I asked my good friend Dave Blais, who trades gold and silver stocks full time, to provide an update on what he sees happening in the gold market, in follow up to the last piece he penned for OGIB readers several weeks ago. The frustrating under-performance...
So what do we retail investors do now? Gut wrenching volatility in the markets due to gut-less politicians has left investors dazed – do we still buy the dips or this 2008 all over again? I was a buyer on Thursday and Friday of my favourite oil producers and energy services...
Investment Profile and Business Overview (ticker: BDI on the TSX) The Black Diamond Group (BDI) is one of the most boring companies I've ever come across. They make & rent remote camps for the oilsands workers – from dining rooms to toilets – and supply the temporary office space. There's no technological...
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...
This chart is bullish for oil.  It shows the number of non-commercial net long crude oil positions in the NYMEX (New York Mercantile Exchange) is moving down – these are the people we all call "The Speculators".  Getting these (politically unpopular) people out of the oil market is what...
I love speaking at investment conferences.  I learn so much from the subscribers and investors that I meet there. One of my subscribers is a landman from Wyoming, a former professional rodeo rider who flew up to see me at the Calgary Resource Investment Conference last weekend.  I sat wide...
Editor's Note:  My subscribers often suggest junior oil and gas stocks to me, to which I reply – convince me.  Write me a story about why I should care about that stock, and use my regular format. Two subscribers mentioned – and wrote up – Reliable Energy (REL-TSXv). Reliable Energy is...
Understanding the future—not just the present—is very important to ETF returns. And this is where the two basic questions for investors get answered. What is the timeline of the trade? The real question here is, how many times does the ETF have to “roll” its futures contracts between now and that trade date? Use oil as...