ENERGY WATCH

WTI $63.62— noon Tuesday

From Ernie Barsamian - The Tank Tiger

The direction in oil prices is starting to look a lot like a squirrel crossing the street. For the week, WTI saw a weekly gain of 6.4%, the best weekly return in over a month, closing Friday at $63.19. OPEC + is carefully threading the needle as they try to keep prices high, while simultaneously discouraging more output from U.S. shale firms. Indeed, they have …