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...
by Donald DonyThe major decline in oil prices over the past five months has placed many securities into a freefall. The commodity-rich SPX/TSX, for example, has fallen 10.00% since September, putting into a bear market (Chart 1). Chart 1The TSX Energy sector has declined even further, cratering almost 40% bringing...
The Brexit side has won.  The British people, the nation (not the politicians) have voted to leave the European Union, and become as Norway and Switzerland are—in Europe but out of the EU. This is not a binding vote; it’s only a referendum.  And it was a very narrow margin—basically...
In Part 1 - How To Trade the Oil Markets, Canadian oil and gas research analysts Josef Schachter and Martin Pelletier explained one of the key strategies to make money in the junior oil sector—trade the volatility; learn how to read the swings. Here, they share some of their best money-making strategies...
The SmartGrid is here to redefine how we generate, deliver, and pay for electricity—and that will be a big opportunity for energy investors in 2016. The SmartGrid will help utilities reduce demand among their customer base during the very expensive peak periods, and cost-effectively increase their use of renewable energy. The...
Corporate profits for US companies—especially small caps—could be set to soar 20% in the first half of 2015. That’s what happens when the CPI—the Consumer Price Index—breaks up and away from the PPI—the Producer Price Index. The chart below (courtesy of  Unit Economics in Boston) shows that the Consumer Price Index...
Do you know what a royalty is? I don’t mean the Queen of England.  In business, it’s where one party gets a small slice of revenue—with no costs. It’s a free ride. In oil and gas, it’s often called a GORR—Gross OverRiding Royalty. In mining, it’s often called an NSR—Net Smelter Return,...
The Biggest Wins in the Market either come from a) buying the leaders in an industry and staying with them b) turn-around stocks--typically broken companies on the mend – and unique, high-growth small-cap stocks. There’s another newsletter that specializes in this—very successfully.  It’s Fabrice Taylor’s President’s Club.  For the last five years,...