How oil price volatility explains these uncertain times By TOM THERRAMUS, 2016/03/01. As oil prices gyrate vigorously in the $30 range, oil-price.net reflects on how surging oil price volatility, the measure of variation in the oil price, is playing out in the oil and stock markets. More Articles:
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Acrimony is angry harshness that usually springs from intense personal dislike. An acrimonious exchange is full of cutting, unpleasant remarks designed to hurt. Civil wars are often more acrimonious and bloody than foreign wars. In the same way, a bad divorce may be more acrimonious than any other kind of legal battle.