Martin Tillier

Latest articles from Martin

• A Value Play Too Good To Ignore

  Published 17 May 2019 | viewed 4,320 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 12,288 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 15,644 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 43,340 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 32,042 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 9,241 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 17,422 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 5,564 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 10,889 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 7,819 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 15,305 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 8,531 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 10,621 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…

• Should Investors Rethink Long-Term Investing In Fossil Fuels?

  Published 16 December 2018 | viewed 6,497 times

  I have been lucky enough in my life to have lived and worked in multiple countries around the world. That taught me many things, but…

• Bottom Fishing For Oil Stocks? Stick To The U.S.

  Published 09 December 2018 | viewed 14,410 times

  Making any assumption about the price of oil right now is risky, or some might even say crazy. Still, with WTI having found at least…

• Oil Output Cuts May Be Coming But Don’t Bet on It

  Published 01 December 2018 | viewed 20,739 times

  As I write, the world’s leaders are meeting at the G20 summit in Argentina. There are, as always, lots of story lines surrounding the meeting,…

• A Unique Play In Solar

  Published 25 November 2018 | viewed 13,315 times

  Usually, when a stock has jumped around fifty percent in five months and twenty percent in just the last week or so, I am looking…

• How To Play A Recovery In Oil Prices?

  Published 17 November 2018 | viewed 19,329 times

  “Feel” is a concept that, in analysis at least, doesn’t get the respect it deserves. We are all supposed to have only logical, analytical reasons…

• Is It Time To Go Long On Crude?

  Published 11 November 2018 | viewed 16,803 times

  Last week, I wrote that I expected a bounce in crude before long, and as WTI has continued to fall the trolls have had a…

• Oil Looks Set For A Rapid Bounce

  Published 04 November 2018 | viewed 66,068 times

  WTI has recently experienced one of its biggest one-month declines in several years, having lost around eighteen percent since hitting a multi-year high of $76.90…