Should I buy heating oil today? Will natural gas prices retreat from current levels?
Today’s energy markets are a favorite playground for large hedge funds and other speculative traders making the answers to these questions increasingly elusive to energy buyers. As price swings have grown larger and market movements more erratic, energy buyers are finding that their purchasing decisions have become more difficult and mistakes more costly then ever.
Market awareness is critical. Energy end-users need to constantly track, incorporate, understand and act on a wide array of market information. An informed, proactive approach is a must.
Planalytics® EnergyBuyerSM is a multi-commodity hedging and risk analysis platform that continuously evaluates market conditions and identifies opportunities to reduce energy costs. The EnergyBuyerSM expands the proven Planalytics GasBuyerSM platform which, since the year 2000, has successfully guided clients through an increasingly volatile and fast-moving natural gas market, helping them reduce price risk exposure and commodity costs.
To schedule a convenient Webcast presentation/demonstration of the EnergyBuyerSM or to request more information, please click here.
A combination of historical correlations, present-day market information and advanced forecasting capabilities enable the EnergyBuyer to evaluate prices and provide hedging suggestions for the following energy commodities: natural gas, heating oil, crude oil and RBOB (reformulated gasoline). Each commodity is evaluated individually based on the most appropriate combination of fundamental, technical, trading and/or weather variables and relationships.
The web-delivered EnergyBuyer continously monitors and analyzes energy prices to determine when it is a good time to buy and, just as importantly, when it is not … up to a year in advance. This forward view of the market allows clients to successfully sort through the day-to-day noise in the market and take advantage of opportunities to purchase their energy at reduced prices.
Planalytics EnergyBuyer offers the flexibility to fit into new, developing or existing purchasing and risk management programs. With the EnergyBuyer, clients can choose hedging approaches, select decision-making time intervals and specify buying rules. The EnergyBuyer can be used to support both physical and financial transactions, including forward buys, strips, futures, options and swaps.
In addition to the market pricing and commodity hedging suggestions, Planalytics EnergyBuyer provides accounting pages for tracking decisions and Mark-to-Market reporting, a comprehensive charting tool for technical analysis, calculators for option and strip pricing, short to medium range weather information (updated daily), a tropical strom/hurricane outlook and in-season alert service.
Planalytics is focused only on providing clients with independent and comprehensive analysis that can be used to make good hedging decisions. Planalytics does not transact or have any other interests in either the physical or financial energy markets and, as a result, is able to provide clients with unbiased suggestions for their hedging decisions.
To schedule a convenient Webcast presentation/demonstration of the EnergyBuyer or to request more information, please click here.
