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The Story Behind Gas Prices

The price of gasoline has definitely gone up over the past month and most experts expect it to continue its rise during the spring and into the summer.

Curious about how the price of gasoline goes up and down, and why?

This is a pretty good article describing the supply of oil, refineries, delivery of gas, etc.

Read it to be informed as the summer and higher prices come upon us.

THE STORY BEHIND GAS PRICES

Quarter End Review / Preview

This week’s video is my 1st Quarter Review and my 2nd Quarter Preview.

The first quarter was good (yeah!), and I list the items I’ll be watching and thinking about for the 2nd quarter.

A must see video (if I do say so myself).

TRANSCRIPT:

Hi Clients and Friends, Mike Brady here. This is the first quarter review and second quarter pre-view for 2011.

Now, in general, the first quarter was a little bouncy in February, but overall a positive quarter; actually, a very strong and nice quarter. The indexes, which of course… Read More

Oil Prices

Oil has been one of the big pieces of news recently, with some forecasters predicting much higher prices at the pump, whereas others are predicting a stabilization and downward trend as other countries start to increase their output.

The price of oil is important for our economic recovery, and if prices continue to climb, this will not be good. A higher oil price can negate all the progress we’ve seen so far.

To the right is the historical price of oil. Let’s not forget we’ve… Read More

Where Does our Oil Come From?

In case you’re curious where the world’s oil supply comes from, there’s the breakdown by country. I think there’s a perception by most Americans that we get all of our oil from the Middle East, but that’s simply not the case. Saudi Arabia, for instance, is only 11.9% of the world’s supply.

That’s a lot, but it’s certainly less than what most people perceive.

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