Morning Pick Your Poison

By Paul Sankey Published on October 9, 2024 at 7:26 AM

The internet here at my parent’s apartment is so bad that I looked at buying a Starlink. £299 from Curry’s (British ~Best Buy). I’m tempted to, but in this basement flat, we only have a 20ft square patch of skylight. So now I am running internet from my iPhone and it seems okay including a full Bloomberg. Hats off to technology. And frankly, hats off to Elon. How did he come up with – and …

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Morning Always a Bull Market Somewhere

By Paul Sankey Published on September 6, 2024 at 11:00 AM

Numerous conversations with clients this week, which was fun. I miss the days of the trading floor, of the random conversations, of the face-to-face interaction, hey, the water cooler. We had a great live Happy Hour on the rooftop of the Knickerbocker Hotel this week. My friend Rob is in New York luxury hotels, and business has never been better. The head of events at the Knickerbocker said “We get 85% occupancy without trying, and …

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Oh Darling! ($DAR) California’s Lollipop Cuts

By Paul Sankey Published on August 14, 2024 at 9:49 AM

A focus note for you today, on Darling and the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard which has been an important factor in the weakness in West Coast refining margins, that is bleeding into wider refining margin weakness vs current refiner earnings estimates for Q3. We show in this note that California diesel is now 60% renewable, with attendant pressure on refining margins there, as gasoline demand has peaked, and 25% of vehicle sales are electric. …

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