Oil Prices Get Rocked - Again!

It's been a tough couple of trading sessions for oil, as it's gotten walloped both days.  This is not a pretty chart towards the right, at least for oil bulls: 

Source: Barchart.com

Make no mistake, Peak Oil or not, the black goo has had a helluva run - from the $35, all the way up to $85 recently.  That's nothing to sneeze at, though less impressive when viewed with respect to it's freefall from $150.

If you believe that a severe stock market decline is on the horizon - as I do - then you probably also find oil's recent price action quite disconcerting.  It's gotten clobbered right along with equities.  If you're looking for a commodity that has held up fairly well, check out gold's recent performance.

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