Author: Dian Chu

By Dr. Mark J. Perry The chart below is from a Bloomberg article and shows that “Most of the world’s oil is produced in states that are undemocratic. The U.S., Canada and Norway are the exceptions.” The...

By EconMatters (A Seeking Alpha exclusive) In notes published Monday, May 23, Goldman, reversing its commodity bear call just six weeks ago, boosted its year-end target for Brent by 20% to $120 per barrel from $105 and its 2012...

By EconMatters Public Relation people at Goldman Sachs can not be too happy about this. Fadel Gheit, a financial and oil and gas industry veteran dating back to the Mobil era, went on record and called the Big...

By Mark Provost Christina Romer, former member of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors, accuses the administration of “shamefully ignoring” the unemployed. Paul Krugman echoes her concerns, observing...

By Bob van der Valk The gated community of Rancho Santa Fe has not seen so much excitement since Michael Blevins, owner of now defunct diet pill maker Metabolife, was the center of attention after being accused of federal...

By Kurt Cobb Only two years ago Chesapeake Energy Corp. president Aubrey McClendon was telling us about the limitless future of natural gas in North America. It was going to free us from foreign oil by allowing us to convert our...

By Bob van der Valk The market bounced back from steep lows last Friday putting crude oil prices back on track up to the $100 a barrel mark . Crude oil managed a strong rebound even as the US dollar showed strength. June WTI...

By Prieur du Plessis The world is headed for an economic slowdown, according to the Economic Cycle Research Institute’s (ECRI) Long Leading Index of global industrial growth. Lakshman Achuthan, founder and managing...