Are you voting for the pro-oil candidate or the anti-oil one?

Former President Donald Trump is a vocal champion of the energy industry and wants the U.S. to “drill, baby, drill,” while Vice President Kamala Harris has previously voiced support for a fracking ban. But figuring out which politician actually is more favorable to the industry is trickier than it seems.

In the three-week period between President Biden’s poor debate performance that cemented Trump’s lead and Biden’s departure from the race, crude-oil prices fell 3%, while a basket of large U.S. oil-and-gas companies rose nearly 2%. They usually move in tandem, but the divergence makes sense: As industry veteran Dan Pickering, chief investment officer of Pickering Energy Partners, put it: Trump is friendlier to the industry and riskier to the commodity price, while Harris is riskier for the industry and more bullish for price.

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Warehouse operators and parcel carriers drove a seasonally-adjusted 19,200 increase in logistics workers in July from June as the industry ramps up hiring for the critical fall shipping season, according to preliminary Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday. Parcel carriers added 10,900 jobs in July from June, while warehouses added 10,700 jobs. Trucking, which is struggling from an oversupply of drivers who flocked to the sector during the pandemic, dropped 2,400 jobs. That extends a pullback that has left that sector down more than 43,000 jobs since July 2022. ([email protected])

Funds flowed into developed economies bond markets this week with $14.9 billion of inflows recorded while emerging markets faced $228 million of outflows, TD Securities strategists say in a note. "The U.S. experienced inflows of $11 billion, whilst Western Europe also recorded a decent inflow of $2.5 billion." The largest share of funds flowed into U.S. investment grade bonds, at $2.2 billion, followed by U.S. Treasury bonds and U.S. high-yield bonds at $1.9 billion and $1.3 billion, respectively, TD Securities says. "Year to date inflows into global debt continue to outpace the previous years, with investors favoring funds exposed to the medium or long-end sector of the curve, rather than short-end." ([email protected])

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