Notes From All Over -- Thursday, February 18, 2021

I'm working off a throttled cell phone so minimal blogging.

EIA weekly petroleum report: a reminder.  

Re-balanced? Crude oil in storage.

• At 461.8 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are at the five year average for this time of year.

CEO confidence survey; at a 17-year high. CEO confidence in US economic outlook reaches 17-year high. (Google app won't allow me to post the link, but easily found.)

Natural gas fill rate, link here:

DAPL: operator sees "no chance" the pipeline will be shut down. For the archives. By the way, Energy Transfer has proposed buying Enable Midstream.

• Energy Transfer to buy Enable Midstream; $7.2 billion deal. Motley Fool;
• all-equity transaction
• enhances footprint throughout mid-continent and Gulf Coast regions
• 0.8595 of Energy Transfer units for each unit of Enable Midstream
• Motley Fool: suggests this will improve the long-term sustainability of the company's high-yielding distribution;

Walmart raises dividend: by a penny; link here. 

Walmart tumbles on guidance, spending plans: link here.

Walmart 4Q20: revenue soars; misses on earnings;

Tokyo: Olympics 202One still a question mark. Link here to The WSJ.

Tennis: speaking of sports, the Australian Open semifinals last night between Jennifer "Go Bruins" Brady and Karolina Muchová was an incredible match. I was hoping would win but wow, it was a nail-biter.

Baseball: third-longest contract in professional baseball; longest contract for the San Diego Padres; link to The WSJ;

• Fernando Tatís, Jr; shortstop;
• 22 years old
• 14-year, $340 million