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Bear Flag' Signals a Decline in Oil Price to Near $60: Techn

Bloomberg -- Crude oil is set for a drop to near $60 a barrel, extending a descent started in May, according to a technical analysis by independent analyst Jim Stellakis.

“Last month’s breakdown in crude oil is continuing the longer-term bearish pattern which was started by the May decline,” Stellakis said. The bear flag pattern is signaled after a break occurs below a rising trading range.

Crude oil for October delivery fell 27 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $73.64 a barrel at 10:07 a.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices for October dropped 9.4 percent in August, pushing futures below the support level. The contract lost $14.05, or 15 percent, in May.

The price target, expected over the next couple months, was derived by taking the length of the initial decline in May and projecting it lower f


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DrLyon
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Message Posted: Sep 4, 2010 8:44:15 PM

Below $60 okay with me...
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honda0105
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Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 7:53:52 PM

vandamme: I agree about the SUV buying.
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honda0105
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Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 7:52:47 PM

headhog: no explanationa needed, only one word: GREED.
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Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 7:10:21 AM

Nice to read even it is a dream. They are always looking for a reason to raise prices not drop them.
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vandamme
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Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 6:53:58 AM

Tech analysis is done mathematically to project trends based on past performance. Same as a school of fish, and can also be self-fulfilling. Fundamental analysis might show that the trend has a solid basis. The economy is still bad, winter is coming, natural gas is slumping. Longer term, fuel efficiency and alternate energy are going to slow price increases. If the recovery happens, though, the dummies will go back to buying SUVs.
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Dr Gas
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Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 6:47:15 AM

Yea, and I've got a tree in my yard that I can get $20 bills from!
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Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 4:41:07 AM

I will believe it when I see it.
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silverfox63
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Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 3:53:34 AM

Right now I don't believe a word Bloomberg says. I doubt the prices will fall that much as they are saying.
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NekoSJG
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Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 1:49:28 AM

The "May descent" fell to $67 and then rose to more than $80 in August...
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runout9
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Message Posted: Sep 3, 2010 12:21:07 AM

$60.00/bbl would be good, $40.00/bbl would be great!
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genef01
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 11:54:01 PM

Don't believe all you read, particularly from Bloomberg.
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jadeusa
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 11:52:25 PM

going down in price- just hope that pump price goes down also.
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Yes but the cool thing is the rich are greedy and greed breeds insanity.
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defcon7
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 11:41:21 PM

It wouldn't matter if it dropped to 40 dollars a barrel, they still wouldn't want to sell it below 2.00 a gal.! It would be like pulling teeth to get them to drop the price that low.
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BobD2009
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 11:41:08 PM

I can go for $60 a barrel.
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 11:39:45 PM

I hope the bear flag doesn't get burnt by another hurricane or oil disaster.
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LostToo
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 11:38:27 PM

OKAY.... Lets say it drops to that price..... Within no time at all they will stage something to make the price go back up the same week.
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 11:31:50 PM

I agree with Number43.
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 11:31:12 PM

the price of oil may further drop -
but here we don't see a drop in gas prices
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 11:30:31 PM

$60 is closer to where it should be, but it has a long way to go.
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 11:30:20 PM



... Don't believe it! Speculators won't let it happen! ...
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Number43
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 11:28:30 PM

If this was a real market I would believe that crap. But the filthy rich are buying up and controlling the contracts so oil will instead go up to around $82.00 a bb. There is no market just a bunch of rich S O B's robbing the people blind.
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 11:27:06 PM

Down down goes the price. Price is about 10 cents off in the past week. (GOOD)
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 11:22:37 PM

Up in SE Kansas and SW Missouri area as well.
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 11:21:40 PM

It should only be around $60 /brl. But just yesterday the news said it went back up a couple dollars to $74 due to reports of improved manufacture output. Also our local prices rose around &.06 /gal last two days. I believe they just raised pump prices due to Labor day coming and the hurricanes near the US. Any excuse Any couple dollar increase in oil per brl. the same day should not have reflected in pump price increase when oil has been pretty steady downward for couple months now.
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thepi
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 11:21:13 PM

Ok, so why did the pump price go up in the Twin Cities almost a dime a gallon again today? That's thirty cents a gallon in the past two weeks.
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 11:20:40 PM

More speculation from the right-wing media conglomerate.
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 11:14:48 PM

$60 oil? Let's hope.
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 11:14:32 PM

Finally some good news for us on the consumer side.
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 11:07:57 PM

My hope is that a large number of oil speculators are wiped out for slavishly following graphs rather than fundamentals.
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 11:04:20 PM

greed will not let it go that low may by November then we might w a season low price at he pump mid December
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:48:51 PM

I hope it stays that way
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:48:48 PM

$60 oil sounds good. This prediction needs more media attention to make it happen.
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:47:21 PM

This is all contingent on the situation remaining as it is now which would nor include more explosions or hurricanes, etc.
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:46:48 PM

Well if it is supposed to go down this far, then why did it jump up just this weekend at the pumps? The real reason is just plain old legal stealing because some stations went up by .35 cents per gallon. If this isn't gouging, then what is it?
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:31:22 PM

Were it that simple we could all make money by buying or selling oil futures. It isn't.
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:27:07 PM

I thought this had something to do with California.
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:26:06 PM

I'd like to see $60, then drop
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:24:32 PM

IT SHOULD BE CHEAPER THAN THAT.
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:23:41 PM

Anybody can say anything. I could drop to $40 also. It has done that in recent history.
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tedjm1
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:22:44 PM

Where are the lowering prices?
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:22:39 PM

PRICES ALREADY GOING UP HERE
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:21:29 PM

So why do I see gss prices going up? Gouging? Holiday? Both?
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:20:32 PM

I heard that oil was up to about $71 a barrel on Thursday.
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:19:40 PM

Gas went up 12 cents today at two stations within a 1 of me. Look for higher Federal gas taxes if that price drop happens.
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mapelle621
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:15:54 PM

it would be nice for prices to actually drop for once. sad though that a rig will probably blow up and a gas station employee will call in sick just before that happens and prices will go way up
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:12:18 PM

Gas prices are slowly moving down. I believe crude is overpriced at $60 a barrel.
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:12:14 PM

Prices up around here, big time.
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Message Posted: Sep 2, 2010 10:12:01 PM

Yawn!!
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inverse pump-enomics
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