Weekend: Lessons from the Grease 2 Soundtrack »

Weekend: Lessons from the Grease 2 Soundtrack

Welcome to the Energy and Capital Weekend Edition — our insights from the week in investing and links to our most-read Energy and Capital and sister publication articles.

In light of $110 oil, abundant natural gas, improving cleantech, and growing regulations, the energy industry is undergoing a round of mergers and acquisitions.
Since [...]

Retrospective Review »

Retrospective Review

During the height of the recession in 2009 greenhouse gas emissions were down 5.6% in industrialized nations.
Forty nations decreased their emissions to 16.5 billion tones of carbon dioxide in 2009 from 17.4 billion in 2008.
Although there was a slight decline from 2000-2009 of 0.9% annually, the decline in 2009 was significant because emissions fell in [...]

Emerging Natural Gas Stocks »

Emerging Natural Gas Stocks

Believe it or not, most people still have pipe dreams when it comes to the U.S. oil industry.
You know the kind… They latch on to any hope they can find. And though they haven’t looked into the problem with much detail, they’re confident that everything will turn out all right.
The sad truth is that too [...]

DALY GOLD REPORT 4/29 »

DALY GOLD REPORT 4/29

 
Gold Settles $25.20 Higher… ($1556.40)
 
Today’s Gold session produced another all-time
High trading as high as $1558.00 and even higher
In the night session…($1569.80) so far…1:45 pm)…
The world investors and traders are continuing to
flock to Gold and Silver as a safe haven hedge against
rising inflation….In spite of an interest rate from Russia’s
Central Bank it is apparent that the [...]

Big Oil Bonanza! »

Big Oil Bonanza!

 
The Energy Report for Friday, April 29, 2011

Big Oil Bonanza!

Big oil is blowing us away helping to drive the markets and reflecting the rebounding global economy and the growing risk to supply. Now the Obama administration wants to penalize “Big Oil”, one sector of our economy that is actually creating jobs and actually helping lead [...]

Trailer Park Investor »

Trailer Park Investor

The roof just blew off. Hail the size of beach balls is pounding the house, breaking off drywall. The rain is running in like the North Shore at Oahu, and there is an electric shock every time I touch the ’shift’ key.  
A force five tornado just roared past and I live in freaken Baltimore. 
That’s not [...]

Gresham Goes East »

Gresham Goes East

What happens when people shun their own money?

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Written by Bullion Vault

Nuclear Commitment »

Nuclear Commitment

As the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Dallchi nuclear power plant in Japan continues to unfold, many countries are looking to shut down their nuclear power initiatives.
China is not one such country.
Despite the growing worldwide concern for nuclear plants, China is very unlikely to shut down its current nuclear industry expansion plan.
The recently retired director [...]

The Fed Can’t Create More Oil »

The Fed Can’t Create More Oil

 
The Energy Report for Thursday, April 28, 2011

The Fed Can’t Create More Oil

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke in his historic first Fed Post Fed Meeting Press conference stunned the world when he said that the Fed can’t create oil! They can’t? No wonder prices soared after the meeting. This was a shock to some investors who [...]

The Parallels with Weimar Germany »

The Parallels with Weimar Germany

Could UK’s Quantitative Easing lead to hyperinflation?…

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Written by Bullion Vault