Category Archives: Strategic Affairs

Can Big Oil Balance Shareholder Interest against National Interest?

Posted on July 7, 2008 by BMWFan

Earlier this week I had written an article reviewing the proposal to increase the tax Big Oil companies pay on their profits, if they do not invest in alternative and cleaner energy resources. This article dwells further into that issue, … Continue reading →

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Crude Oil: Congress Acts, Iran Hoards, RTX Soars

Posted on May 16, 2008 by BMWFan

The spike in the price of crude in May is having the anticipated effect of arousing the Congress in this election year. Earlier this week, Congress passed a bill with veto-proof margins to suspend intakes into the Strategic Petroleum Reserves … Continue reading →

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The New Peak Oil: Peak Demand

Posted on May 15, 2008 by BMWFan

Crude Oil rallied to a new intra-day high of $126.98 today, before pulling back to close the session close to $126/barrel. The trigger for the rally was a International Energy Agency report that the stockpiles of distillates in Europe were … Continue reading →

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Speculation: Stocks versus Commodities

Posted on May 9, 2008 by BMWFan

Oil surged above $126 today. Speculators are buying options on oil reaching even $150 in the next two weeks. The speculative fervor was fanned by a Goldman Sachs report that oil might spike to $150 or even $200 in the … Continue reading →

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Crude Oil: Free Markets meets Cartel

Posted on May 9, 2008 by BMWFan

Oil prices reached an all time high, reaching an intra-day high of $123.79 today. The weekly IEA report showed that crude oil and gasoline inventories had gone up significantly more than predicted. The crude oil inventory was up 5.65 million … Continue reading →

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Lower Interest Rates and Inflation in the US: Is the connection overblown?

Posted on March 1, 2008 by BMWFan

The air-waves are full of talk about recession, inflation and stagflation. Longer term interest rates are increasing while the Fed continues to cut the Fed Funds Rate, to bring short term rates down. high quality cytotec A number of observers … Continue reading →

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The second assasin might still be alive!

Posted on January 1, 2008 by BMWFan

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The Grand Unified Theory …

Posted on December 30, 2007 by BMWFan

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The Bhutto Mess

Posted on December 29, 2007 by BMWFan

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