Archives for May 2019

From Today in Energy, the EIA’s new data base helps one keep up with pipeline capacity... “As U.S. crude oil production increased, imports dropped

Here is Joe Wallace, WSJ: ”Prices began taking off in mid-May, after inclement weather put farmers well behind in their planting schedules and

I’m always amazed by this chart showing the decline in farm jobs in the US (from CarpeDiem, here)...

Here are some interesting energy charts from today’s edition of The Daily Shot, from the WSJ, here...

Interesting chart from Mehlman Castagnetti , here, via The Big Picture, here...  The very rich get richer while the very poor get less poor...

As one might expect, yesterday’s sharp move lower in oil was accompanied by a sharp move up in implied volatility... At the money vol settled at 28.9

Yesterday, 10,000 Sep/Oct +.25 calls traded, raising open interest to 25,000... Oct/Nov, Nov/Dec, Dec/Jan +.25 calls are now showing 17,000 contracts

in honey... Here is the WSJ: “Honey has been used as a sweetener for centuries. But in recent years, it has become popular with people looking