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...
By Bill Powers "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein Therefore, energy investors in North America are insane. Cheap money (low interest rates) and high oil prices encouraged the drilling of many marginal plays from 2010-2014--causing a huge amount of energy bankruptcies after...
  The man who has made me more money than ANYONE – Nathan Weiss – is hosting a special conference call on the latest Coronavirus, COVID-19.   On this call, you will learn   Why there will be vast improvement in treatments in the next 1-2 months (the response by the global medical community...
  The Market had its biggest UP day in history Monday, with the Dow up 1294 points, as central bankers around the world committed to liquidity for the Market.  That will mean lower interest rates and making more money available to keep the global money flow going! Of course, this was...
Financial markets have an impressive ability to discount (or predict) major events days in advance. For example, think of the market declines leading up to 9/11--the S&P 500 declined 7.79% over the ten trading days prior.  NOW, over the past five trading days, the S&P 500 has declined 12%, as...
Ever wonder why the stock of an energy company you love doesn’t go up? You’ve analyzed it and you think it’s undervalued. But the stock doesn’t go up. Well, I just finished reading one of the best explanations of why that happens. It’s a November 2013 report from oil and...
Oil is up.  Consensus has changed from a supply glut to a more balanced market by the end of this year—but the Market is in full swing pricing that in now. Energy producers across the board have had a good run in the last month, and it could continue—both Brent and...
Sometimes finding the next big opportunity requires nothing more than common sense. By 2018 frac sand demand in the United States will have tripled from 2016. Common sense is all you need to know that this will be very good for frac sand stocks. That is simple economics. It really is very simple. As...