Commodity Prices

Gold •478 days	2,368.70	+35.30	+1.51%
Platinum •14 mins	1,601.60	+4.90	+0.31%
WTI Crude •8 hours	61.50	-0.29	-0.47%
Gasoline •8 hours	1.923	-0.004	-0.22%
Ethanol •478 days	2.161	+0.000	+0.00%
Silver •478 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%

Silver • 478 days	30.82	+1.16	+3.92%
Copper • 478 days	4.530	+0.111	+2.51%
Brent Crude • 7 hours	65.94	-0.05	-0.08%
Natural Gas • 8 hours	3.304	-0.040	-1.20%
Heating Oil • 8 hours	2.403	+0.000	+0.00%

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Special Report Oil - Nothing to Spare

By Ronald-Peter Stoferle - Mar 05, 2012, 6:19 AM CST

We see the risks for the oil price heavily skewed to the upside. At the moment, the market is well supplied, but the smouldering crisis in the Persian Gulf could easily push oil prices to new all-time-highs should it escalate. We believe that new all-time-highs can be reached in H1, at which point we could see demand destruction setting in. We forecast an average oil price (Brent) of USD 123 per barrel between now and March 2013.