As baseball great Yogi Berra might have observed about the spot gas market, it was like deja vu all over again. For the second Monday in a row, prices were up sharply at most points for much the same reason: weather turned out to be colder than forecasts had indicated.
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Repeat of Storage/Screen-Related Cash Spike Expected
In the immortal words of baseball great Yogi Berra: “It’s déjàvu all over again!” A week after a smaller-than-expected storageinjection sent gas futures soaring by about a quarter, theoccurrence was repeated Wednesday afternoon. And just as thatprompted cash numbers to do their own skyrocket act last Thursday,so did sources predict similar fireworks in this morning’s action.
May 25, 2000
A Second Week Begins With Big Price Increases
Some traders were getting a sense of deja vu all over again(thanks, Yogi Berra) as a second straight week started withdouble-digit price increases nearly across the board. The biggestgains on either side of 20 cents were concentrated at Northeastcitygates. Despite forecasts of snow and cold weather in theRockies, several increases of about a dime were experienced bypipes there. And although its rise of a little over a dime wasamong the day’s smaller ones, the PG&E citygate topped all U.S.pricing with quotes solidly in the $3.30s.
October 19, 1999
‘Deja Vu Again’: Flat, With a Slightly Softer Edge
A Houston marketer invoked the wisdom of baseball great YogiBerra to describe Tuesday’s cash market: “It’s deja vu all overagain.” In other words, it was like most of February’s previoustrading activity-generally flat with tight ranges. However, thoughthere was little if any change at any point, whatever changes didoccur were slightly to the downside. They were limited to 1-3 centsin all cases.
February 17, 1999
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