Alex Kimani

Latest articles from Alex

• Bad News For Oil: Refinery Profits Are Sliding

  Published 13 January 2020 | viewed 35,321 times

  After a short-lived, half-hearted rally, oil prices are down again with a vengeance, retracing levels last seen before the assassination of General Soleimani by the…

• Three Ways Oil Companies Can Prevent An Investor Exodus

  Published 09 January 2020 | viewed 13,471 times

  In financial and investment circles, mystery and high stakes frequently go hand in hand.  For more than a decade, esoteric fracking companies have been hot…

• Is This The Oil Play Of 2020?

  Published 02 January 2020 | viewed 14,829 times

  As we kick off the 2020s, it’s perhaps time to stop looking at the drillers and focus on the companies that hold the mineral rights…

• Will Oil Bulls Rule 2020?

  Published 30 December 2019 | viewed 18,883 times

  With the New Year already knocking at the door, long-suffering energy investors are looking to put another disappointing year behind them--and the International Maritime Organization’s …

• 2020: The Year Of The Oil Bankruptcies

  Published 27 December 2019 | viewed 64,860 times

  A bankruptcy boom has hit the oil and gas industry, and it’s just getting started. Investors have lost their appetite for shale, and energy debt…

• Why Oil No Longer Rules The Stock Market

  Published 24 December 2019 | viewed 15,540 times

  Things are looking pretty good for the average American investor at the moment, with the S&P 500 still taking out new highs and a 27.3…

• A Record Number Of Oil CEOs Dethroned In 2019

  Published 19 December 2019 | viewed 12,954 times

  Is this the end of the era of the all-powerful, imperious, untouchable CEO? A record number of CEOs and other high-ranking executives have been dethroned…

• The Worst Performing Oil Stocks Of 2019

  Published 16 December 2019 | viewed 16,436 times

  As the smart money continues to double down on the battered energy sector, it’s time for investors to also consider playing the contra trade.  In…

• Russia’s Economy Is Signaling An Oil Price Rally

  Published 12 December 2019 | viewed 20,915 times

  The Russian bear is a decidedly different animal.  Even as the oil price outlook has become clearly bearish, Russia knows little fear. It’s defying the…

• The Best Way To Invest In The Energy Sector In 2020

  Published 08 December 2019 | viewed 16,195 times

  A record number of energy companies filing for bankruptcy coupled with poor performance by the industry in 2019 has made it incredibly hard to find…

• Powering The $1 Trillion Black Friday Shopping Spree

  Published 28 November 2019 | viewed 13,865 times

  The famous trifecta of American holidays is already knocking at the door: Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It forebodes a massive amount of food,…

• Is Big Oil’s Plastic Gamble A Misfire?

  Published 23 November 2019 | viewed 31,926 times

  The oil industry is no stranger to constant criticism and ire, getting more than its fair share of stick for its role in climate change…

• The 5 Most Promising Foreign Oil Stocks

  Published 17 November 2019 | viewed 12,516 times

  With U.S. energy companies enduring another torrid year, foreign oil stocks are looking increasingly attractive for local investors.  One of their big draws: Many non-US…

• A Bear’s Guide To Oil Markets

  Published 12 November 2019 | viewed 32,238 times

  Oil trades have not exactly shot the lights out this year. With the bulls getting kicked more times than a pigskin at the Super Bowl…

• A Bull’s Guide To Oil Markets

  Published 11 November 2019 | viewed 46,533 times

  Hedge funds know something you don’t: There are still reasons to be bullish about oil.  Right now, there’s nothing moving the oil price needle in…

• Is Cold Fusion Making A Comeback?

  Published 04 November 2019 | viewed 10,935 times

  Three decades ago, we threw cold fusion in the sci-fi trash bin. But if the idea was so outrageous, why is a multi-billion-dollar defense company…

• What Broke The Bond Between Oil And Gold?

  Published 03 November 2019 | viewed 30,228 times

  For decades, two of the world’s most-watched commodities, oil and gold, have typically moved in tandem. But lately, gold has been on steroids while oil…

• The Worst Oil Trades Ever Made

  Published 29 October 2019 | viewed 16,550 times

  It’s a poorly kept secret that honesty is the rarest commodity in financial circles. Greed, insider dealings, questionable ethics and all manner of corporate malfeasance…

• How The Internet Is Killing The Planet

  Published 28 October 2019 | viewed 16,800 times

  Beyond the painfully obvious plight of a planet addicted to fossil fuels, climate change has another bogeyman that few--with the possible exception of Keanu Reeves--would…

• Five Oil Billionaires Living The American Dream

  Published 24 October 2019 | viewed 21,212 times

  Nothing has defined the American Dream more succinctly than oil wealth. This isn’t Saudi Arabia, where princes inherit the wealth of their kingdom based on…