Trending: Cold Weather and Low Inventories Push Natural Gas Prices to Four-Year Highs

U.S. natural gas had a wild ride over the past week as investors were caught off guard by updated weather forecasts as well as reduced stocks. Oil moved in the opposite direction for the better part of the month as glut worries took prices back to October 2017 levels. On the currencies front, the U.S. dollar continues its march against the troubled euro and British pound. Last week has been mostly about the energy sector so leading companies in the field have trended accordingly. Investment grade corporate bonds closed the list as investors reevaluate the risk of placing funds in such assets. Check out our previous Trends edition at Trending: Investors Steer Towards Dividend Yields Amid Market Turmoil.