From the EIA’s This Week in Petroleum, here are gasoline and distillate stocks compared to 5 year averages: Distillates are winning the race to
A downside to hedging… WSJ
Christopher M. Matthews and Bradley Olson of the WSJ wrote an excellent piece on why frackers are struggling to make money despite higher oil
This Week in Petroleum… EIA
From the EIA’s always excellent, This Week In Petroleum... Which is more eye-popping, crude oil exports (at 2.566 mbd for the week)... or the
Global Oil Stocks at Three-Year Low… IEA/WSJ
The IEA reported today that oil stocks have dropped to a three year low... The Wall Street Journal reproduced this chart showing inventories compared
The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow…
The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNowcast for 2Q is at +4.1%: While prone to significant revisions the Nowcast gives us a sense of how an economic data
Higher gas prices/retail sales… WSJ
Retail sales held up well in April, despite higher gasoline prices... Here is Sharon Nunn at the WSJ: ”Retail sales—a measure of spending at
Faith Birol, The Global Energy Outlook talks to Jason Bordoff.. Columbia Energy Exchange
From the Columbia Energy Exchange, here: ”On a new episode of Columbia Energy Exchange, host Jason Bordoff sits down with Dr. Fatih Birol,
OPEC oil production for April is up a little… OPEC
The table is from OPEC’s Monthly Oil Market Report, here... But, Venezuela’s oil production continues to deteriorate...
Ritholz speaks with Jim Chanos…
and it’s very good, here... Chanos is the famous short seller and founder of Kynikos Associates LP... Short selling, of course, comes naturally to