Martin Tillier

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• What Does U.S. Economic News Mean For Oil?

  Published 04 October 2019 | viewed 5,644 times

  As a rule, I try to stay focused on energy here, and reference broad economic conditions only as one of the many factors that influence…

• High Volatility Highlights Opportunity In Energy Stocks

  Published 27 September 2019 | viewed 5,481 times

  Attempting to trade or invest in the energy sector on long-term fundamentals has been a tricky proposition lately. Oil futures, and therefore most energy stocks…

• Why You Should Buy FANG, Not FANG

  Published 12 July 2019 | viewed 7,047 times

  Whatever you think of CNBC pundit Jim Cramer, and opinions do vary, he has shown a knack in the past for coming up with phrases…

• Don’t Trust The Bounce In Natural Gas

  Published 05 July 2019 | viewed 14,413 times

  As I write on Friday, natural gas is having one of its best days for months and is trading well over six percent above yesterday’s…

• Is This The Beginning Of The End For OPEC?

  Published 02 July 2019 | viewed 25,681 times

  Early on Tuesday, following their meeting in Vienna, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced a nine-month extension to the existing agreement to limit…

• A Value Stock In A Depressed Industry

  Published 27 June 2019 | viewed 6,742 times

  The increasing popularity of ETFs over the last decade or so has changed investing in many ways. Massive index funds have resulted in greater correlation…

• The Implications Of Falling Interest Rates For Energy Investors

  Published 31 May 2019 | viewed 9,165 times

  Inversion is back in the news. Treasury yields have been falling dramatically over the last week or so, with yield on the 10-Year Treasury Note…

• A Value Play Too Good To Ignore

  Published 17 May 2019 | viewed 5,645 times

  On June 18th of last year, I wrote a piece suggesting that selling coal stocks, and Peabody Energy (BTU) in particular would be a good…

• A Perfect Opportunity In Oil Tankers?

  Published 31 March 2019 | viewed 13,698 times

  I suppose to most people, the definition of the “perfect trade” is one that makes you a ton of money, but without the benefit of…

• Oil Markets Ignore Warning Signs Of Looming Recession

  Published 24 March 2019 | viewed 16,821 times

  When you write about financial markets as I do, being a profit of doom can be a good short-term strategy, and that short-term nature makes…

• Oil Looks Set For A Significant Drop As Bad Data Piles Up

  Published 10 March 2019 | viewed 45,512 times

  The last 72 hours have not been good for the prospects for the global economy, and therefore for the price of oil. On Thursday, the…

• The Latest News From Tesla Is A Game Changer

  Published 03 March 2019 | viewed 33,331 times

  Tesla (TSLA) is a stock, indeed a company, that seems to produce extremes. Its fans, the so-called Tesleratis, will hear no criticism. They are true…

• A Relatively Safe Bet On Renewable Energy

  Published 24 February 2019 | viewed 10,120 times

  In some ways, this may seem like a strange time to be talking about renewable energy. The Trump administration is extremely pro-fossil fuel and have…

• An Overlooked Opportunity In Natural Gas

  Published 10 February 2019 | viewed 18,530 times

  About a month ago, I wrote that while natural gas was bouncing after a big drop at that time, shorting when that retracement showed signs…

• The Key Takeaways This Earnings Season

  Published 03 February 2019 | viewed 6,152 times

  Exxon Mobil and Chevron released fourth quarter earnings this morning, and the market cheered. After a period of misses, this morning’s release was the second…

• Is This A Buy Signal For Crude Oil Futures?

  Published 27 January 2019 | viewed 11,599 times

  A basic review of the chart for oil futures (CL) suggests that crude is about to take off. Whether the next move from here is…

• A Logical Move From An Inconsistent Tesla

  Published 20 January 2019 | viewed 8,491 times

  Surprise, surprise, Tesla (TSLA) is in the news this morning! There have, to this point, been very few things about Elon Musk’s electric car company…

• History Tells Us What to Expect After Big Spike In Natural Gas

  Published 13 January 2019 | viewed 16,136 times

  There are some things in life that I find perpetually puzzling. It eludes me why anybody cares in the slightest about any of the Kardashians,…

• Have Markets Become Too Negative On Oil?

  Published 06 January 2019 | viewed 9,062 times

  Sustained market moves such as we have seen in stocks and oil over the last few months are never the result of one piece of…

• Lessons From The Oil Markets In 2018

  Published 23 December 2018 | viewed 11,394 times

  Looking back over a period as long as a year may, to many traders, seem like a pointless exercise. One of the psychological traits needed…