XOP News and Press, SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Explor & Product From 09/24/22

Summary The energy market has certainly had a very positive year so far. FTSE All World Oil, Gas & Coal is up 20% YTD (to end August), 39% ahead of the broader FTSE All World Equity Index. Looking more broadly across asset classes, whilst energy equities were strong (and less ...

Summary The market is firmly positioned for further rate hikes and higher inflation. Under the surface, spot commodity prices are not reflecting this reality. If and when other macro charts align (e.g., lower USD, lower yields), this will present a bountiful opportunity to lon...

InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips Why are oil stocks down today? Well, it surely doesn’t help that the S&P 500 is down more than 2% so far in Friday’s session and that crude oil prices are down almost 6%. That impact is being felt across...

Summary Midstream outperformed the S&P 500 and other energy sub-sectors. The sector is the obvious alternative for investors seeking income and inflation protection. We see continued outperformance for midstream amid a high inflation and bullish energy backdrop. ...

Summary It is not clear what a new market design would look like, but many politicians have called for price caps, albeit in many different forms. The merit order ensures that the cheapest technologies enter the market first but implies that the price is set by the most expensive ...

Summary Although consumers are benefiting from robust labor markets and strong balance sheets, they appear reluctant to buy high-cost durable goods. A key to navigating inflation risk is understanding its relationship with asset class returns. Historically, high-inflation episodes...

Summary OPEC output increased by 618 kb/d in August after being revised higher in July 2022 by 37 kb/d and June 2022 output was revised up by 5 kb/d compared to last month’s MOMR. For the ordinary least squares trend for the October 2021 to August 2022 period for OPEC crude...

Summary The first half of the year saw GDP contract slightly and GDI expand slightly, and I interpret that as little to no growth. The money market futures I follow and the market based models I track all put the peak in rates somewhere between March and June of next year. I d...

Summary Core CPI, excludes food and energy, rose from July's year-over-year reading of 5.9% to a YoY rate of 6.3% in August. FedEx reported dismal earnings on Friday sending the stock down 21%. A large part of the economic data seems to be indicating the economy is slowing. ...

Summary Officials at the world's major central banks, led by the US Fed, grew increasingly united in their resolve to bring inflation under control. The August about-face pulled the Europe ex UK and both US Russell indexes back down to the bottom of the performance ranks for the y...