Sep 9 – After this week's market wrap-up, Robin Griffiths out of the UK joins us to discuss the technical outlook for the market and to provide an update on his Adaptive Asset Allocation model for highest ranking sectors and regions of the globe...
Mar 11 – In today's Big Picture segment, Jim Puplava explains the perfect storm of events all colliding simultaneously and in the coming months when it comes to energy, inflation, growing food shortages and war. First, we speak with Frank Barbera...
Aug 13 – US stocks ended roughly flat this week though a small gain for the Dow and S&P 500 was just enough to push both indices to new record highs. On today's Financial Sense Newshour podcast, we speak with Bruce Fraser and energy expert Robert Rapier...
Dec 4 – After this week's market wrap-up, Financial Sense Newshour gets an update from technician Tom McClellan to discuss the stock market, the big energy trade he's predicting for 2021, and more. Next, we speak with Robert Rapier on...
Jun 19 – Ryan Puplava tells listeners what moved markets this week. Bloomberg's Gina Martin Adams says the market is entering a new phase and Robert Rapier takes listeners on a deep dive into oil. Cris and Jim are back with the Big Picture...
Apr 3 – Pessimism returned to markets this week as economic shocks from the coronavirus continued to mount. Dave Nicoski discusses the return of a stock picker's market and Robert Rapier explains the perfect energy storm building...
Jan 24 – After this week’s market wrap-up, Chief Market Strategist at Stockcharts.com David Keller discusses the magnitude of the rotation into defensive sectors this week, especially gold and bonds. Then, Robert Rapier gives his big predictions on energy...
Nov 8 – Ryan Puplava gives this week's market wrap-up and explains the drivers behind another push to new record highs. Next, Richard Dickson at Lowry Research provides a technical update on the market and, lastly, Robert Rapier discusses oil...
Aug 30 – Ryan Puplava gives this week's market wrap, John Kosar covers technical breakdowns in important industry groups and the global economic slowdown. Then Robert Rapier discusses the ethanol industry's dependence on the U.S. government...
Jun 21– Ryan Puplava starts things off and shares what moved the markets this week. Dave Nicoski of Vermillion Technical Research analyzes the break out in gold and currency wars he sees headed our way. Robert Rapier says there’s a major disconnect...
Jan 25 – After this week’s market wrap with Ryan Puplava, Financial Sense Newshour speaks with legendary market technician Ralph Acampora says we received a Dow Theory sell signal last year and explains what that means for the current...
Nov 30 – Fed Chairman Jerome Powell caused a stock market rally this week while investors eagerly await the results of Trump and Xi Jinping’s meeting this weekend. Robin Griffiths tells Financial Sense Newshour listeners that the multi-year...
By Robert Rapier – The first half of 2017 marked the worst first-half performance for crude oil since 1998. The price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude both fell 14% in the first half of the year. Coal and natural gas also declined...
By Robert Rapier – Last month BP released its Statistical Review of World Energy 2017. Overall world primary energy consumption hit a new record, increasing by 171 million metric tons of oil equivalent (MTOE) from 2015 to 2016.
By Robert Rapier – Gasoline is where most consumers are reaping the benefits. The national average price for unleaded gasoline on Memorial Day was about $1.30/gal cheaper than it was just three years ago. U.S. consumers use about 140 billion gallons of gasoline a year...
By Robert Rapier – In December 1975, when memories of gas lines were fresh on the minds of Americans as a result of the 1973 OPEC oil embargo, Congress established the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The law was designed “to reduce the impact of...
Last week the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) reported that President Trump is preparing to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make a big change to the country’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The change is...
When I hear a claim that doesn’t sound quite right to me, I usually check in at Snopes to get the facts. They usually do a good job of debunking fake news, and they provide lots of references to back them up.
By now you have undoubtedly heard that late last month at OPEC’s 171st Ordinary Meeting in Vienna, the group announced that it would reduce output by about 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) by January.
Earlier this month the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced the largest estimate of continuous oil that it has ever assessed. The area assessed is in the Permian Basin, a region that has been producing oil continuously for nearly 100 years. Below I will get into the specifics...
