Here is the Wall Street Journal covering inflation: "Implied inflation expectations, derived from the differential between nominal and
Natural Gas Looks Hurricane-Proof… Bloomberg
When teaching options, for years I used the hurricane approaching the Gulf of Mexico as an example of why someone might buy a straddle... If the storm
Population Growth and Inflation… Moody’s Analytics
Here is the abstract: "This analysis investigates the relationship between population growth and inflation. Panel models demonstrate a strong
Oil demand is growing nearly everywhere… Forbes
Robert Rapier, Forbes: "My conclusion was that outside of the EU, there are no clear cut examples of declining oil demand in the past five years.
The Impact Of Harvey On Crude Oil Markets… RBN Energy
The best energy blog around, by RBN Energy, takes an excellent stab at the impact of Harvey on oil markets
Harvey update… WSJ
Today's WSJ does a nice job trying to summarize what's going on in US energy markets here... "Tropical Storm Harvey’s crippling of Gulf Coast
October gas cracks continue to widen…
Here is today's chart (from barchart.com) of October gas cracks (RBOB futures minus crude futures):
Bitcoin vs housing and dot com markets… MarketWatch
MarketWatch has a nice chart comparing Bitcoin's price move to other markets that have rallied sharply in the past: Here is the link:
Natural gas prices are not moving much…
Here is a price chart from barchart.com showing a long term perspective of natural gas futures: Note the price spike in late 2005 due to







