostications from one who has lost plenty in the stock market.)
126698
Its always a good idea to have oil and energy stocks in your portfolio.  Its best as an asset allocation.  It just depends on the percentage you should put in your portfolio.  I wouldnt put any more than 5-10 percent in it.  I dont think now is a good time to have a large percentage of oil in your portfolio.  Oil is a business of boom and bust cycles.  And I think we are about at the end of this boom part of the cycle.  Inventories are going up and drilling is still pretty strong.  I think oil will drop significantly in the next few months.  The only thing thats holding it up now I believe is politics, and this business with Iran.  Once that's over with I think the price of oil will go down.  Although the US doesnt get any oil from Iran right now.
1179129
You can read Greg Palast's new book Armed Madhouse to see why it is not a crisis at all as much as it is a price regulation situation geared at making massive profits (such as the ones Exxon-Mobil just made, never peaked that high in the history of the world before).  Is that the peak you were talking about?  The profit peak. \n\nIn that case we should tell more and more people to read Greg Palast's new book Armed Madhouse.  It will blow your mind.
275993
CL #F  \n\nSweet crude oil is traded on the commodities market.
1168910
There is definitely a crisis. Energy demand continues to rise much faster than supply can compensate and to top it all off we are quickly approaching the limit of all cheaply available petroleum.
1072226
Yes - the oil companies are gouging - look at the record profits\n\nThe best way to deal with it is by switching to other fuels and reducing our use\n\nPrice is all supply and demand - If the demand is reduced the price will drop\n\nI changed my habits to drop half my mileage driven in a week and am still getting everything done - just fewer trips\n\nall of us together would make a major difference
1179791
I'm not being awkward but the answer is easy.\n\nThe oil companies are developing the replacement.  They have far too much to lose to not cover their future.\nWould you want to explain to the shareholders?  Oh dear we've run out of oil, that's your lot & no more money.\n\nThey're busy working away at it & it's anybodies guess right now what that alternative might be.\nAny takers?
317663
its mere speculation, \n\nthere is just no economics in the way oil prices are moving..there is no supply problem as of now..but still u can see this surge//\n\nthe prices are news based and manipulated, another interesting observation is that since US plan on IRAN is now more real and around the corner..u knw wat i mean..
782605
You said it,,Crash or Bust:)\n\nCrash is most common term.\n\n"Bottomed Out" more refers to Technical Support,,\nor Seasonal/Cyclical bottom(low side of the price charts' wave)\n\nEver look at a Long Term Chart on Dow Jones Industrial Averages,,Nasdaq Composite,Standard & Poor 500 Index?\n\nAnd see The "Crashes" everyone moans about?\n\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=my&s=%5EDJI&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=%5Eixic+%5EGSPC\n\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=my&s=%5EDJI&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=\n\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=my&l=on&z=m&q=l&p=&a=&c=&s=%5Eixic\n\nhttp://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=my&l=on&z=m&q=l&p=&a=&c=&s=%5Espx\n\n...................................\nThe Top Line is Price/Valuation as an Average.\nThe Lower one is Share Volume/Activity,,,how many shares trade each day\n\nYou can see the beginning of Hi-Tech,\nand The Internet,\nand Online Trading.\n\nOne interesting thing to note is after the Correction,,\n"CRASH" \nof 2002  how the Trading Volume maintained the Volume Levels that grew over the previous decade.\n\nAlso interesting to place a straight-edge from beginning low point,,,to Current level.
367607
www.oilnergy.com has great historical info and graphs on oil and energy prices. On their main page click on the graphs button next to the "WTI posted ($/BBL)" line. THe menu accros the top includes a graph of oil going back to 1920. http://www.oilnergy.com/1opost.htm#since20
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Try Reading the END OF OIL by Paul Roberts.\nIt'll run out a darn-sight sooner than we thought!\nOIL companies have/did lie about the amount of oil they have left.\nThe oil that is being pumped now has 2 go thru more refining than ever B4 & is down 2 the amount of Sea water they pump in 2 the fields.\nEverytime a alternative 2 oil is investigated the Oil companies surpress the data.  They R not going 2 give up on oil until every last drop has been extracted & no-one can predict exactly what affect this will have on the Planet. I'm sure that any warnings would proberly supressed by the oil companies 2.