Investors can’t say definitively that the price of oil bottomed in the third week of March, but some very recent data  released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) that supports the premise that a bottom is in.  More on that in a moment. From a low near $43 per barrel...

Dear OGIB Reader, The leading Canadian junior oil companies are doing whatever they can to create value for their shareholders. Three of the top junior oil companies in Canada are turning away from high growth and into dividend plays this morning. These are all well-respected, leading junior management teams. One was...

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...

by Jen Alic Welcome to East Africa—home of a potential 28 billion barrels of recoverable oil, 440 trillion cubic feet of gas and 14 billion barrels of natural gas liquids. Recent success by Africa Oil (AOI-TSX; AQIFF-PINK)—the stock went from $2-$11 in just two months in the spring of 2012 on...

Could low natural gas prices be setting up a new profit opportunity in Canada? Canadian brokerage firm GMP Securities says low prices could be the catalyst for a wave of mergers and acquisitions in the Canadian oilpatch. In a September 7 report, GMP likens the current pricing environment to 1998-2001, when...

EDITORS NOTE: On November 15 2012, one of the hottest Canadian energy stocks called Poseidon Concepts announced horrible quarterly results that cut the stock from $13.25 that day to open at $6.  I sold it right away that next day as there is never just one cockroach.  It would...

Part 2:  The Technical Outlook -- and Conclusion -- for Bankers Petroleum Stock While the fundamental aspects of the company provide some measure of safety and understanding of future price potential, the technical aspects of the actual stock price provide additional insight for potential price targets and also when to...

What do you do if a respected friend gives  you a stock tip? Stock tips should be avoided at all costs—nothing replaces old fashioned research. And with oil stocks, 10-15 minutes of research can tell you almost all you need to know—if you’re looking for the right data points. In my six years...