Archive - Sep 17, 2009 - Blog entry

In my last article, I discussed two of the major factors to this week’s run-up in natural gas - Operation Flow Orders (OFOs) and pre-configured stop orders being hit. Here, I’d like to take a look at some other concurrent distortions in the natural gas market.

I asked the Fed a question on what was QE. Their response surprised me. It also left me confused. Does this bring any clarity to this big question?

The news in commercial real estate keeps getting grimmer by the day. This crisis will have severe implications for pension funds that are carrying these properties on their books and banks that are exposed to commercial real estate loans. In other words, the commercial real estate crisis isn't over - not by a long shot.

It seems almost each week, if not each day we learn of yet another FAIL from our alleged watchdogs at the Securities & Exchange Commission, but there is only so much facepalm a pseudonymous blogger can take before he is compelled to do something about it.