What are the characteristics of good business leaders? Honesty, financial responsibility and a... Read More
What are the characteristics of good business leaders? Honesty, financial responsibility and a focus on rewarding shareholders are surely key attributes. In my mind, management acumen and integrity... Read More
Until less than a decade ago, there was no real need to address the forty-year ban on exporting... Read More
Until less than a decade ago, there was no real need to address the forty-year ban on exporting crude oil from the United States. Over the 38 years to 2008, the country had seen an average annual... Read More
For the past five years, investing in agricultural commodities has not been for the faint of heart.... Read More
For the past five years, investing in agricultural commodities has not been for the faint of heart. After rebounding quickly from the Great Recession on heavy demand from emerging markets, record... Read More
The great thing about the stock market is that it provides many ways for traders to express their... Read More
The great thing about the stock market is that it provides many ways for traders to express their opinions. And for all traders believing, as I do, that energy stocks are in the midst of a rebound,... Read More
Slumping oil prices are crushing profits across the energy sector. And it won’t be long... Read More
Slumping oil prices are crushing profits across the energy sector. And it won’t be long before the sector’s weakest players are forced to take drastic action in an attempt to survive. (My... Read More
Many oil explorers and producers (E&P) are on the precipice right now. Years of high oil prices... Read More
Many oil explorers and producers (E&P) are on the precipice right now. Years of high oil prices have led to a bonanza of land grabs and acquisitions despite premium valuations. Companies took on... Read More
Contrarian investing means going against the crowd, and nowhere in the market today is there a... Read More
Contrarian investing means going against the crowd, and nowhere in the market today is there a crowd bigger than the oil and energy stock naysayers. With West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil... Read More
Fabled activist investor Carl Icahn doesn’t seem to care much about what short sellers think.... Read More
Fabled activist investor Carl Icahn doesn’t seem to care much about what short sellers think. On March 11, he bought nearly seven million shares, then worth about $93 million, of one of the... Read More
When it comes to the energy sector, history has a way of repeating itself. Energy drillers... Read More
When it comes to the energy sector, history has a way of repeating itself. Energy drillers purse debt-fueled growth when times are good and face a debt hangover when energy prices head south.... Read More