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Cold Turkeys Boost Gas Prices

By 5
November 29, 2022

What a difference three months make in the constantly changing landscape of the natural gas market in the US. Last September, the December delivery contract for NYMEX’s Henry Hub, was trading at appro... READ MORE >
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November 2022 - Energy Market Letter

By Jon Moore
November 2, 2022

On behalf of the team at 5, I am pleased to forward our November market letter. This letter discusses: (i) the upcoming Mid-Term Elections, and how the results could impact energy policy; and (ii) the... READ MORE >
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When Crude Goes Down, Gas Goes Up

By 5
September 29, 2022

Often in commodity trading, it isn’t always the straight-forward market drivers that catch the market off guard. Rather it’s the counter-intuitive things that seem to side-swipe a market. Lately, ther... READ MORE >
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The European Energy Crisis

By 5
September 29, 2022

Imagine the reaction of a modest homeowner in America who received an invoice from their electric utility that was more than $1,000 per month, or a monthly natural gas bill that exceeded $500. While t... READ MORE >
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A Fundamentally Different Market

By 5
August 31, 2022

Earlier this year, we wrote an article describing the rapid acceleration of price volatility in the natural gas markets, with a chart that showed daily price movement at the Henry Hub, the national be... READ MORE >
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Pushing the Volatility Envelope

By 5
July 28, 2022

What is Driving the Extreme Volatility in the Natural Gas Market? The NYMEX Henry Hub prompt month future contract continued to push the volatility envelope this past month, with the daily change for ... READ MORE >
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July 2022- Quarterly Market Letter

By Jon Moore
July 26, 2022

On behalf of the team at 5, I am pleased to forward our market letter for the second quarter of 2022. The dramatic increase in the price of electricity and natural gas noted in our Q1 letter continued... READ MORE >
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Recent Events Cause Gas Correction

By 5
June 29, 2022

On Wednesday, June 8, 2022, from 10:00 AM to about 12:00 PM CDT, the July contract for NYMEX Henry Hub was trading around $9.60 per MMBtu. Even so, $9.60 is not an all-time high price for NYMEX Henry ... READ MORE >
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All Bull No Bear

By 5
May 31, 2022

Natural Gas Update for May 2022 This past month, the US natural gas market continued the recent trend that was established in mid-February. Strong bullish tendencies set new highs and blew past previo... READ MORE >
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