Rally pushes on as strife continues

Futures soared higher again today as all eyes continue to be focused on the Mid East and Northern African Nations and the wave of civil unrest that has gripped that region.

Only a week ago it appeared that the Libyan crisis was cooling with a possible quick exit by its Leader. That was 7 days and 25 cents ago….  As Iran has been said to clamp down and imprison opposition leaders and with Algerian news outlets reporting some growing protest, the main fear is that demand will outpace the supply. With the Saudi’s announcing they will foot the bill for any excess barrels left on the table, who wouldn’t want to be investing in Saudi Arabian refineries right now! Crude goes up $2.66 today to $99.63, jackpot! From the “ No Duh” file, FED chairman Bernanke spoke today and did little for the cause as he declared rising commodity prices would hurt the economy, but not produce massive inflation. More likely a short term rise in consumer gas prices.

With Funds bow controlling roughly 23% of the long positions in the Market; it will be interesting to see where the selling will start, and yes, it will happen. It was interesting to note that a gasoline demand report by Mastercard showed a 3% increase in demand last week, but some of that can be attributed to panic buying as consumers tried to beat the next price increase.

At the close, HEAT jumped .0846 to $3.0235 and RBOB soared .0907 to 2.9834. Let’s hope to find some relief in Wednesday’s DOE report.

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