| 8/5/2016 | 08/05/2015 | 08/05/2014 | 08/05/2013 | 08/05/2012 | |
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| Active Rigs | 33 | 74 | 193 | 183 | 206 |
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From Thursday's daily activity report:
Three new permits:
- Operators: Crescent Point Energy (2), CLR
- Fields: Ellisville (Williams), Jim Creek (Dunn)
- Comments:
- Resource Energy Can-Am, a Marshall permit in Divide County
- BR, a Glacier permit in McKenzie
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RBN Energy: update on pipeline build-outs in the Northeast; watching sausage being made.
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Other News And Comments
Huge jobs report: expectations, around 190,000. Actual 255,000. Unemployment rate does not change; folks rushing out looking for jobs. Local talk radio says new immigrants taking available jobs offsets any gain that would have dropped the unemployment rate. Regardless, at 4.9%, the US is at full employment. Okay.
The market reaction: up
US trade deficit: rises $44.6 billion; biggest in 10 months; I didn't read the story but one assumes this is mostly due to strength of the dollar, following Brexit, and perhaps, to some extent, a better US economy. I was wrong. Here's what the AP said:
The U.S. trade deficit increased to the highest point in 10 months, driven up by a big rise in imports of oil and Chinese-made computers, cell phones and clothing.
The deficit rose to $44.5 billion in June, 8.7 percent higher than a revised May deficit of $41 billion, the Commerce Department reported Friday. It was the biggest gap between what America sells abroad and what the country imports since a $44.6 billion deficit last August.
Exports, which have struggled this year because of the strong dollar and global weakness, edged up 0.3 percent to $183.2 billion. Imports rose a faster 1.9 percent to $227.7 billion, led by a 19.4 percent jump in petroleum imports.
Ford sets sales record in China. From SeekingAlpha:
- Ford announces it sold 88,189 vehicles in China during July through its joint ventures, up 15% Y/Y. The sales mark was a record for the month
- The Changan Ford JV sales rose 20% to 69,074 vehicles. Sales for the Jiangling Motor Corporation were up 6% to 17,748 vehicles
- Ford YTD China sales are up 6% to 652,836 vehicles.
How's my favorite stock doing on a huge "UP" day in the market? TSLA is trading flat; was negative slightly; now in the green slightly.
At the other end of the spectrum? MDU is slightly negative.
SRE is struggling: down almost 2%.
An abbreviated Olympic schedule has been posted at the side bar at the right.
For a market that exploded on the upside (+150 points on the Dow) after the July jobs report, finding some issues that are doing really well has been difficult. There were only 137 issues hitting new 52-week highs by mid-day, including none that I'm even vaguely interested in. In fact, many issues that I enjoy following, whether invested or now, were trading flat, with a slight negative showing. There were only 2 issues hitting 52-week lows.
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Market At Midday
For a market that exploded on the upside (+150 points on the Dow) after the July jobs report, finding some issues that are doing really well has been difficult. There were only 137 issues hitting new 52-week highs by mid-day, including none that I'm even vaguely interested in. In fact, many issues that I enjoy following, whether invested or now, were trading flat, with a slight negative showing. There were only 2 issues hitting 52-week lows.
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