Marketplace Morning Report for Friday December 19, 2014
Airing on Friday Dec. 19, 2014: In the last two trading days, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has gone up a combined 709 points, 421 points just on Thursday. Sounds like a holiday rally. More on that. And Amazon is launching a one hour delivery service for Manhattan, with plans to expand to other cities. What are the economics of instant delivery and why has it been hard to pull off for e-commerce retailers so far? Plus, the king of shale oil – Harold Hamm – made a terrible, horrible bet on oil prices. His firm, Continental Resources, had hedged against falling oil prices. That is, they pre-negotiated selling prices of $90 and higher even as oil fell. Then, with crude around $80, Continental chose to sell their hedges aka Going Naked. It was a bold bet that oil would rebound quickly. So much for that.
Airing on Friday Dec. 19, 2014: In the last two trading days, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has gone up a combined 709 points, 421 points just on Thursday. Sounds like a holiday rally. More on that. And Amazon is launching a one hour delivery service for Manhattan, with plans to expand to other cities. What are the economics of instant delivery and why has it been hard to pull off for e-commerce retailers so far? Plus, the king of shale oil – Harold Hamm – made a terrible, horrible bet on oil prices. His firm, Continental Resources, had hedged against falling oil prices. That is, they pre-negotiated selling prices of $90 and higher even as oil fell. Then, with crude around $80, Continental chose to sell their hedges aka Going Naked. It was a bold bet that oil would rebound quickly. So much for that.
