Christopher M. Matthews and Erica E. Phillips, Wall Street Journal write about congestion in Houston, here: “U.S. energy exporters are wrangling
Implied vol update, WTI options…
Despite a sharply lower closing price yesterday, options volume was below 100,000 and implied volatility only moved up about a point to 42.2%... Have
Supply/Demand, Oil….
Here is this morning’s oil price chart from barchart.com: Christopher Alessi, Wall Street Journal, explains why prices continue to move lowere,
Gasoline Sales… Advisor Perspectives
Jill Mislinski, at Advisor Perspectives, has an excellent piece, here, called “Gasoline Sales and our Changing Culture” showing a sharp decline in per
CAPE fear (and hope)… The Economist
The Economist’s Buttonwood has a nice chart from Robert Schiller showing cyclically-adjusted price-earnings ratio: “There is a drawback. What
Schlumberger chief warns on US shale oil… FT
From the Financial Times, here,...
Pricier than gold… NYTimes
Tiffany Hsu, NY Times, has an excellent piece on the rally in palladium price, here...
Why the Ivy League Clings to a Strategy of Diminishing Returns… NYTimes
James B. Stewart, New York Times, has a nice piece on endowment returns of the Ivy League, here... ”This year the 10-year returns achieved by the
Atlanta Fed’s GDP nowcast is up to 3%…
The recent retail sales and industrial production data has bumped up the Atlanta Fed’s nowcast, here: