The Market, Energy, And Political Page, T+43 -- September 25, 2018

Futures: so the market had a huge downturn yesterday -- the Dow (irrelevant) was down 180 (?) points. I assume it was all gloom and doom on CNBC yesterday. I saw about ten minutes. Big story: China trade war. Today, three major indices green. Including the Dow (irrelevant) up 80 points in pre-market trading. The S&P 500 is up over 7 points and "trading" at 2,924.

WTI: in pre-market trading, up a half a percent, $72.38.

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Anything moving?

• CVX: melting up. Up about a third of a percent, at $123.05. One year target: $146.11. If we see that, Sophia will get two new pair of shoes this Christmas. And a new Lincoln Logs set.
• RDS-b: up almost 2% today; it had fallen quite a bit the last six months, so this is not a big deal
• EW: jumped $11.79 yesterday; up almost 8% yesterday; holding gains today; not a big deal; EW was down quite a bit this past month or so; now back to what it was
• the utilities: all struggling
• T: melting up; but oh, so slow
• XLNX: near it's 52-week high yesterday; not trading yet today
• UNP: down yesterday; not trading yet today
• AAPL: I completely missed this -- up $4 yesterday, back to $220.79, and it looks like it will hold those gains today, at least at the open
• HES: will blow through its 52-week high
• OAS: the sleeper stock in the Bakken?
• DNR: huge day yesterday; will hold those gains today

Keystone XL: for what it's worth -- TransCanada says it is ready to start construction (again) next year now that the US State Department has given the environmental okay. I wouldn't hold my breath -- I don't think Nebraska has signed on yet. Mule deer have shown up early at the Gascoyne, ND, staging area, to start protesting the pipeline.