Trading Markets

Oil Squabble

Oil gapped open and is continuing higher, rallying outof a (Cooper) 1-2-3-4 PullbackOff Highs setup to a new contract high on the ongoing concern about tensionsin the Persian Gulf. Iraq said Kuwait is stealing its oil in adispute over oil beneath the Iraq-Kuwait border. At stake are as many as 300

Battle Cry

Energy contracts rallied
for a second session on accusations

Looking Abroad

ETFs looked overseas as money flowed cautiosly into foreign funds.

Energetic

Energy and utilities ruled the roost Friday, training the
attention of money

Saber Rattling

Iraq flew planes over Kuwait in violation of a UN-imposedno-fly zone and accused its southern neighbor of extracting oil from aborder region that Iraq claims as its own. Crude oil is rallying out of aCooper 1-2-3-4 Pullback From Highssetup and is trading above $35 a barrel again. From the Momentu

Nothin’ But Net

As if presaging how Americans will be spending their time now that summer
has drawn to an end,

ECB Says Enough

The European Central Bank said it would step intointernational currency markets to stem the fall of the fledgling euro, the firsttime the body has intervened to contain the slide of the Europes singlecurrency.Euro FX
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Cookin’ With Gas

The threat of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and an
underestimation of national storage

Terra Incognito

Hot weather in the West, a structurally changed supply and demand equation, anddoubt that the economic fundamentals are improving are factors pushing natural gas
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PowerRating)to the highest level since the inception