When I started my subscription service back in June 2009, I truly wasn’t sure how it would evolve.  The core was to be stockpicking some junior and intermediate oil and gas producers listed in Canada and the US. I also thought I would be able to educate a lot of investors with many interesting story ideas that came out of my daily research.

I hoped, but could not have guessed, that my portfolio would perform as well as it has.  One of my key tenets is transparency; this is my real portfolio. Every  portfolio company which I present to subscribers is one in which I invest real real money; it’s not a model portfolio.  I think it’s important for subscribers to know I put my money on the line with them. Subscribers get alerted to trades within minutes of their addition to the Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin portfolio.

The service has proven itself.  It has made me hundreds of thousands of dollars in the past nine months.  While there is a mix of domestic and international plays, the fact that I was in early to several of the hot new Cardium oil plays in Alberta was a big factor in the subscriber portfolio performance.

The numbers and subscriber feedback tell me the service is creating huge value for investors.  My company reports are simply written, and easily understood.  Plus, I use the same formula for each write up.

Subscribers can expect several new developments in 2010.  The first and most exciting is one of my next two picks, which has me more excited than when I bought Wavefront Technology (WEE-TSXv; $2.30) at 71 cents.  Second, is an increased focus on US stocks – there are some great opportunities there (especially if the oil price keeps dragging down stocks!).  Third,later this year there will be  a new Community Centre, inside the Members Centre on the website, where subscribers will be able to post their oil and gas stock ideas for others to read, all juried by me. 2010 is already looking like a very interesting and exciting year!

With that said, on February 6, 2010, our subscription rates will be increasing. The price for an annual subscription will become $399 (currently US $299), and monthly subscriptions will become $39 per month (currently US $29).  There is a 60 day, 100% money back guarantee on annual subscriptions, and a pro-rata refund thereafter.  There is no refund for monthly subscribers, who may cancel at any time. 

Just as a comparison, several newsletters on the mining side charge $1500 – $3000 for the same, real- time information.

My team and I have many ideas we’re working on, to increase value to subscribers.  But the main one, by far, is profiling opportunities for huge capital gains to subscribers in oil and gas stocks (no coal, no uranium, no lithium etc), and putting my own money on the line with subscribers.

I think 2010 will be a very exciting year for oil and gas investors, as the new technologies that are being used in North America to increase cash flow, profits and stock prices are implemented around the globe by very technically competent management teams. 

In fact, one of my next two picks is an international play where horizontal drilling will be used for the first time in a highly prospective new oil field. This field is independently estimated to hold billions of barrels of oil – and this tiny junior owns a colossal sized land package in it. Two vertical wells have already shown the formation exists; to me it’s just a question if it can be fracked properly.  This  could quickly become the most profitable investment I have ever made.

Take advantage of the current subscription rate, and my 60 day money back guarantee, before February 6, 2010.

God Bless & prosperity to all in 2010!