The World Bank forecasts slower…
The world's economic myths, especially…
I had previously predicted the gold market to correct and to date the market is cooperating trading lower by approximately $55/ounce in the last 2 weeks. Perhaps a bigger development…
I am sitting here in front of my screens in utter amusement, befuddled, and gob-smacked. The weekend produced the worst case scenario from the "Fiscal Cliff" front lines: an ultimatum…
The Eagle Ford shale formation lies south of our headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, giving the U.S. Global investment team a firsthand, tacit perspective on the oil and gas industry’s…
WTI closed November just shy of $89 a barrel on hopes of an improving economy. I think there is an argument for an improving economy in 2013, but it is…
It's impossible to generalize when it comes to renewable energy investments. Therefore, investors must approach opportunities on a case-by-case—and state-by-state—basis. But Jacob Securities Senior Vice President of Research John McIlveen…
For some reason, an oddball story this week about a man and some Olympic-themed donuts struck a chord with me.To overcome his fear of repeatedly being turned…
As Egyptian political stability takes a turn for the worse, the country has awarded its first oil concessions since the 2011 revolution to Royal Dutch Shell, RWE and TransGlobe Energy.…
Could politicians' talk of the U.S. becoming energy self-sufficient be coming true? Rick Rule, founder and chairman of Sprott Global Resource Investments Ltd., explains how world energy market dynamics will…
These are good times for Mexico, with a potential 1 billion barrel crude discovery this week in Tabasco state, on the heels of two major deep-water discoveries of an estimated…
I have owned units of MLP NuStar Energy L.P. (NS) for several years, and until just recently I had always considered the holding to be a long term income investment.…
France’s Total SA (TOT) has sold its 20% stake in a Nigerian offshore oilfield to Chinese state-run Sinopec Corp. for $2.5 billion.This means Total has dumped its deep-water…
If you are an investor who wants exposure to commodity futures but does not want to trade the futures yourself, there are now plenty of exchange-traded products available to help…
For those taking close interest today there was an interesting move in gold prices as the below chart shows. A ‘V’ shaped bounce of some $35.00 or so just before…
Problem: Life requires energy. Coal and oil are finite. America powered by finite resources is dying. Americans face Oil Famine, the monolithic dependence on a source of energy 50% outside…
Every trader in the oil market is fascinated by the recent price action. The last few months have seen an onslaught of negative news developments that should have sent the…
It’s not so easy any more to manipulate energy trades. Ask JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM: NYSE), which last week became the first ever actively trading company to be sanctioned…
Definitely maybe. While the jury’s still out on the Uinta Basin, prices for Appalachian and Illinois/Powder River Basin coal look to have begun recovering after dropping to long-term support levels…
The leading Canadian junior oil companies are doing whatever they can to create value for their shareholders.Three of the top junior oil companies in Canada are turning away…
A lot of people seem to be trying to find reasons to buy silver.In fact, there appear so few detractors that you wonder why it isn’t already at…
In this article, we introduce a tentative pricing model for TECO Energy (NYSE: TE). This is one of many energy related companies in the S&P 500 index. Our pricing model…