Tag: US Natural Gas Fund (UNG)
Your Go-To Energy ETF List – Part 1
An Energy ETF For Every Need! We’ve been talking a lot about Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) and Exchange Traded Notes (ETN) in recent articles. These relatively new products offer investors a simple and efficient means to invest/trade in various industries and markets. The energy markets are no exception. There are numerous commodity ETF and ETN […]
Mother Nature Corrals Gas Bulls
It’s tough being an energy bull right now. Not only has the price of oil collapsed to multi-year lows at $80 a barrel, but now natural gas is losing ground as well. As you may remember, we’ve talked a lot about natural gas in recent weeks. With the winter heating season right around the corner, […]
Natural Gas Prices: Seasonal Rally Cancelled?
Yesterday’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) natural gas inventory report was another whopper. The government agency reported a 90 billion cubic foot (bcf) increase in working gas storage levels for the week of September 12th. Upon hearing the news, investors sent natural gas down $0.10 to $3.91 mmBtu. While inventories are still 12.2% shy of last […]
Natural Gas: Bottom In?
Last week may have been the turning point in the natural gas market… As you may know, this commodity suffered a heavy downturn in June and July. Relatively cool temperatures across key usage regions had cooling demand much lower than seasonal norms. As a result, natural gas producers were able to pile large quantities of […]
Will Bulls Take Natural Gas Higher?
Ask anyone who watches the energy markets and they’ll likely tell you the same thing… … It was a lackluster summer for natural gas. Ambivalent weather resulted in above average July EIA inventory reports. As a result, natural gas plunged from $3.80 mmBtu to $3.30 by August. The early summer drop was a surprise for […]
Hot Commodity Stocks: This Natural Gas Producer Is On A Roll…
No doubt about it, underlying natural gas market fundamentals have grown considerably more bullish since this time last year… Dry-gas drill rig counts have plummeted and are currently near 18-year lows. As of yesterday’s EIA inventory report, natural gas in storage is at 2,141 billion cubic feet (bcf). That’s 28% lower than last year and […]
Commodity ETFs: A Big Advantage Over Commodity Based Stocks…
I’ve been talking about the advantages of commodity ETFs over the past few weeks. First I laid out the underlying thesis for adding commodity exposure to your portfolio in the first place. Then I proposed why commodity ETFs are a far better alternative to risky and complicated futures contracts and options. But what about commodity-based […]
That Looming Natural Gas Rally I Told You About… It’s Here!
Maybe you remember… In late July, I told you about a looming natural gas rally. At the time, the seemingly abundant commodity was trading just over $3 mmBtu. I proposed natural gas was on the verge of substantial year-end rally where it would shoot into the $5- $6 range. Well, by the looks of it, […]
Natural Gas Is Going To Zero? Don’t Bet On It…
No doubt about it, 2012 is turning out to be a year of extreme uncertainty in the natural gas market. As you may know, the price of the abundant commodity sank earlier this year, thanks in part to weak US winter heating demand. In fact, natural gas dropped to a 10-year low in April… Of […]
