Energy stocks correlate with oil price; former holding up better in current decline Sector job cuts mediocre; oil and extraction hourly earnings another high in Feb Companies acting as if bottom is in for oil; investors buying into this optimism … Continued
BLS’ January oil-and-gas-extraction data gives false sense of security Challenger survey shows 20k energy job-cuts in Jan, more than in all of 2014 Boom bust normal in U.S. oil patch, but shale boom of last five years like no other … Continued
November job openings in U.S. non-farm payroll at yet another high As of December, not much change in momentum in oil and extraction jobs Job openings in mining and logging peaked in July and is sideways/down since Job openings enable … Continued