Economic Indicators8 hours ago (Feb 23, 2020 10:32AM ET) (C) Reuters. French Finance and Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire speaks during the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Riyadh By Stephen Kalin RIYADH (Reuters) – France is ready to support Lebanon financially – bilaterally or multilaterally – […]
A Star’s Auroras Light the Way to a New Exoplanet
In doing so, they found GJ 1151, a faint star with a shockingly long-lived emission. GJ 1151 belongs to a class of stars called M dwarfs, which are small, dim, and extremely common; they make up roughly 70% of all stars in the Milky Way. M dwarfs are often extremely […]
This Technique Uses AI to Fool Other AIs
Artificial intelligence has made big strides recently in understanding language, but it can still suffer from an alarming, and potentially dangerous, kind of algorithmic myopia. Research shows how AI programs that parse and analyze text can be confused and deceived by carefully crafted phrases. A sentence that seems straightforward to […]
Weekly Energy Recap: Oil Price Fights Infection
Of greater concern is the big drop in demand for oil in China — especially from Russia. Crude oil prices recorded their second weekly gain despite the pall of coronavirus hanging over commodity markets. Brent crude advanced to $58.50 per barrel and WTI rose to $53.46 per barrel on optimism […]
Natural Gas: Greater Underground Stock Surplus Likely Ahead
Natural Gas Futures on the Nymex had a volatile week before closing at $1.90 on Friday, 3.85% higher than a week ago. A bounce has been highly anticipated and the market initially rallied during the week before finding resistance at $2.00. EIA confirmed on Thursday a rather average withdrawal of […]
UAE economy grew at 2.9% in 2019, central bank says
Economic Indicators13 hours ago (Feb 23, 2020 05:31AM ET) DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates’ economy grew at 2.9% year-on-year in 2019, up from 1.7% in 2018, a UAE central bank report said. The country’s hydrocarbon sector grew at 7.6% in 2019, while the non-hydrocarbon sector expanded by 1.1%, […]
Oil Market Week Ahead: The Real Tally Of The Virus
Just as China started containing the spread of the coronavirus, two new flash zones opened up in South Korea and Iran, where the number of cases has surged over the last four days. Even before the virus jumped countries, South Korea had to stop some of its car production as […]
Crude Oil Preview For Feb. 24
Crude Oil: Weak support below before the downtrend resumes. Original Post Crude Oil Preview For Feb. 24 Disclaimer: All opinions expressed in this blog are solely for information or educational purposes. The blog material does not constitute investment or trading advice. The blog material has no regard to the specific […]