For a few days last week it looked like the ‘junior miners’ had finally decoupled from the mainstream stockmarket trend. They actually rose as the Dow and S&P plunged. Sadly it didn’t last – before long they turned down once again. It seems we were being teased.

The airline industry is a mess. Things are so out of whack that one airliner, American Airlines, announced last week that it was going to charge for the baggage that passengers check.

The IEA forecast for a daily increase in global oil production of 31 million barrels by 2030—a 37% jump—sounds like pure fantasy. Do the facts support it? Are big oil companies already searching for that future oil and finding it? Do they have plans to produce it?

I’m going to show you a very important chart below. It’s one that shows one of the biggest drivers for higher gas prices.

When a commodity or stock breaks out to new highs, as oil has done again this week, it’s extremely unwise to go short, as many are suggesting. I have no doubt, of course, that now I’ve said that in print, it will mark the top of the market.

“I haven’t gone on a political tirade in a good while, or as my friends would say, in a hot minute. But the one I’m about to go on could really affect the way we look at the economy in the future” says Charles Delvalle.

“So let me start from the beginning.”

“The Presidential election is about seven months away. And at this point in the game, it’s time for the candidates to really talk about what they would do if they were president.”

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Energy reported the biggest BUILD in crude oil supplies in a decade, indicating a fall off in demand. Meanwhile, gasoline stockpiles FELL by 4.5 million barrels. This says gas consumption continues to rise. So how can you profit from these divergent moves in energy markets? Easier than ever before actually!