Crude oil’s stealthy upwards climb

By Emerging Money, January 28, 2013, 09:35:44 AM EDT

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Crude oil is quietly climbing higher: it was $85 mid-December and is now almost $97.

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Although we care about BRENT ( BNO , quote ), which is the "world's blend", it's really all about the Middle East.

Tensions continue to escalate with speculation about Syrian regime leader Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons slipping into terrorist hands.

Note the move in Russia. The Market Vectors Russia Index ETF ( RSX , quote ) has broken through key resistance that was the top in September.

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