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ATA Trucking Index decreases slightly in April

May 21st, 2013
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This is a minor indicator that I follow. From ATA: ATA Truck Tonnage Index Fell 0.2% in April

Shale gas, tight oil, and fracking - May 21

May 21st, 2013
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•At margins of shale oil boom, a tempered euphoria •Fracking envy •Radioactive fracking debris triggers worries at dump sites •Poland’s shale gas hopes suffer blow •Poland Shale Boom Falters as State Targets Higher Taxes •The fight for North Dakota's fracking-water market

Challenges and Opportunities: Aviation Emissions and the European Cap and Trade System

May 21st, 2013
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Editor's Note: This article was originally published in the Winter/Spring 2013 edition of the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs: The Future of Energy.

18th Century Debt (UK Consols to 1742)

May 21st, 2013
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  “In 1752, Prime Minister Henry Pelham converted the entire outstanding stock of British debt into consolidated annuities that would become known as consols. The consols paid interest on an annual basis just like regular bonds, but with no requirement that the government ever redeem them by repaying the face value.” -Slate  

A Long Way Down for Financial CDS

May 21st, 2013
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After falling 84% from high to low during the financial crisis, the S&P 500 Financial sector is now up 231% from its low back in 2009.  As shown in the long-term chart below, the sector has really charged higher this year, breaking out of a multi-year sideways range that had been in place.  That being said, the chart really shows just how far the Financial sector still has to go to get back to where it was pre-crisis.

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