Friday, September 4, 2026

US Personal Savings Rate Surges -- I Wonder What This Means -- September 4, 2026

Locator: 51664ECONOMY.

Link here

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Movie Night

Lost In Translation Too many to count "lost in translation" videos on YouTube.

Here's one. Link here

Huge: Anthropic Adds Apple's CarPlay Integration To The Claude IOS App -- September 4, 2026

Locator: 51663CARPLAY.

This really is huge. 

Link here

Interesting on so many levels.  

I Thought All This Hot Weather -- Global Warming -- Was Going To Result In More Hurricane Activity -- September 4, 2026

Locator: 51662GIFTING.

Link here

Gifting -- It's Hard To Believe The WSJ Had To Post This -- I Figured This Out On My Won Some Time Ago -- September 4, 2026

Locator: 51662GIFTING.

Pageviews: just went over 91 million page views cumulative. Current run rate, 400,000 pageviews/hour.

The WSJ

Link here

A must read.

I've added this article to my family blog on investing.  

Daily Activity Report -- September 4, 2026

Locator: 51661B.

Iran: pundits "unhappy" that Trump calls the conflict against Iran "small potatoes." He's correct. Will the US hit Pickaxe over the three-day weekend? Tea leaves suggest that could happen.

Lebanon: Israel using their time and resources wisely -- taking out Hezbollah, one day at a time. We're seeing the transformation of the Middle East in real time. 

WMB: up slightly today; trading near its 52-week high; pays 3%.

Brent: WTI will go into the three-day weekend above $91. Never thought I would see this price this high this long. MPC up a bit today; CVX down over one percent (profit trading or euphoria over Venezuela has evaporated). Bullison on Brent (see below); same with WTI. 

Saudi Arabia, Humain: link here

Broadcom

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Back to the Bakken

WTI: green for the day;  at close, trading at $91.48.

Active rigs: 35.

No new permits.

Seven permits renewed

  • Hess (4): four EN-Van Berkom permits; Sorkness oil field, Mountrail County;
  • Petro-Hunt (3): three on same pad, Little Knife oil field, Dunn County, Charles Tompkins (2) and Charles Rand.