John Kemp, Reuters, has another excellent chart book out on commodity prices, here... Below are changes in energy prices... Note how sharply energy
Lumber prices rally sharply… WSJ
Here is Ryan Dezember, Wall Street Journal, on lumber prices... “Mills shut down and choked back output at the pandemic’s onset, reasoning that
Most active strikes were calls in 2022…
Not sure what it means, but here is the CME’s Most Active Strike tool... Note the Dec 2022 99 and 100 calls were most active...
Rising battery metal prices… The Economist
The Economist discusses the rise in battery metal prices along side a rise in the price of oil, here... “Meanwhile a wave of green enthusiasm is
Chilly in Texas…
Here is a price map for Texas power prices from ERCOT, here... And this, from Bloomberg: ”A mix of freezing temperatures and precipitation
Bitcoin, the filthiest asset…
So argues Amy Castor, here... ”Tesla earns tradable credits under various regulations related to zero-emission vehicles, greenhouse gas, fuel
Storage availability, the price curve… Bloomberg
Sheila Tobin, Bloomberg, has a nice piece on storage availability, here... ”This year, about 1.9 million barrels of crude storage become available
Podcast: February 2021 Oil Market Analysis
Commodity Research Group (CRG) is an independent research consultancy specializing in base and precious metals, as well energy products. The Group
LNG price chart… EIA
From the EIA’s excellent Short Term Energy Outlook, released yesterday, here... “Sustained cold temperatures in Japan, China, and South Korea—the







