Yo, I promised I would double down on posts after shirking my responsibilities somewhat last week, so here are ten tidbits I have squirreled away from then until now to show you how nuts Energyworld™ is. Enjoy! » read more
Posts Tagged ‘hurricane season’
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Jun 15 2012 @ 2:52pm by Matt Smith in Capital Markets, Crude Oil, Economy, Global Energy, Natural Gas
10 Tidbits
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May 31 2012 @ 10:52am by Matt Smith in Natural Gas, risk management, Risk Strategy
Names, Refrains, And Hurricanes
Given I am completely immersed in economic nerdiness as I prep for next week’s Platts conference, the burrito side of my brain has staged a coup and steered me back toward the more lighthearted ( / stormy) side of Energyland™.
So with the official start to Atlantic hurricane season beckoning tomorrow (June 1), let us take a look at the potential runners and riders for this swell season, as well as ten names and refrains which trundle their way back to energy. » read more
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Jul 21 2011 @ 10:55am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Economy, Global Energy, Natural Gas, risk management
Commodities, Darren Clarke, Chinese Diving, and the US Women’s Soccer Team
For this week’s meanderings, there isn’t a music or cartoon theme in sight, for today…we talk sport. This past week has seen a number of breathtaking conclusions to some spectacular sporting events, which of course, have sent me trundling back along the path to energy. So here are three of the previous week’s events, lined up alongside their commodity compatriots. » read more
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Apr 6 2011 @ 10:58am by Matt Smith in Global Energy, Natural Gas, risk management
Reasons For A Rally, Factors For A Fall
As Naturalgasworld™ enters the shoulder month season (=April / May), I’m going to play devil’s advocate at this time of transition. As we shuffle away from heating demand and towards the call for cooling, here are a number of considerations which are providing reasons for a rally…or factors for a fall: » read more
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Oct 22 2010 @ 10:48am by Matt Smith in Crude Oil, Economy, Global Energy, Natural Gas, Random
Burrito Bites
Howdydoody! I hope all is well, and that your 295th day of the year is filled with as much joy as this picture. Commodityworld(tm) is fun at the leanest of times, so a week filled with such velocitous (is a word, I checked) volatility and milestones with millstones is a glorious treat indeed. It is natural gas that is making milestones (with millstones round its neck), as it slowly sinks, making further prompt month lows (hark, forwards following). Crude has had a week more nutty than a Snickers bar, as a whipsawing US dollar and a splattergun of Chinese data have pinged prices round like a pinball (but amazingly, are flat on the week). US corporate earnings season is at its peak, hence all is well with the world, as company earnings results under-promise and over-deliver. Anyhoo. Wake up! Time to dine!
–NOAA’s La Niña (aka another winter of strange weather in the cards).
–Hurricane threat to Gulf is fading to zero, say meteorologists (err, who is Richard then?!).
–5 Halloween costumes you can make with stuff you already own.
–No (Euro) Shale ’til Brooklyn 2025.
–The economics of Seinfeld.
–Hark, bearish news as China’s refining rate falls to the lowest in 18 months (or the Director’s cut – when 9.6% growth isn’t enough).
–For a first date, wear red.
–Global Hydro and Nuclear Power in Perspective.
–The gazillion dollar question… Marcellus Shale: a blessing or a curse?
–The Mafia goes green. (hat tip EB)
–Stick that in your vuvazela!
–The Economist asks, what are commodities telling us?
–First Spiderman, then Spider-pig, now Spider-goats.
Idle Oil Tankers off the French Coast
The Burnt Burrito Award of the week goes to the French for their striking ways. When Lady Gaga cancels concerts as no-one has the gas in the tank to drive there, you’ve probably made your point.
The Burrito Deluxe Award of the week goes to the Federal Reserve’s monthly release of the Beige Book, which showed regional economic activity in the US increased at a ‘modest pace’…..we’ll take it!
Have a majestic weekend!
