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Is the U.S. economy in full recession?

Home values have been stedily declining for the past two years. Housing supply is way ahead of demand. Dollar is falling in comparison to major world currencies. The econmony is no longer creating new jobs. The trade imbalance is at record levels. Stock prices are dropping, while Gold is hitting record highs. Historic national debt. Crude Oil is trading at record highs. Wages are not keeping pace with inflation.

John M is (sort of) right…technically there needs to be 2 quarters of consecutive negative growth. However we can’t really be sure about a recession until we’re no longer in it.

http://economics.about.com/cs/businesscycles/a/depressions.htm

Credit crunch is bad, but markets self adjust.
Some companies are finding it a good time to repurchase stock because prices are so low.

Luckily the Fed’s usually very capable at combating recessions. But these things have run their course. It is natural for economies to go through recessions. Consider it “growing pains” for a stronger, better economy.
Like:
Stop building so many freaking houses
Start exporting more American goods ($ weaker)
Stop using so much oil by driving less, developing better technology

Should we worry? Everyone is worried, that how recessions work (ie the guy who sold his stocks, causing stock prices to drop further)
Nothing to do but hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Benchmark (Crude Oil) $79.66 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Crude oil benchmarks, also known as oil markers, were first introduced in the mid 1980s. There are three primary benchmarks, WTI, Brent Blend, and Dubai. Other well known blends include the Opec basket used by OPEC, Tapis Crude which is traded in Singapore, Bonny Light used in Nigeria and Mexicos Isthmus. The Energy Intelligence Group has published a handbook which identifies 161 different blends in total. Author: Surhone, Lambert M./ Tennoe, Mariam T./ Henssonow, Susan F. Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 120 Publication Date: 2010/08/20 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.28 inches

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Environmental Fate of Crude Oil $121.08 The present study models the fate of diesel oil spills in a variety of different desert (Libyan) environment. Sand is vulnerable to pollution from oil seepage, and sand in oilproducing regions is especially so. However, the contribution of different environmental factors and their interplay are as yet poorly understood. The study investigates the seepage velocity and composition over time of one type of diesel oil in sand from four Libyan locations and at different temperatures (20 C and 37 e. Results suggest that sand bulk density, ambient temperature, sand moisture content (0.56), and sand composition have large effects on seepage velocity and composition over time. Results determined velocities ranged, according to sand type and condition, from 0.01 m/h to 1.67 m/h. Equally and possibly more important, results also suggest complex and strong interaction effects; these may render predicting the pollution consequences of oil spills difficult. Results from the model accord with results from field studies, suggesting the model has good ecological validity. Author: Alghazewi, Abdussalam Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 124 Publication Date: 2009/03/01 Language: English Dimensions: 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.29 inches

Risk Management in the Crude Oil Market $106.74 This thesis aims to explore two main issues. First we study crude oil prices in view of weakform efficiency. Thereupon we look into different hedging strategies that could be used to stabilize income in a market with high volatility. The data used are crude oil prices of West Texas Intermediate between 1987 and 2010. We conclude that the spot crude price and the 3 month future price for the same oil type are weakform efficient. The two prices tend towards a longrun equilibrium and differences in prices are quickly adjusted. OPECs role in the market is discussed as a weakness to price efficiency. Based on efficient prices, we find that the minimum variance hedging method gives the lowest risk, but a naive hedge ratio is easiest to implement in a business strategy for a risk averse management. On the other hand, a risk neutral oil company would get a higher added return by merely buy and sell in the spot market. By introducing a multiple risks hedging model consisting of price risk and exchange rate risk, we suggest that a Norwegian company could reduce its total risk of the portfolio by increasing its exposure in the currency market. Author: Tjentland, Eirik/ A. Halvorsen, Sindre Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 76 Publication Date: 2010/11/01 Language: English Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.02 x 0.18 inches

Pricing Chinas Crude Oil Futures $106.74 The world oil prices have raised and fluctuated a lot during the past ten years. In order to hedge the risks, developing Chinese petroleum futures market is important. However, lacking pricing system is a main issue. In this paper, I use the twofactor model and a seemingly unrelated regression method from Gibson Schwartz (1990) to price Chinas onemonth crude oil future contract. First, I estimate the future prices by assuming that China has the same convenience yield as the U.S. market. Second, I study the possibilities of real convenience yield in China based on macroeconomic analysis. Third, arbitrage theory provides the reasonable future prices. In the end, statistical tests prove that the calculated Chinas crude oil future prices have the price discovery function for the Daqing spot prices and the ability of hedging international oil shocks. This work should be useful to professioinals in asset pricing and commodity derivatives fields, or anyone else who may be considering commodity market as a interest. Author: Dong, Ming Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 60 Publication Date: 2011/02/08 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.02 x 0.14 inches

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