Data Driven Stocks

So far, the United States has the lowest level of Strategic Petroleum Reserve oil since 1983.

Are we heading toward zero oil reserves? Is the U.S. going to run out of oil?

Not much oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz, yet it remains strategically important.

One constantly loses money with the VIX. But others consistently make money with the VIX. How? You have to answer that question for yourself!

Inflation rose to 4.2% in the United States, well above the central bank's 2% target (which has not been reached since 2022). But why?

Participation rate is falling while unemployment is also falling. Those two usually move in opposite directions - not this time.

Participation rate is down to 61.5%, the lowest since March 2021. Strip out the Covid months and it's the lowest in 50 years.

Unemployment rate is down to 4.2%, a fresh one-year low. But it only "fell" because 720,000 people walked out of the labor force last month, not because anyone got hired.

Last time we saw this pattern hold for real was the 2010-2015 jobless recovery, right after the GFC crash. Not a great club to be in. But didn't have any crash this time