It’s been a couple of weeks since I last posted, and in that time there has been a noticeable lull in financial news. With the BP oil spill and primaries across the country underway, financial regulation and the woes of Wall Street seem to be taking a backseat at most media outlets. For those who ...

The price on a barrel of light, sweet crude fell as low as $35.13 just before the Christmas holiday as stockpiles of unused gasoline continued to grow.  It’s hard to imagine that less than a year ago the United States witnessed a record-high $4.11 per gallon at the pump; a time when several econo...