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Banks see second quarter revenue dip from commodities
Pinning down the financial performance of energy commodity trading at top financial institutions is complicated by the manner in which banks segment their operations and lump together certain revenue...
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Paper and barrels, pushing and pulling oil prices: Petrodollars
It’s an old debate: Is it fundamentals or trading that primarily drive oil prices? As John Kingston, previously of Platts and now president of the McGraw Hill Financial Global Institute, explains in...
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Data downpour to reveal all in EU gas and power markets
EU energy regulators are about to find out what really goes on in the wholesale gas and electricity markets, as a new trade reporting obligation starts on October 7. This is a huge step toward more...
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Don’t lose your head over bad times — the oil markets will sort everything out
Back in the day six weeks ago, I used to tell this joke when I was explaining how Platts was sending me on the road for the rest of the year to get the pulse of the oil markets. I hate to travel, and I...
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Look to Mexico for some of the best oil market story lines through 2020
“Reform” is one of those words that means anything you want it to mean. It’s been deployed in so many political fights, it has really lost its meaning in most contexts. I suppose some people still say...
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Rainy days and airlines — there’s probably a song here
Jet fuel may be half the price it was a year ago, but airlines used to so many sad-song years aren’t taking anything for granted. Just look at the semi-annual jet fuel forum held in always-sunny Cancun...
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Dollar Tree, Dollar General, King Dollar … and now, Dollar Diesel in the US
Big-time refined product traders are now shopping at the dollar store for their diesel. Platts assessed the spot market of benchmark US Gulf Coast ultra low sulfur diesel at exactly $1/gal on...
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Against the grain: Agriculture grapples with price pressures
The gathering storm swirling around commodity markets augers of troubled times ahead. For agriculture, beset by the common concerns of currency fears, counterparty risk, an increased regulatory...
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Where’s the silver lining? Metals market airs concerns over global benchmark...
Regulation. Regulation. Regulation. Once again it is being blamed for the London Bullion Market Association Silver Price — operated and administrated by CME Group and Thomson/Reuters — settling around...
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The Disunited Kingdom and what it could mean for commodities
The United Kingdom’s In/Out referendum on continued membership of the European Union on June 23 may serve as a welcome distraction from the interminable circus of a campaign that precedes every US...
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