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Energy & Infrastructure: The Cure For Our Economy
I started out writing today’s piece on anything BUT energy and infrastructure. After all, the street has trashed most of the stocks in both these sectors and left them for dead.
The prevailing Wall Street wisdom – and I use that term loosely – thinks there’s a better chance that some other “boom†is going to get under way. And over $8 trillion is parked on the sidelines waiting for it.
I guess the thought is that this economic resurrection will come seemingly out of nowhere. And that will lead us out of the deepening morass we’re mired in. Right…
But we’re not…
13Mar2009 | Investment U | 0 comments | ContinuedOil price outlook from Roger Wiegand: Part I
Seeing beyond the blind curves of bailouts and meltdowns takes the keen vision of a veteran market observer, Roger Wiegand, Editor of Trader Tracks. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Roger gives us his latest thoughts on the bumpy road ahead and where he sees opportunities in the energy sector.
The Energy Report: Roger, the last time we spoke, early in October 2008, you were predicting oil would reach a new high before the end of the year. Obviously that hasn’t been the case. What’s your take on what’s happened since then?
Roger Wiegand: What’s happened is that we thought oil would…
Clean alternative energy that’s 98% available
John McIlveen, a veteran securities analyst specializing in renewable power, turns The Energy Report on to a hot but hardly new source of energy in this exclusive interview. Geothermal power runs 24/7, is clean, cost-competitive and ready now. McIlveen, who recently joined Jacob & Company, an independent investment bank providing financial services to the renewable power sector, shares the names of some small geothermal companies with big multiples in their future.
The Energy Report: Let’s start with your outlook for geothermal. Where is it going?
John McIlveen: For starters, geothermal is the only renewable power that is base load, so it can run…
The Energy President
Electing Our Next Energy System
In the world of energy and scarcity, the name of the next president will matter to us quite a bit. “People are policy,†as Ronald Reagan used to say.
But then again, a lot of energy and scarcity facts defy party labels. The energy resources are out there.
They are what they are and where they are. We can exploit the resources or not. But it’s not like in Star Trek. There’s no “dilithium†power source out there to keep the economy running.
So for the next president and his administration, it’s a question of doing something. The U.S.…
10Sep2008 | The Penny Sleuth | Comments Off | ContinuedU.S. Oil and Foreign Nationalism
Western nations – the U.S., in particular – are now experiencing the bow wave of a profound change in the current and future availability of oil. According to recently published data, oil output from all major Western oil companies is on an ominous decline trend. Exxon Mobil, for example, announced that its average oil output has fallen by 614,000 barrels per day in 2008.
Western oil majors like Exxon are finding it harder than ever to identify new prospects and successfully complete new oil projects. This comes despite the fact that the oil industry is flush with profits from upstream operations,…
10Sep2008 | Energy and Oil | Comments Off | ContinuedPresidential Energy Policy
The Energy President
In the world of energy and scarcity, the name of the next president will matter to us quite a bit. “People are policy,†as Ronald Reagan used to say.
But then again, a lot of energy and scarcity facts defy party labels. The energy resources are out there.
They are what they are and where they are. We can exploit the resources or not. But it’s not like in Star Trek. There’s no “dilithium†power source out there to keep the economy running.
So for the next president and his administration, it’s a question of doing something. The U.S. can always…
5Sep2008 | Whiskey and Gunpowder | Comments Off | ContinuedNew Natural Gas Discoveries are a Boon for the U.S. Energy Sector
After declining for 15 years, U.S. natural gas production is finally on the rise, thanks to new technological developments that make it possible to draw large amounts of gas from deposits previously thought to be unreachable. An increase in natural gas production of the magnitude many industry insiders predict could do wonders for business, the environment and even U.S. energy independence.
U.S. gas production is up 9% this year – a rate of increase not seen since 1984 – with most of that gain coming from natural-gas shale, particularly the Barnett Shale, a deposit that now produces 7% of the…
28Aug2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | ContinuedThe Energy Sector: Another Solid Industry Goes “On Sale”
I’m sure stock market behavior is fertile ground for psychologists who study human behavior. Wall Street talking heads have lots of nifty catch phrases to describe their moves…
We’ve all heard, “A rising tide lifts all boats,” which could be applied to the oil and the energy sector, both flying high before the recent oil correction. All of a sudden, oil and energy stocks were the “happening” sectors, and everyone was buying them.
Frankly, it was hard to find an energy stock that wasn’t going along with oil’s ride. Alternative energy companies, oil service operations, even oil rig helicopter shuttle services rose,…
19Aug2008 | Investment U | Comments Off | ContinuedEight Ways to Profit if OPEC Dumps the Dollar
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dropped a bombshell. And while it wasn’t a nuclear one, it might as well have been.
He stated on the record at a rare gathering of the heads of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) member nations have expressed a real interest in converting their cash reserves from the beleaguered U.S. greenback to the European euro. More specifically, Ahmadinejad referred to the U.S. dollar as “a worthless piece of paper.”
Not surprisingly, Ahmadinejad ally and fellow anti-U.S. hardliner Hugo Chavez – the president of Venezuela – echoed a similar sentiment.
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Clean Burning Coal
Can We Make Coal Clean?
Yes, coal prices have continued to rise across the globe. But of course, this pales in comparison to the continued run-up in petroleum, which has virtually paralyzed the wallets of many oil-reliant Americans.
The idea of a coal shortage is virtually unthinkable. We have roughly 275 billion tons of recoverable coal, enough for us to burn for the next two and a half centuries if we needed it. So while the next generation might not have the oil to run their cars and trucks, the lights at the house will stay on thanks to coal power.
If this…
8Aug2008 | Whiskey and Gunpowder | Comments Off | Continued
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