The oil "Fear Index" is at crisis levelsYahoo Finance (blog)The CBOE Crude Oil Volatility Index (the OVX) measures the market's expectation for how much oil will move in the coming month. In many ways, it functions much the same way the VIX d …

MarketWatchJob Losses Start To Hit the Surprisingly Resilient US Oil IndustryWall Street Journal (blog)The mining and logging industry lost 3,000 jobs in January, one of the only sectors of the U.S. economy to cut payrolls last month. Among those working d …

Oil Prices Rise Again in Volatile WeekWall Street JournalLONDON—Oil prices rose on Friday, capping a turbulent week that saw futures swinging between big gains and heavy losses. Market participants said oil prices, which have fallen more than 50% in the pa …