Y'all bein' fum Tejas an' all, I 'luctant to say "bullshit!", but look at the chart here
http://www.investmenttools.com/futures/bdi_baltic_dry_index.htm#bdi_sp
at the BDI and Snippy 500 and tell me there is a co-relation. Feudin' cuzzins, mebbe. Lak Farrast Gump and' he black sojer buddy...