Commodities
Oil Price Frenzy: Big Opportunity Or Sucker’s Bet?
Wall Street is giddy over the latest oil price bounce, but you should be leery. The energy market has played Lucy-with-the-football before. Crude oil surged last Wednesday after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) reached an agreement to curtail production by 1.2 million barrels a day. OPEC currently produces 33.6 million barrels a day, […]
Gold’s Bull Run Has Just Begun: Top 5 Stocks For Growth
After pulling back this week, investors can now buy shares of gold ETFs, gold mining stocks, and gold royalty stocks at a massive discount. With the long-term bull thesis still well intact, use this market sell-off to purchase cheap shares that will turn into long-term winners. Why to Own Gold and Gold Stocks Gold tumbled […]
Major Factors That Influence Gold Prices
Gold is a strong part of our economy, and we need to know more about it. The price of gold fluctuates, and many factors have to intervene for this to happen every day. We are going to talk a little bit about these factors so you can become a better investor down the road. Factors […]
What Could Send Big Oil Into “Investor Death Spiral”?
What if China decides, “We don’t want petrol cars in five years?” Every global automaker is furiously working on a lineup of electric vehicles. Many of them already have a model in their showrooms. Billions are poured into it every year. Electric cars are cheaper and simpler to build, and have been around longer than […]
Is Premium Gasoline Really Worth It For Your Car?
Today I want to address an energy issue relevant to many motorists. According to a recent report by AAA, U.S. drivers wasted more than $2.1 billion dollars in the last year by using premium-grade gasoline in vehicles designed to run on regular fuel. Since some readers likely contributed to this windfall for refiners and fuel […]
How The Oil Bust Is Crushing The Office Real Estate Market
Commercial real estate, particularly office space, in Calgary, Alberta, the epicenter of the Canadian oil bust with 1.2 million people, is collapsing at a breath-taking rate. As companies in the oil & gas sector have downsized or gone out of business, 25,000 people who used to work downtown have lost their jobs. Office vacancy rates […]
Is Peak Oil Demand In Sight?
Our latest research suggests lower long-term growth in demand for oil than previously forecast. This warrants a fresh, critical look at energy investments. Energy outlook: Key insights Our business-as-usual case integrates the latest McKinsey view on economic-growth fundamentals and granular sector and regional insights. Six key points have emerged: Growth in global energy demand will […]
Gold: A Great Junior Game
It wasn’t so long ago that some of the more famous investor gurus were shrugging off gold as nothing more than shiny trinkets with no investment value. They were wrong. This safe haven is back, the recovery is clear, and there have been some very big changes of heart. The biggest gold producers in the […]
2 Options Strategies For Profits From A Hated Sector
In response to a recent article I wrote on the Gold Trust ETF (GLD) some readers have asked my thoughts on gold miners. While my last article was more of a bullish thesis on gold from a fundamental perspective and offered a simple strategy of playing gold by buying GLD, this article on the Market […]
Natural Gas Price: 2016 Rebound?
Is There Any Hope For A Natural Gas Price Rebound? Much like the price of oil, the natural gas price has been decimated the past few years. In fact, the commodity recently plunged to new decade lows under $1.90 mmBtu. At that price, natural gas is 70% lower than where it traded in early 2014. […]
