Alex Kimani

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• The Holy Grail Of Energy Is Finally Within Reach

  Published 21 October 2019 | viewed 201,680 times

  Theoretically, two lone nuclear reactors running on small pellets could power the entire planet, safely and cleanly. That’s the promise of nuclear fusion. So, why…

• The Best Way To Invest In Modern Day Oil Exploration

  Published 20 October 2019 | viewed 23,426 times

  Although modern oil companies operate in a very different world from that of the villainous oil baron JR Ewing, the fictional Texan character can still…

• The Complete History Of Oil Markets

  Published 14 October 2019 | viewed 41,811 times

  Like most other commodities in the markets, crude oil prices have routinely experienced wild price swings alternating between times of great shortages, high demand and…

• Energy Funds Hammered In Ultra-Volatile Oil Markets

  Published 13 October 2019 | viewed 15,585 times

  Hedge funds aren’t exactly batting 1,000 these days. And when it comes to their energy bets, it’s largely been a crash-and-burn story. This year is…

• An Energy Blackhole? The Dirty Truth About Bitcoin Mining

  Published 08 October 2019 | viewed 24,816 times

  This year’s bitcoin bull run has coincided with record levels of mining activity--in fact, it’s seen an 800% increase since $20,000 peak to 84 quintillion…

• Expect More Bearish News For Oil

  Published 09 June 2019 | viewed 23,976 times

  Pop goes the weasel. How quickly things can change in the oil market. In less than two months, the oil outlook has swung from strongly…

• Renewables Are Set To Outprice Oil & Gas By 2020

  Published 30 May 2019 | viewed 55,746 times

  Moore’s Law might be dead, but Swanson’s Law remains alive and well. Swanson’s Law is the observation that solar PV panels tend to become 20…

• Rare Earth Metals: China’s ‘Nuclear Option’ In The Trade War

  Published 26 May 2019 | viewed 45,457 times

  A simple visit to an obscure factory by Chinese President Xi on Monday is all it took to raise the specter that China could be…

• The Single Most Bullish Indicator For Oil

  Published 20 May 2019 | viewed 36,597 times

  Oil prices have gone through a significant correction over the past few weeks, with WTI crude dropping from a six-month high of $66.30/barrel on April…

• Economists: Higher Oil Prices Here To Stay

  Published 01 May 2019 | viewed 32,167 times

  Economists have jacked up the projection for U.S. light crude to average $60.23 per barrel in 2019 from a $58.92 forecast in March in the…

• The Index Investors Need To Watch In This Oil Rally

  Published 25 April 2019 | viewed 9,000 times

  For better or for worse, oil is the lifeblood of the global economy, with the commodity being the single most important energy source. And while…

• Huge Interest In Oil & Gas Defies This ‘Millenial’ Investment Trend

  Published 18 April 2019 | viewed 11,549 times

  In recent years, many investors, younger ones in particular, have shown a growing interest in putting their money where their values are. Consequently, brokerage firms…

• European Markets Defy The Biggest Oil Rally In A Decade

  Published 09 April 2019 | viewed 45,312 times

  Yesterday’s headlines suggested that European markets were taking a beating from rising oil prices--but this was a blip on the radar tracking some of the…

• Oversold Lithium Could Be About To Rally

  Published 28 January 2019 | viewed 29,185 times

  It’s been a decade of lows for commodities after posting 7 declines in 11 years, but we’ve seriously underestimated lithium. It’s back with a vengeance…