Investing -- Sunday Night -- March 17, 2024

Locator: 46792INV.

WTI: up slightly, still above $81. Last check: $81.31.

Markets: all green, but barely; actually flat and could easily go red.

Headline stories:

• hugely bullish: China kicks off the year on strong note as retail, industrial data tops expectations 
• Goldman Sachs expects BofJ to hike rates Tuesday;
  
• talk of recession is dying down in corporate America;
• inflation isn't going away anytime soon -- but it's not impacting everyone equally;
• Cramer: crude oil showing signs of a breakout as it tops $80;
• Saudi Aramco CEO: energy transition is failing; world should abandon fantasy of phasing out oil; 
• move over gold; copper is now breaking out, according to the charts -- Cramer;
  
• tickers
  
• SCCO: I might have missed this Friday, I forget -- SCCO was up 6% in one day; up $5.82; trading at $103;
• UNP: up 15% in past six months; pays 2%;
• CHRD: incredibly volatile; up 5% in past six months, but just as easily could have been down 5%;
• ORCL: among the seven tech stocks in my "tech" bucket, this is the most fascinating -- not necessarily the best -- simply the most fascinating
• AAPL: speaking of tech, holding above its floor of support ($170); now trading at $172 - $173:

The Bakken, most exciting / interesting:

• CHRD + Enerplus
• NOG

Campaign funding:

• what will be an interesting "wedge issue" to raise campaign funds for DNC? Funds coming in for / against Kamala Harris.