The last few months have seen a flurry of E&Ps announcing changes to their business strategy, moving from a growth-through-drilling focus toward an income-and-dividend model.
These companies realize things are changing in the oil patch. Commodity price forecasts are down and investor euphoria over billion-barrel resource plays is fading.
The stocks...
What was the best investment niche in the U.S. energy sector the first half of this year?
Master Limited Partnerships, or MLPs.
Consider one key benchmark, the Alerian MLP Index (AMZ). Since December 31, 2007, the index has returned 66.6% for investors, with about 32% of that from capital gains. Compare...
The debate over fracking -- as I laid out in my last story -- is raging. Among the media outlets that picked up on the story was Canada's BNN (Business News Network), which promptly invited me in to discuss both sides of the debate (and how I'm presently trading it) with...
Two years ago Colombia was the hottest international oil play in the world (for Canadian investors), with big wells creating big valuations and stock runs that left investors hungry for more.
Now, these stocks have not only fallen to earth, they’ve crashed through the floor into the basement—despite good oil...
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 shale oil boom is causing a steep price drop in Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) in North America, hurting gas producers.
Natural Gas Liquids are the raw, associated gases and liquids that come up along with oil and natural gas from the well. NGLs are very important—vital even—now for regular,...
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...
In Part 1 (The Race To Supply LNG), I explained how the Japanese will most likely solve its power shortage, now that there are NO nuclear plants running.
One of the biggest answers is LNG—Liquid Natural Gas—and an emerging LNG technology that is growing around the world... and could be...