Oil near $80 as investors build positions - September 13, 2007 14:00

LONDON (Reuters) – Oil edged lower on Thursday, but kept within sight of the previous day’s all-time high above $80, as investors stayed locked into the market for the long haul. Read More…

Surging oil unnerves investors - September 13, 2007 14:00

LONDON (CNNMoney.com) — U.S. stocks are likely to trade lower Thursday, with oil prices hovering near $80 a barrel and the dollar near an all-time low versus the euro. At 4:32 a.m. ET, Nasdaq and S&P futures were lower, with a comparison to fair value Read More…

House price slowdown hits sterling - September 13, 2007 13:38

The pound came under pressure on Thursday, holding close to a four-month low against the euro, after a survey showed showed UK house prices fell for the first time in two years. Read More…

ECB, Paulson see growth threat - September 13, 2007 13:38

ECB, Paulson see growth threat LONDON (Reuters) – A global credit crisis has increased the threat to growth, the European Central Bank said on Thursday, as G7 governments asked for a report on the genesis of the turmoil for next month’s meeting of finance chiefs. Source: feeds.reuters.com Temasek, Italians pull out of LSE race: reports […]

U.K.’s FTSE 100 Falls, Led by Banks, Northern Rock After House Prices Drop - September 13, 2007 13:38

By Sarah Jones Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) — U.K. stocks dropped, paced by Northern Rock Plc, HBOS Plc and Alliance & Leicester Plc after British house prices declined for the first time since 2005. Scottish & Newcastle Plc slid after Merrill Lynch & Co. said Read More…

In surprise move, OPEC agrees to boost crude oil output - September 13, 2007 13:38

In surprise move, OPEC agrees to boost crude oil output VIENNA, Austria (AP) – OPEC sought to reassure jittery oil markets Tuesday by agreeing to boost crude production by 500,000 barrels a day – a move the cartel conceded was prompted partly by ‘clouds on the horizon’ from the U.S. housing slump. The Source: c.moreover.com

Surging oil unnerves investors - September 13, 2007 13:37

LONDON (CNNMoney.com) — U.S. stocks are likely to trade lower Thursday, with oil prices hovering near $80 a barrel and the dollar near an all-time low versus the euro. At 4:32 a.m. ET, Nasdaq and S&P futures were lower, with a comparison to fair value Read More…

The Second Sighting – By the Collection Agency - September 11, 2007 21:38

A recap of the scenario: bubble, easy money, inflation in fiat money supply, inflation in commodities and hard assets, inflation, fear of inflation, rising rates, YC inverting, flattening, rising and inverting again, tightening, withdrawal of liquidity, corrections, crashes, talk of stagflation, FEAR, withdrawal of speculative funds, further corrections and crashes, demand collapse…….Deflation.

OPEC Agrees to Modest Increase in Output - September 11, 2007 21:34

OPEC Agrees to Modest Increase in Output OPEC Agrees to Modest Increase in Output The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed Tuesday to raise crude oil production by 500,000 barrels per day from the current 25.8 million barrels per day. OPEC reached the agreement at a ministerial