World Purchasing Managers Index are in expansion mode... Check out Dr. Ed Yardeni's world PMI charts
Crude oil implied volatility update…
August 16th implied vol for crude oil settled at 27.5, basis October, the second nearby option month... Here is a long term chart of implied vol based
Don’t sneak up on a wheat trader…
They're probably a bit on edge these days:
Some random charts from The Daily Shot…
The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Shot contains many interesting charts... I pulled out a few: The US is probably far to the left on this
Stock levels, days supply… EIA
From the EIA's This Week in Petroleum, here are oil and products stocks in perspective... First, stock levels compared to 5 year highs and lows:
Smaller Price Discounts in Appalachian Region, Natural Gas… EIA
In the EIA's Today in Energy: "As new pipeline projects and expansions are completed, the difference between the Henry Hub national benchmark price
OECD Stocks Below Last Year, OPEC Compliance Weakens… IEA
From the IEA's Oil Market Report released on Friday: ..."new data suggests that in 2Q17 global stocks fell by 0.5 mb/d and preliminary data for
Strong domestic and export demand is outpacing U.S. gasoline production, resulting in stock draws…EIA
From the EIA's This Week in Petroleum, here are some charts which show the gasoline production in 2017 compared to the 5 year average... and,
Podcast: August 2017 Oil Market Report – Commodity Research Group
Commodity Research Group (CRG) is an independent research consultancy specializing in base and precious metals, as well energy products. The Group