One of the great things about being an investor is you can exercise more control over your overall financial situation than non-investors. A great example is the ability to offset high gasoline prices with protective trading strategies.
Contango can stunt the growth of commodity ETFs, which effectively increases costs. Learn how to avoid it in this video.
Learn to invest in oil prices through ETFs. This video will also show you how to profit when oil prices fall.
Watching the Oil VIX (OVX) can help you identify potential reversal points in the price of oil. The Oil VIX is positively correlated with the price of oil.
As Asia and developing economies continue to demand and provide subsidies for oil and energy purchases, the West will continue to pay more for oil. Besides runaway speculative demand, this issue is one of the primary sources of blame for high oil prices and the fact that forecasters are pointing to for even higher prices. … Continued