“You couldn’t lose money if you tried”... This from Matt Phillips, The NY Times, reporting on returns of various asset classes in 2019... Here is the
Plains Cactus II Ramps Up… RBN Energy
From the always excellent, RBN Energy (do read the whole thing), here... ”With stock prices for most Permian producers mostly lower than they were
Gasoline consumption vs. GDP… WSJ
From the Wall Street Journal, here... ”Among the reasons for the national decline are migration to dense urban areas; young adults’ preference
Forget Stock Market Forecasts… NYTimes
Jeff Sommer, NY Times, discusses how bad stock market forecasts are, here... He relies on research by Bespoke’s, Paul Hickey: “Paul Hickey, a
Quirky markets, balsa wood… Financial Times
The Financial Times has a piece on some “quirky markets” that have moved higher in 2019, here... Italian wine, KFC Japan, balsa wood (used in making
10 charts… Bloomberg
Nathaniel Bullard, Bloomberg, has a nice piece with his favorite 10 charts of the year...
The Democratic race so far… PredictIt
Here is a current chart of Democratic candidates from the betting market, PredictIt:
Best chart of the decade? A Wealth of Common Sense
Ben Carlson, A Wealth of Common Sense, likes this one:
US energy consumption… EIA
The EIA put out some nice charts on US energy consumption trends, here...