With Oil Prices Poised to Jump as Much as 70%, Every Investor Needs an Energy Strategy

[RR note: This blog occasionally posts guest posts, and energy investing is a topic that is visited on a fairly regular basis. The website Money Morning recently noticed that I had linked to one of […]

Dueling Price Predictions

I have seen a flurry of recent predictions on oil and gas prices going forward, so I thought I would share some. Most of them support the thesis I recently put forward that we are […]

Fortune Says Oil Stocks are a Bargain

I certainly can’t disagree with this: Betting on big oil’s comeback The article first argues that oil prices are unlikely to stay low for too long: “Right now, the upsides in the oil sector far […]

Investing in Ethanol: A Case Study of Terrible Investment Advice

Comically Terrible Timing In June 2006 I read an article at Financial Sense that promoted ethanol as a great place to put your money:Investing in Ethanol: A “New” Stock Play on Soaring Energy Prices and […]

More Ethanol Plants Going Down

I won’t say I told you so, but I will make a prediction here: VeraSun Suspends Production at Three Distilleries Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) — VeraSun Energy Corp., the second- largest U.S. ethanol producer, has idled […]

Loading Up on PBR

A little over a month ago, as a result of the dramatic fall in the market capitalizations of oil companies, I opened up a brokerage account with Ameritrade to take advantage of the fire sale. […]

Mega-Bear versus Super-Spike

Update: Never say never. Today, the prediction I made in 2005 that WTI would never again fall below $50 has fallen. Front month WTI as of this writing has dipped to $49.75. But it will […]

Ethanol Series at Financial Times

Financial Times has put up a series on ethanol in their “In Depth” section: In Depth: Ethanol I haven’t had a chance to read the articles, but did speak with a Financial Times reporter and […]

The Demise of the Oil Bubble

When I made my $1,000 bet that oil prices wouldn’t reach $100 in 2007, I felt like that was a pretty safe bet. Up until about the first week of September in 2007, it was […]

Five Reasons Oil is Headed to $250

Any time I write about investing, I always stress the long-term. Short-term fluctuations don’t drive my investment decisions. I try to see 5 or 10 years into the future, and position myself accordingly. This is […]