Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries

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  Brent Crude Oil on Rise, Tops $124 per Barrel

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 21, 2011

  The price for Brent crude oil topped $124 per barrel on Thursday, with the potential for even higher prices thanks to steady U.S. demand.

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  Saudis Cut Oil Production, Say Market Is Oversupplied

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 18, 2011

  Ali al-Naimi, the Saudi Arabian oil minister, said Sunday that the kingdom had sliced its oil output by some 800,000 barrels per day in response to what he said was an oversupply, despite soaring prices.

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  Earnings, Housing, Taxes and Oil—Advisor Briefing for the Week of April 18, 2011

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  April 18, 2011

  Earnings season is in full swing and we get readings on the housing market as many watch oil prices.

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  Gold, Oil Drop as OPEC Mulls Production Increase

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 8, 2011

  Tuesday morning saw gold falling from record territory set Monday as OPEC said it would consider increasing production.

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  Crude Oil, Equities Heading for Divorce: Searching for Alpha for February 2011

  By Ben Warwick, Quantitative Equity Strategies  |  February 1, 2011

• Russia's Power Failure

  By Alexei Bayer  |  May 1, 2010

  When commodity prices were at a peak in 2007-08, and oil prices in particular hit $147 per barrel, Russian leaders declared their intention to make...

• The Obama Bubble

  By Alexei Bayer  |  August 1, 2009

  The Obama Bubble The late 1990s were marked by a stock market bubble, when "irrational exuberance" boosted the value of technology shares in stock portfolios and...

• Oil - $200 a barrel

  By Staff Writer  |  May 28, 2008

  In what will surely renew the call for energy independence, OPEC's president on Monday warned that oil prices could hit $200 a barrel and there...

• The Sideways Seventies

  By Kenneth Silber, Research  |  May 1, 2008

  The 1970s evoke, in some people, feelings of nostalgia for platform shoes, bell bottoms, Pet Rocks, Soul Train, mood rings, CB radios, Bruce Lee, Farrah...

• Dollar Declining, but Not Set to Crash

  By Elizabeth D. Festa  |  June 4, 2007

  A dollar crisis, with a precipitous decline triggering grave market volatility, could be looming according to a panel of experts at a seminar sponsored by Washington think tank American Enterprise Institute (AEI). The current U.S. deficit totaled about $800 billion in 2006 while China, most notably--where a stock market bubble...