Tim Evans Quotations

Consumers would benefit from more refinery capacity and more competition in the refinery business.

In a ballroom, all you can do is dance and eat. We wanted to provide more than just dancing. They ate and danced, and when they got tired, they went out and looked at exhibits. Then they came back and danced some more.

Heating oil and natural gas are...faced with significant warming trends that have brought an abrupt end to the heating season.

Basically we hit some support levels ... and if it can't go down, it's got to go up.

Really, we've had some focus (on oil) since mid-February, when both markets made a significant low, and both markets had a near retest of those lows on Wednesday. Oil is emerging as the focus for the gold market as a surrogate for general commodity inflation. Without that kind of commodity inflation, then gold becomes a less attractive investment.

Really, it's just a rush to cash in profits on what was really a spectacular move higher.

The numbers are sufficient, but there are major constraints. There is a huge mal-distribution of workers in the country and most health workers are found in urban areas.

The situation is not going to get better in the short term. Perhaps it will get worse.

It's staging what I would call a catch-up move. After resisting the upward pull of silver all week long, the market couldn't hold back any more and is making up for lost time here.

From the current snapshot, (electricity) conditions look a lot more similar to last year than they appear different.