Martin Tillier

Latest articles from Martin

• Petrobras May Get Political Respite Finally

  Published 06 October 2014 | viewed 5,964 times

  Over the last few years, stock in the Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., or Petrobras (PBR), has confounded those who track traditional measures…

• One To Buy On The Dip

  Published 03 October 2014 | viewed 5,608 times

  The last month or two have seen energy stocks, and oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) stocks in particular, become the victims of a…

• India Is Committed To Solar, But Don’t Invest Just Yet

  Published 02 October 2014 | viewed 10,535 times

  In an interview this week with the Guardian newspaper, India’s power and coal minister, Piyush Goyal, claimed that India would become a “renewable superpower” in…

• How To Spread The Risk Of Energy Investing For Income

  Published 01 October 2014 | viewed 8,192 times

  As the world continues to recover from the recession of 2008-09, those who depend on their investments for income have faced a challenge. Central banks…

• A Big Pension Fund Is Investing Heavily In Clean Energy. What Should You Do?

  Published 26 September 2014 | viewed 7,233 times

  Earlier this week, one of the largest pension funds in America, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) made an announcement that was of particular…

• Is Now A Good Time To Buy FRAK? Ask A 13th Century Italian

  Published 25 September 2014 | viewed 6,172 times

  If nearly 20 years in dealing rooms around the world taught me anything, it’s that traders, and therefore markets, have a tendency to overreact. When…

• Is U.S. Gas Really Expensive, And Will It Get Cheaper?

  Published 24 September 2014 | viewed 20,961 times

  As an Englishman, when I moved to the U.S. more than 10 years ago, two things struck me almost immediately. I was stunned by just…

• Emerson Electric (EMR): Even The Opportunity For A Profit Makes Me Mad

  Published 18 September 2014 | viewed 5,008 times

  As I advance in years I find that, unlike many people, fewer things make me angry. I guess I am just coming to terms with…

• This Natural Gas Giant Is Worth The Risk At These levels

  Published 11 September 2014 | viewed 5,425 times

  Chesapeake Energy (CHK) is one of those companies that just don’t seem to be able to get out of their own way. They have been…

• Two Different Uses For Obvious Chart Points

  Published 04 September 2014 | viewed 3,785 times

  I am not one to baffle with overly technical analysis when it comes to charts. To me, the more obvious the pattern or point is,…

• Buying Coal Stocks Is Still Too Risky: Shorting This One Isn’t

  Published 28 August 2014 | viewed 6,697 times

  I have been contributing here for about six months and in that time I have covered most aspects of the energy markets, with one glaring…

• Why These Lagging Oil Stocks Are Worth A Look

  Published 28 August 2014 | viewed 8,155 times

  It is generally accepted that in the U.S. – and increasingly, worldwide -- oil is a booming business. Over the last six months, the SPDR®…

• Why A Supposed Telecom Company Should Be In Your Energy Portfolio

  Published 21 August 2014 | viewed 4,164 times

  I am, as regular readers may have gathered, somewhat of a contrarian by nature. I put that down to nearly twenty years in currency dealing…

• Why Air Bags May Be the Answer to Clean Energy’s Viability

  Published 19 August 2014 | viewed 13,773 times

  Stop a dozen people on the street and ask them what the biggest challenge facing alternative energy is, and most would probably answer along the…

• Playing The Coming Mexican Oil Boom

  Published 14 August 2014 | viewed 5,343 times

  For more than seventy years the oil reserves of Mexico have been the exclusive property of the state run oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex.…

• Time To Go Long WTI, If Only By Proxy

  Published 07 August 2014 | viewed 14,696 times

  It is no secret that, since I first started contributing here, I have been somewhat bearish on the price of oil, or more specifically on…

• Broadwind Energy Drops On Great Earnings, So Buy It

  Published 01 August 2014 | viewed 4,488 times

  Okay, I’ll admit it, I’m stumped. Broadwind Energy (BWEN) has been on my radar for a while, so I was interested to see what Thursday…

• The EPA Holds The Key To Effective Sanctions Against Russia

  Published 31 July 2014 | viewed 10,841 times

  There now seems to be general consensus amongst the United States and many European nations regarding the actions of the Putin regime in Eastern Ukraine…

• Two Persistent Energy Myths With Attendant Conspiracy Theories

  Published 28 July 2014 | viewed 19,308 times

  Ah, myths, urban legends and conspiracy theories -- don’t you just love ‘em? Still, you would think that in this day and age, when information…

• Why Income-Seeking Investors Should Consider MLPs

  Published 22 July 2014 | viewed 6,265 times

  In these days of ultra-low interest rates, investors who are looking for or need income from their portfolios are struggling. A roughly 2.5 percent yield…