Natural gas is the only commodity in North America where the US dollar is not the key factor affecting prices, says technical analyst and newsletter writer Donald Dony. He adds that the greenback sets the backdrop for oil, copper and other commodity prices. North American natural gas, however, is a...
Investors will find the most leverage in the energy market this autumn in…energy metals.  Lithium, cobalt, vanadium were all niche metals for decades until cell phones and laptops hit critical mass, but now the demand is going vertical with large scale energy storage and Electric Vehicles (EVs).  Mainstream metals...
Dear OGIB Reader, There is a definite seasonality to the oil and gas stocks in Canada—and generally speaking, the top is right now. In both 2011 and 2012, the TSX Energy Index peaked out the first week of February. In 2010 it was the first week of January. Each of the last...
I bought into Headwater Exploration (HWX – TSX) about last May – during the darkest days of the oil market.  Headwater was a bet on management – Neil Roszell and his team--the same guys who, over the last decade, brought us Raging River, Wild Stream and Wild River.  I...
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...
   Guest Post Hi, this is Keith Schaefer—even though you don’t recognize the logo above.  Since oil crashed back in the fall of 2014 we have had a few false starts at an oil price recovery. Is this rally real--or another tease? I’ve helped the editor at Hedge Fund Insiders http://www.hedgefundinsiders.com/, Reece Morgan, start a brilliant investment...
What are The Pros doing in the Market? Each quarter I like to interview with a fund manager who I think has his pulse on what’s happening in the energy markets. Today I’m sharing an interview with Martin Pelletier, one of the principals at TriVest Wealth Counsel in Calgary.  I...
In World War II, when the Allied countries laid out their first strategic bombing plans--the first target they selected was easy to agree on. It was the German electrical grid.  The Allies knew that without electricity the Germans couldn’t do anything. If Germany had been attacking the United States it would...