I’m all about empowering retail investors.  I write my blog and my subscriber paid copy to help them gain back an edge against the institutional money that gets better information faster in the markets.  I mean, how many retail investors have a paid analyst at their call? That’s why I’m...
Dear OGIB subscriber, I don’t often write my readers with this level of urgency. But recently I came across a situation so profitable and so pressing… I did 2 things right away. 1. I put $400,000 of my own money on the line in this single investment idea. 2. I dropped everything at once...
Canada's National Bank Financial recently told its clients that energy service companies trading near their net tangible book value (NTBV) with low financial leverage are the firms to seek out.
Many investors are aware of the technological innovation – fracking – which has brought about a natural gas boom in North America. But the new technologies just keep coming...and the latest technologies will again REVOLUTIONIZE the global natural gas industry. The latest significant breakthroughs have to do with the production...
The rapid increase in horizontal drilling and the shale revolution in the energy sector is re-defining the need and demand for North American energy services companies. This has created a work backlog that has the entire industry – drillers, fracking companies, fluid specialists, water services - stretched to the limit,...
A new development in “fracking” will mean lower costs and higher oil and gas recoveries, says Dan Themig, President of Packers Plus, a privately owned completions (fracking) company based in Calgary, Alberta.  This would mean higher profits for energy producers. Themig’s new product – QuickFRAC® – is part of...
I’m a retail investor and I make retail trading mistakes.  I get nervous too early…even on stocks in which I have high conviction.  Sometimes I skim press releases I should really read in-depth.  Multi-tasking during research is not a good idea. It happens to all of us at different points...
The water dilemma around fracking in the oil patch is valued in the billions. And entrepreneurs are quickly developing a suite of technologies to solve it. The issue is both the quality of water — residents near oil and gas wells want 100% comfort that fracking does not contaminate their groundwater...