Monday, August 21, 2006

Oil Price Debate - part II

How will oil prices affect the market for the remainder of the year? Seeing as the market is poised to rally at the drop of a hat in response to any good news (as evidenced by last week), the cyclical decline in oil prices towards year's end could spark a disproportionately large rally (a somewhat hollow one as well). If oil surprises on the downside I don't see how the market could contain itself given the tension and nervousness present these days, and you would have to believe markets would test their 2006 highs if such a scenario were to take place. I believe we can expect oil to dip in the neighborhood of $65, with a downside surprise occurring at around $60. So if oil gets to around $60 this winter - look out below. Heck, given the current market sentiment $65 a barrel oil could light a fire under the markets.

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NYSE/Euronext Merger

Enter the current share prices for NYSE and Euronext, as well as the USD/Euro Exchange rate and hit "calc" to view relevant data. Deal was announced 6/1/2006.

NYSE Share Price:
Euronext Share Price (Eur):
USD/Eur Exchange Rate:
Market Cap of NYSE+Euronext as of 5/31/06:(blns $US):
Current Market Cap of New NYSE/Euronext (blns $US):
Current Euronext Share Price in USD:
Euronext Change from 5/31/06 Close: % NYSE Change from 5/31/06 Close: %
Valuation of Current Euronext Shares
(a) Using current NYSE Price as new NYSE/Euronext Price:
(b) Using current Market Capitalization for NYSE/Euronext:
(c) Using $20 billion as Market Cap for NYSE/Euronext: