Streetwise Articles
Produce Price Spike Boosts Potash
Source: Potash Investing News, Leia Michele Toovey (3/30/11)
"Market conditions almost match potash's record year of 2008, when prices touched $1,000 a ton."
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High Oil Prices Good for Texas Budget
Source: Associated Press, April Castro (3/30/11)
"State's Rainy Day Fund set to get bigger. A lot bigger."
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House Committee Passes Wind Power Tax Break
Source: Washington Examiner, John Miller (3/30/11)
"Wind energy developers with near-term projects are closer to multi-million dollar tax breaks."
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Neal Dingmann: Genuine Growth Still Lives in E&Ps
Source: George Mack of The Energy Report (3/29/11)
Investors can still find options with the right mix in the natural gas markets, according to Analyst Neal Dingmann of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. Read why he recommends small and large—even international—companies in this exclusive interview with The Energy Report.
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Go Nuclear: Buy Japan, Uranium Stocks
Source: Forbes, Gabriel Wisdom (3/29/11)
"Here comes M&A in a big way for uranium stocks. . ."
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Gulf Oil Spill: BP Execs in Hot Seat
Source: Guardian, Dominic Rushe (3/29/11)
"U.S. authorities consider charging BP managers with manslaughter."
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South Africa Takes Heat for Burning Coal
Source: AFP, Joshua Berger (3/29/11)
"The global fight over fossil fuels has hit home in South Africa."
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Chemists Turn Used Motor Oil into Gas
Source: Scientific American, Steve Mirsky (3/29/11)
". . .Beats tossing the oil down the drain."
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Pirates Hijack Oil Tanker off East Africa
Source: Digital Journal (3/29/11)
"Oil tankers are gold to Somali pirates seeking ransom."
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EU to Ban Gas-Powered Cars by 2050?
Source: Environmental Leader (3/29/11)
"The European Commission aims to cut carbon emissions by 60%."
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Despite Lukewarm Lease Sales, Geothermal Heats Up
Source: Nevada Business Weekly, Rob Sabo (3/29/11)
"Companies are filling out their existing geothermal claim blocks."
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Oil Bounces on Technicals, Libya Uncertainty
Source: Reuters, Robert Gibbons (3/29/11)
"Worries about U.S. consumer confidence and Japan's recovery continue hemming oil prices."
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British Firms Head to U.S. on Green Mission
Source: Telegraph, Roland Gribben (3/28/11)
"Climate change minister hopes to add British expertise to the green industry."
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U.S. Tightens Nuclear Safety Measures
Source: Xinhua (3/28/11)
"Japan's nuclear crisis has U.S. officials scrambling."
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Libyan Rebels Plan to Resume Oil Production
Source: New York Times, Clifford Krauss (3/28/11)
"Rebels have seized several towns with important oil installations."
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Potash Supply
Source: David Coffin & Eric Coffin, HRA Advisories (3/28/11)
"Potash supply growth is critical to expanding global food output."
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Coal Stocks Firing Up
Source: Barron's, Michael Kahn (3/28/11)
"Technical conditions in coal sector reveal outlook remains bullish."
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Uranium Stocks' Rebound Mirrors Dramatic Drop
Source: MarketWatch, Sue Chang (3/24/11)
"The current situation is a buying opportunity for uranium producers."
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John Pugsley: Japan Crisis Is Not the End of Nuclear Power
Source: Zig Lambo of The Energy Report (3/24/11)
John Pugsley has been publishing The Stealth Investor newsletter for the past five years, producing a recommendation record that is enviable by any standard. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, John reveals his current thinking on energy-related investments in light of the global economic situation and the effects of the catastrophe in Japan.
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Rick Rule: Silver Linings
Source: The Energy Report (3/24/11)
If the clouds of crisis enveloping Japan, the Middle East and North Africa hold any silver linings, they may be in the form of opportunity for resource investors, particularly in the uranium, oil, natural gas and alternative energy sectors—at least that's how Rick Rule sees it. The widely known and well-respected founder of Global Resource Investments returned to cyberspace this week for a webcast wherein he explored some of the investment implications of these recent crises. In this Energy Report exclusive, Rick shares his insights and investment ideas.
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Soaring Potash Use to Test Production Ability
Source: Agrimoney (3/24/11)
"Shipments could test industry production limits in 2011."
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Oil: Above $106 and Rising
Source: CNN Money, Charles Riley (3/24/11)
"A confluence of war and natural disasters triggers further price rises."
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Report Calls for Increased Use of Natural Gas
Source: NewsOk, Jay Marks (3/23/11)
"Increased production has resulted in stable pricing."
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Italy Freezes Its Nuclear Plan
Source: NPR, Sylvia Poggioli (3/23/11)
"Upcoming elections prompt conservative government to slow its push to re-introduce nuclear power."
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Obama Administration Touts Traditional Energy Sources, Too
Source: Star-Tribune, Jeremy Fugleberg (3/23/11)
"New leases are the administration's most recent push to develop traditional energy sources."
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