This isn’t a situation where there is a question of if; in fact there isn’t even a question of when. The BIG TRADE of 2015 is happening now. Right now there is a group of companies that are generating huge windfall-like cash flows every day—due to low WTI oil prices in the US.  The longer oil prices stay low the more...
A couple quick thoughts on today's Big Oil News – the IEA releasing 60 million barrels from Strategic Reserves around the world to help lower global oil prices – before I get into who will benefit from this (and there's a surprise here). In terms of fundamentals, this really is...
The beginning of the New Year is historically a lousy time to be buying bitcoin. As you can see from the arrows in the chart, bitcoin usually heads DOWN in January. Since 2011, bitcoin has had a cumulative return of MINUS 22 percent. Only September (minus 42%) is worse than January. Last January...
By guest writer Michel Massad, publisher of Beating The Index.com Energy stocks across the board have been hit hard in the last quarter—both producers and service companies.  Stock charts have been laid to waste. Neither sexy resource plays nor respected leadership were enough to stem the bleeding. But shareholders of three...
I can’t decide it Cobalt International (CIE:NYSE) is one announcement way from being a five-bagger or one news release away from being a disaster. If a person knew which way this was going to go--there are some Big Fast Easy Capital Gains to be made. But I just don't know...
I’m Keith Schaefer, your editor. Our new online service - Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin - is designed to provide investors with easy to read, independent research on junior and intermediate oil and gas companies that can provide strong investor returns. There is a great opportunity in energy stocks right...
Dear OGIB Reader, There are two trends in the Canadian energy patch in the last three weeks that have been making money for investors – but the question is, do they have legs? Can the uptrends continue? The first and most obvious is natural gas. After doubling in price between April...
Sum of the parts analysis is out of style. Today we invest on memes and charts and symbols like Call me a dinosaur but I think there is still value to good old-fashioned research. Acacia Research Group (ACTG – NASDAQ) requires some digging. It checks many of the boxes of a difficult...