The East Coast’s Big Blizzard Isn’t Cooling Oil Prices

Oil prices kept rising this weekend as a blizzard smacked into the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S. and as OPEC’s Arab ministers met in Cairo to discuss strategy. Their call is for production to stay at current levels, which will h…

Gasoline Tops $3 a Gallon for First Time at Christmas

It may be the happiest season of the year, but higher crude oil prices that have translated into higher gasoline prices have many motorists frowning. The weak U.S. dollar and expectations of a more robust economic recovery in t…

How to Invest in Commodities, Carefully

Prices for copper, gold, wheat, corn and oil are soaring. But how can small investors can take advantage of this growth without taking on way too much risk? That’s a good question, indeed. And here are some good answers.
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