Dan Dicker

Latest articles from Dan

• Is The Disconnect Between Oil And Oil Stocks Dissolving?

  Published 13 April 2018 | viewed 7,772 times

  I’ve commented for weeks upon the disconnect that continues between the price of oil and the prices of oil stocks. In the past, you could…

• Minimizing Risk In Volatile Markets

  Published 06 April 2018 | viewed 3,473 times

  Have you been experiencing a sickening feeling? The kind you get when a plane hits some unexpected turbulence, or when the roller coaster you’re on…

• Look At Oil Majors As The Disconnect Continues

  Published 30 March 2018 | viewed 6,212 times

  As a trader, you can sometimes get so frustrated with the market that you’ll do something impulsive – and stupid. I call this the “Screw…

• There’s No ‘New Normal’ In Oil Stocks

  Published 23 March 2018 | viewed 5,406 times

  I’ve been following and trading oil and oil stocks for more than 35 years, and I’ve never seen it quite like this, where oil stocks…

• Are Oil Stocks Stagnating?

  Published 18 March 2018 | viewed 13,036 times

  The news in the energy markets is very intense indeed – although for an oil stock investor, nothing seems to matter much – but more…

• Is It Time To Abandon Oil Stocks?

  Published 16 March 2018 | viewed 7,927 times

  The news in the energy markets is very intense indeed – although for an oil stock investor, nothing seems to matter much – but more…

• What Explains The Divergence Between Oil Prices And Oil Stocks?

  Published 02 March 2018 | viewed 7,751 times

  These last few weeks have been confusing, even for a 35-year oil trading veteran like me. There are some things I’m recently seeing in energy…

• What Explains The Poor Performance Of Oil Stocks?

  Published 23 February 2018 | viewed 7,517 times

  It’s amazing – I was so much more comfortable holding oil stocks last year – when oil was trading fifteen dollars lower and more, than…

• How To Play The Next Oil Price Rally

  Published 16 February 2018 | viewed 9,128 times

  I focus on the oil and gas markets and energy stocks. But that hardly immunizes me from the rest of the macro environment – the…

• How Exxon’s Bad Year Impacts Other Majors

  Published 09 February 2018 | viewed 8,057 times

  You can’t help but look at the diving stock market averages this week – and the follow-up rallies – when you’re looking at oil and…

• Which Oil Majors Are A Buy?

  Published 02 February 2018 | viewed 7,759 times

  It’s all pretty much going to schedule. There have been overextended prices in oil and some oil stocks, with most of the speculative oil money…

• Are Oilfield Services A Buy?

  Published 28 January 2018 | viewed 14,631 times

  This has got to be my favorite part, where the pundits, bank analysts and columnists start to (quietly) revise their views on the oil markets.…

• Are Oilfield Services A Buy?

  Published 26 January 2018 | viewed 5,412 times

  This has got to be my favorite part, where the pundits, bank analysts and columnists start to (quietly) revise their views on the oil markets.…

• Momentum Matters: It’s Time To Ride The Wave

  Published 19 January 2018 | viewed 6,077 times

  I happened to have dinner this week with a very dear old friend from my days trading crude oil on the floor of the New…

• How To Play The Oil Rally

  Published 12 January 2018 | viewed 8,226 times

  We’ve been nearly alone in taking in some stellar gains in oil stocks since late October, benefiting from an oil rally that few analysts (besides…

• Is It Time To Get Aggressive On Oil Stocks?

  Published 05 January 2018 | viewed 10,762 times

  It’s the start of the New Year, so here is my overview for your energy portfolio coming into 2018. I have written in the past…

• Identifying 2018’s Opportunities In Oil

  Published 22 December 2017 | viewed 11,377 times

  For our last column of 2017, let’s take a look at 2018 – and see what might be in store for oil and oil stocks.…

• Tread Lightly In December’s Energy Markets

  Published 15 December 2017 | viewed 10,196 times

  Lots of energy activity recently would look like opportunities anytime else during the year. But I warned you all in my last column about the…

• Protecting Your Portfolio In December

  Published 08 December 2017 | viewed 9,781 times

  As the year comes to a close there begins a very different part of the year for us as traders and investors. And I’m going…

• The Man Behind The Oil Price Rally

  Published 03 December 2017 | viewed 49,574 times

  The OPEC meeting is over and the cartel has extended production cuts throughout 2018. The decision is obviously crucial to supporting oil prices, but perhaps…