... raising the debt... Here is the Wall Street Journal’s Real Time Economics commenting on the deal: The deal would suspend the debt ceiling
Tough to beat the average…
Timothy Taylor, The Conversable Economist, looks at University endowments, here... “On average, institution with endowments above $1 billion also
A tale of two technologies…
Here is the Houston Chronicle: ”Chinese-owned Surge Energy made a small piece of history in the Permian Basin of West Texas — drilling the longest
Opposite of Conventional Wisdom… The Irrelevant Investor
From The Irrelevant Investor, here... (Do read the whole thing)...
Greg Is is bearish on China…. WSJ
Greg Ip, WSJ, says the China model is running out of gas, here... ”New data showing the toll trade tensions are taking on China’s economy are
The crude oil adjustment… EIA
The EIA explains its balancing factor which shows up in its weekly estimates of petroleum supply and disposition, here... The market seems to ignore
Options update…
WTI options volume was higher than normal yesterday and concentrated in just a few strikes... I wouldn’t read too much into this as August options
Scott Kupor interview on venture capital markets… Ritholtz
I highly recommend, here... Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Scott Kupor. Kupor is the managing partner at Andreessen
US CO2 emissions expected to fall in 2019… EIA
Here is the EIA: ”After a 2.7% increase in U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2018, EIA’s July Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO)







