by Calculated Risk on 3/07/2016 07:01:00 PM

Tuesday:
• At 9:00 AM ET, NFIB Small Business Optimism Index for February.

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This graph shows WTI and Brent spot oil prices from the EIA. (Prices today added).  According to Bloomberg, WTI is at $37.84 per barrel today, and Brent is at $40.84

Prices really collapsed at the end of 2014 - and then rebounded a little - and then collapsed again.

This puts the recent price increase into perspective!