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To: yard_man who wrote (129608)	10/16/2001 12:50:47 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

>>>What about crude? Maybe that's where you should look for a barometer of future economic activity -- less seasonality there, right?<<<<< Not sure. NG is used in fertilizers, fiber and also in electricity 3 major consumers of NG. Electricity fiber and fertilizers are GDP oriented. Crude oil is transportation oriented which in it's turn is also GDP oriented so it is difficult to assert simple conclusion.

To: yard_man who wrote (129608)	10/16/2001 12:53:51 PM
From: Terry Whitman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

How about Lumber as a gauge of future economic activity. It seems to do a pretty good job most of the time. futures.tradingcharts.com Crude Oil may be affected more by weather issues and such. The price of Unleaded Gasoline should be a better gauge for the economy than crude. It's at $1.12 here- lowest price in recent memory. Correlates w/ new lows in lumber too.