muscleman Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Just for fun. Let's have it here and come back four years later. 1. Oil and other commodity prices way up 2. Housing price the least affordable ever. 3. Highest gun sales in US history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fareastwarriors Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Just for fun. Let's have it here and come back four years later. 1. Oil and other commodity prices way up 2. Housing price the least affordable ever. 3. Highest gun sales in US history. I saw your original post. Why try so hard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muscleman Posted January 28, 2021 Author Share Posted January 28, 2021 Just for fun. Let's have it here and come back four years later. 1. Oil and other commodity prices way up 2. Housing price the least affordable ever. 3. Highest gun sales in US history. I saw your original post. Why try so hard? Really? Sorry about that. I wasn't sure if I got that one posted because I couldn't find it anymore. :o I just searched and could not find it. Was it deleted by someone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fareastwarriors Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Just for fun. Let's have it here and come back four years later. 1. Oil and other commodity prices way up 2. Housing price the least affordable ever. 3. Highest gun sales in US history. I saw your original post. Why try so hard? Really? Sorry about that. I wasn't sure if I got that one posted because I couldn't find it anymore. :o I just searched and could not find it. Was it deleted by someone? I thought it was moved to the Politics section but I didn't bother checking. Maybe it was deleted, I don't know. My point is why try so hard to do basically a 100% political post here. The only thread linking your 3 points in your timeframe is politics. Am I wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muscleman Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 Just for fun. Let's have it here and come back four years later. 1. Oil and other commodity prices way up 2. Housing price the least affordable ever. 3. Highest gun sales in US history. I saw your original post. Why try so hard? Really? Sorry about that. I wasn't sure if I got that one posted because I couldn't find it anymore. :o I just searched and could not find it. Was it deleted by someone? I thought it was moved to the Politics section but I didn't bother checking. Maybe it was deleted, I don't know. My point is why try so hard to do basically a 100% political post here. The only thread linking your 3 points in your timeframe is politics. Am I wrong? I don't see the original thread in the politics section either. Odd.... The government policies are very important in regards to what are the potentially hot areas to bet on. For example, when a lot of federal and state lands are banned from oil, that changes the supply demand quite a bit. Also the keystone pipeline ban can make railroad hot again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooDiligence Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 ... Does anyone have info on how these contracts are written? I’m not super familiar with rail transport, but I would imagine it’s not much different than container shipping where you have a range or “quote” of price and the contract acts more as a “we get the business” type of deal. This is on the edge of my limited knowledge and i guess you wonder if railways obtain good margins on those contracts. Because of commercial 'sensitivity', contract clauses are not widely reported. It seems that railways need to invest (buying and leasing) significant funds to meet this specific demand and ask, in return, for a multi-year commitment and a baseline daily (bpd equivalent) take-or-pay scenario. i think the Alberta government was recently on the hook for such contracts negotiated at at time when prices (and demand) were higher. So, BNSF could be eager to contract for such crude-by-rail agreements and the deals would likely be quite profitable short term but this does not appear to be a long term advantage. There was an article about CN some time ago dealing with this topic, sort of: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/05/01/news/crude-rail-temporary-solution-pipeline-shortage-cn-rail-ceo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muscleman Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 The oil prediction came quicker than i expected. But I also think the spread between Canadian and US oil will remain at a wide margin now that he banned keystone pipeline so his big donate Buffet can profit from the $30 per barrel railroad shipping charge from the Canadians. Makes total sense for a green energy leader. ::) https://www.wsj.com/articles/tightening-oil-supplies-inject-new-momentum-into-pric[…]d=IwAR0G47iWMoBxqI8xMun_7WUWgCe3H6R8OfmvtfOt4L1-CZFTMGUm3IWp2n0 We will see when the other two comes in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spekulatius Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 ^ Stocks are also the least affordable ever, but no one sees it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooDiligence Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 My prediction is rolling right along at about the pace I expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 ^ Stocks are also the least affordable ever, but no one sees it that way. Least affordable? Surely you mean most profitable! Take my monies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KFS Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 The oil prediction came quicker than i expected. But I also think the spread between Canadian and US oil will remain at a wide margin now that he banned keystone pipeline so his big donate Buffet can profit from the $30 per barrel railroad shipping charge from the Canadians. Makes total sense for a green energy leader. ::) https://www.wsj.com/articles/tightening-oil-supplies-inject-new-momentum-into-pric[…]d=IwAR0G47iWMoBxqI8xMun_7WUWgCe3H6R8OfmvtfOt4L1-CZFTMGUm3IWp2n0 We will see when the other two comes in. Fact check: Buffett did not donate to Biden; oil that would have been transported through the Keystone XL Pipeline will use existing infrastructure, not Buffett-owned railroad https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-buffett-keystone-pipeline-idUSKBN2A22LR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castanza Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 ... Does anyone have info on how these contracts are written? I’m not super familiar with rail transport, but I would imagine it’s not much different than container shipping where you have a range or “quote” of price and the contract acts more as a “we get the business” type of deal. This is on the edge of my limited knowledge and i guess you wonder if railways obtain good margins on those contracts. Because of commercial 'sensitivity', contract clauses are not widely reported. It seems that railways need to invest (buying and leasing) significant funds to meet this specific demand and ask, in return, for a multi-year commitment and a baseline daily (bpd equivalent) take-or-pay scenario. i think the Alberta government was recently on the hook for such contracts negotiated at at time when prices (and demand) were higher. So, BNSF could be eager to contract for such crude-by-rail agreements and the deals would likely be quite profitable short term but this does not appear to be a long term advantage. There was an article about CN some time ago dealing with this topic, sort of: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/05/01/news/crude-rail-temporary-solution-pipeline-shortage-cn-rail-ceo Missed this response earlier, thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cigarbutt Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 The oil prediction came quicker than i expected. But I also think the spread between Canadian and US oil will remain at a wide margin now... https://www.wsj.com/articles/tightening-oil-supplies-inject-new-momentum-into-pric[…]d=IwAR0G47iWMoBxqI8xMun_7WUWgCe3H6R8OfmvtfOt4L1-CZFTMGUm3IWp2n0 We will see when the other two comes in. Fact check: Buffett did not donate to Biden; oil that would have been transported through the Keystone XL Pipeline will use existing infrastructure, not Buffett-owned railroad https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-buffett-keystone-pipeline-idUSKBN2A22LR The Reuters link is very helpful. Thank you. The short term effects (railroads) are likely to be felt mostly north of the border and there may be mid-term implications with enough impetus given for 'partnerships' to go ahead with some real investments, such as the DRU project. https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/oil/012921-canadian-rails-see-crude-increasing-on-keystone-xl-cancellation-dapl-uncertainty https://s25.q4cdn.com/892584814/files/doc_presentations/USDP_Investor_Presentation_DRU_FINAL.pdf Going back to a specific name, in the last 15 years, CNR's share (CNR being one of the major railway operators in Canada, with CP) has compounded at about (number unaudited) 15%, of which 5.5% came from EPS growth, 8% from multiple expansion and 1.5% from dividends (some of the 5.5% growth came from buybacks). CNR has benefited, in a cyclical way, from volatile oil prices (and other volatile fossil aspects) but it's not really a long term driver of the business. ----- What is meant by 'affordable' housing? The question is because the affordability indices used in North America (ie NAR) are truly fascinating. For example, housing 'affordability' in the US reached almost record levels last March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muscleman Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/03/gun-sales-january-background-checks/ 80% jump and the third-highest monthly total on record. Looks like two of my 3 predictions came true. That is too quick. Last one is housing. We will revisit in a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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