Category: investing

Closing Prices for Crude Oil, Gold and Other Commodities (Dec. 30)

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for February delivery rose $1.86 to $80.26 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for March delivery rose $2.45 to $85.91 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for January delivery rose 9 cents to $2.46 a gallon. January heating oil rose 5 cents to $3.36 a gallon. February natural gas fell 8 cents to $4.48…


Closing Prices for Crude Oil, Gold and Other Commodities (Dec. 29)

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for February delivery fell 56 cents to $78.40 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for February delivery fell $1 to $82.26 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for January delivery rose 1 cent to $2.37 a gallon. January heating oil fell 7 cents to $3.31 a gallon. February natural gas fell 15 cents to…


Closing Prices for Crude Oil, Gold and Other Commodities (Dec. 28)

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for February delivery fell 57 cents to $78.96 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for February delivery fell $1.07 to $83.26 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for January delivery was unchanged at $2.36 a gallon. January heating oil rose 3 cents to $3.38 a gallon. January natural gas fell 57 cents to $4.71…


Closing Prices for Crude Oil, Gold and Other Commodities (Dec. 27)

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for February delivery fell 3 cents to $79.53 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for February delivery rose $2.94 to $83.92 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for January delivery fell 2 cents to $2.36 a gallon. January heating oil rose 9 cents to $3.35 a gallon. January natural gas rose 20 cents to…


Pain, Few Gains for Investors as Markets Slumped in 2022

By Alex Veiga Investors found few, if any, safe havens in 2022, as central banks in the United States and around the globe raised interest rates for the first time in years to fight surging inflation, stoking fear of a global recession. Consumers paid more for energy, food and just about everything else. Borrowing to…


Bears and Market Volatility Don’t Scare These Investors

By Kim Clark From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance On the morning of Thursday, Oct. 13, as the Dow Jones industrial average plunged more than 500 points, a gathering of 370 investors and financial advisers—who were, as a group, losing tens of millions of dollars that very moment—calmly noshed on oatmeal and Danish. “Don’t just do something,…


Closing Prices for Crude Oil, Gold and Other Commodities (Dec. 23)

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for February delivery rose $2.07 to $79.56 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for February delivery rose $2.94 to $83.92 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for January delivery rose 13 cents to $2.38 a gallon. January heating oil rose 14 cents to $3.27 a gallon. January natural gas rose 8 cents to $5.08…


Closing Prices for Crude Oil, Gold and Other Commodities (Dec. 22)

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for February delivery fell 80 cents to $77.49 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for February delivery fell $1.22 to $80.98 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for January delivery fell 1 cent to $2.25 a gallon. January heating oil fell 1 cent to $3.13 a gallon. January natural gas fell 33 cents to…


Closing Prices for Crude Oil, Gold and Other Commodities (Dec. 21)

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for February delivery rose $2.06 to $78.29 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for February delivery rose $2.21 to $82.20 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for January delivery rose 4 cents to $2.26 a gallon. January heating oil rose 8 cents to $3.14 a gallon. January natural gas was unchanged at $5.33 per…


Closing Prices for Crude Oil, Gold and Other Commodities (Dec. 20)

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for January delivery rose 90 cents to $76.09 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for February delivery rose 19 cents to $79.99 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for January delivery rose 4 cents to $2.22 a gallon. January heating oil rose 1 cent to $3.06 a gallon. January natural gas fell 52 cents…