Geopolitics
Oil Prices and Geopolitics
The influence of geopolitical events on oil prices tends to receive a great deal of play in the financial media. For example, on the morning of Nov. 24, reports surfaced that Turkey had shot down...
Bringing Clarity to a Fuzzy Big Picture
Question No. 1: Aren't geopolitical developments the main factor driving oil prices? Won't Russia’s involvement in Syria send oil prices sharply higher? Geopolitical events can influence energy prices. These developments tend to receive a...
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Deep Sector Dive: Top Stock Buys in Energy and Utilities
This week, Elliott and I sat down with MoneyShow's Mike Larson to talk about how plenty of profit opportunities remain for energy investors in both...
Exxon Mobil Acquires Pioneer Natural Resources
Effective May 3rd, Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) has closed its acquisition of Model Portfolio holding Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE: PXD) in an all-stock deal. Pioneer...
Misunderstood Merger: EQT/Equitrans is a MoneyMaker
We’ve commented frequently on the industrial logic of recombining Equitrans Midstream (NYSE: ETRN) with its former parent, natural gas-weighted producer EQT Corp (NYSE: EQT). And...
Oil and US Refiners
Just a few weeks ago, in early January West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices were trading around $70/bbl and Brent was under $75/bbl, well...