Author: Dian Chu

By Dian L. Chu, EconMatters Since Starbucks is the first brand to have 10 million fans on Facebook, here are some news crossed my email inbox that Starbucks fans might find hard to believe....

By Michael Tarsala Oil services stocks are seeing downside earnings revisions and bearish options bets ahead of earnings, and could be in danger of losing their price uptrend, according to a Thomson Reuters technical...

By Dian L. Chu, EconMatters Continuing its downward shift from the week before, crude oil fell sharply on Monday, April 18 after S&P lowered its U.S. credit outlook to negative, and OPEC said...

By Dian L. Chu, EconMatters (A Seeking Alpha exclusive) Crude oil was being pulled up by gold and silver traders the latter part of last week based upon sentiment that governments are printing more money. So, the only defense...

By Dian L. Chu, EconMatters (A Seeking Alpha Exclusive) This is an old Wall Street adage, and if you followed this advice last year you saved your portfolio from all the carnage that took place last year around this time. The...

The following article is originally published in the April 2011 edition of ISM™ (Institute for Supply Management™) eDigest: Chemicals  Energy Commodities Forecasting Establishing an intelligence...

By Bob van der Valk This year is an instant replay of 2008 with the average price of regular gasoline in the US expected to reach $4 per gallon in the next month. Californians have already surpassed that mark and are heading for...

By Dr. Mark J. Perry Basic economic theory tells us that one of the predictable consequences of resources becoming more expensive is that higher prices will stimulate discovery, exploration and greater production on the supply...