Today's WSJ does a nice job trying to summarize what's going on in US energy markets here... "Tropical Storm Harvey’s crippling of Gulf Coast
October gas cracks continue to widen…
Here is today's chart (from barchart.com) of October gas cracks (RBOB futures minus crude futures):
Bitcoin vs housing and dot com markets… MarketWatch
MarketWatch has a nice chart comparing Bitcoin's price move to other markets that have rallied sharply in the past: Here is the link:
Natural gas prices are not moving much…
Here is a price chart from barchart.com showing a long term perspective of natural gas futures: Note the price spike in late 2005 due to
Michael Batnick is buying gold…
Michael Batnick of The Irrelevant Investor is buying gold... He explains why
Gasoline crack spread, oil VIX charts…
Here is what Harvey is doing to the relationship between crude oil and gasoline... Crude prices have moved lower (less production and fewer net
The CME/AHL interview…
CME conversation with original founders of AHL, a very successful quantitative trading
Energy is cheap…
as a share of consumer spending.... Carpe Diem uses data from the BEA to construct the following chart: Here is the
Gasoline Sales Per Capita, Changing Culture… Advisor Perspectives
Here is a chart from Advisor Perspectives showing gasoline sales per capita: And here are some reasons they give for the decline: "In






