I have written occasionally here about Tesla (TSLA). While the relationship to the energy market and sector is a tenuous one, it is a fascinating…
OPEC meetings, or more recently the meetings of “OPEC and friends”, are always big news in the energy sector. The price of oil is the…
If you’ll forgive the pun, oilfield service stocks are a well to which I have returned a couple of times this year, and with results…
Regular readers will know that I can be a little contrarian at times. That is not necessarily the result of being curmudgeonly, although if you…
Contrarian trading, taking positions in opposition to prevailing trends and sentiment, can be addicting and, like most addictions, can also be dangerous. One should always…
I have said before and I’ll say it again, despite Donald Trump’s best efforts the coal industry in this country is in long-term, probably terminal…
Financial markets reacting negatively to a seemingly obscure or remote risk was commonplace not that long ago. Whether it was a slightly disappointing Chinese growth…
This morning, my old stomping ground of forex is making a rare appearance in the news. The problems in Turkey and the actions of the…
If you will forgive me, I would like to brag a little. On April 27th of this year I wrote that after a long period…
Logically, the name of a company does not matter to investors at all. It should be all about profit and prospects, but I have never…
For those that follow energy markets it is often easy to lose sight of the timescale off which the major companies in the sector make…
As oil has recovered from its epic fall from above $100 to below $30 in 2014/15, many oil related stocks have also regained lost ground.…
Regular readers will be aware that once a strong move is underway, my instincts and training lead me to forego trading with the momentum and,…
As I write this piece, we are still awaiting the official announcement of the outcome of the OPEC+ meeting in Vienna, but given the organization’s…
There is an old traders’ cliché that says that it is dangerous to attempt to catch a falling knife. Like most clichés there is an…
Trading is, by nature, short-term. It involves rapid reaction to news and anticipating what that will mean for whatever you are trading in the next…
Since the wild ride at the beginning of the year ended when the $2.50 support held, natural gas futures have been relatively calm. We have…
We are still in a period of headline risk in financial markets generally. Stocks, bonds and currencies are all reacting to news on subjects as…
I spend a lot of time these days studying oil. From a trading perspective it is one of the best markets around, or at least…
The timing of these pieces, coming at the end of the week, is sometimes a frustration, but often a blessing. There are times when I…