Category Archives: Energy

This morning, the energy sector faced some negative pressure, evidenced by declines in major energy indices and commodities. The NYSE Energy Sector Index and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) experienced declines of nearly 1% and 0.4% respectively. More notably, the United States Oil Fund (USO) and the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG)ContinueContinue reading “Alpha Energy: Earnings, Market Movements, and Latest Price Actions”

CPI readings for March are in, and it barely squeaked past expectations. You wouldn’t know it by seeing the red tape this morning. Futures plunge, yields jump.  That’s the headline. you’d think inflation was red hot and blew past what investors were expecting. That wasn’t the case. This was more or less in line, you could argue.ContinueContinue reading “March CPI Nudges Past Predictions: Market Jitters or Just a Bump in the Road?”