Oil Markets Gifts

Oil at $100 a barrel

Coronavirus and the Stock Market

'Psst.'

Spot the difference.

(oil - petroleum - gushing out of inkwell)

'The good news is we've discovered a vast new oil resource. The bad news is we need a space ship to get there.'

Dow Jones drop

Got stuck in Iraqi oil, Unca Sam?

Terrorism leaves Iraq and moves on to new places.

'Since we all have to believe in something, I thought, 'Why not money?''

US Energy Needs.

Libyan Crude Oil

Customer Convention

Snake in the grass...

'In a Washington economic summit, a panel of three economists offered two dozen opinions about the direction of global economics.'

'No way! To fund health, education and welfare, we'd be forced to tax oil companies!'

'Of course, in the long term we're all extinct.'

Ethanol and foreign oil.

"Looks like the high tech shares have taken another fall."

National Oil Reserve (Formerly National Wildlife Reserve).

'Tropical fruit, imported cheese, coconuts...I'm not really into that 'eat locally' stuff.'

Produce Market. Lots of things are going on with the produce. The tomatoes, as usual, are having a fruit or veggie identity crisis. Though it makes no sense, the apples and oranges are constantly comparing themselves to one another. The plums are happy. Any assignment or position that comes their way is always the best. That potatoes want couches, of course. And the bananas think they should run the market government. Sure, a banana republic!

Take me to your leader. . .

Madame Borigard: Reader of the Occult - Derivatives & Credit Default Swaps Explained

'Well number 34 has run dry and is now pumping fossils.'

"Today stocks rose on the news that 'down' is a temporary state of mind."

BP Waiter: Dinner is served!

An August Bank-Holiday in the East End.

Venice Floods

"It's work! Look! My plan is working!"

Oil Spill Hits Wall St.

Venezuela: 'He's got Castro's kicking style.'

"Woo-hoo!"

Unfortunately my weight is like the stock market. In the short run it goes up and down, but over the long term in keeps reaching new heights.

"We need to improve our environmental credentials, tell everyone on the rigs to start using recyclable cups."