Wall Street Journal | Stocks and Oil Prices: Correlation Breakdown Wall Street Journal Not so long ago, the easiest way to figure out where U.S. stocks were headed was to look at oil. There were only two days in the 20-day trading period that ended Feb. 12 that the front-month Nymex crude oil contract and the S&P 500 went in opposite ... These stocks should jump on oil's Doha drop Oil steadies after Kuwait strike; global stocks gain Oil price slump drags down Asian markets |