Well, the Tuesday afternoon numbers came out, and I guess the market likes what it sees. Crude oil is strengthening markedly:
But like I said on Monday morning, it’s important to keep these things in context, because the big picture is, shall we say, a little more grim:
Incidentally, I am composing this post at the desk of a guy here at Bank of America, where I have a bunch of accounts. I was using their WiFi, and it worked with every site except one that I guess B of A considers too heinous for their customers to access:
