IXC News and Press, iShares Global Energy From 11/15/21

While the energy transition will be with us for many decades ahead, the nimbleness required for an investor in this space is mission one. The case of Pioneer Natural Resources and its evolving approach to the energy transition shows the market one path forward. Ambition can sit al...

The resolution of inflation and policy uncertainty is likely to be among the most important determinants of market performance over the next 12 months. Even before Wednesday’s Consumer Price Index release, we saw signs of the shockwave to come earlier in the week. Real yiel...

After two weeks of talks, nearly 200 countries struck an agreement to ramp up efforts to fight global warming, but activists say the deal falls well short of the breakthrough needed to avert eventual climate catastrophe. Supporters say Saturday's COP26 agreement in Scotland signals new determ...

While gold has bounced, rallying 4% from the fall low, it remains stuck in a range, between $1,750 an $1,850 an ounce. Since the early spring gold’s correlation with U.S. equities has been around 0.4, well above the levels that prevailed last summer. While rising adaptation...

Well, the world economy is slowing and a large part of that is because of China. One of the shock effects, I guess, from the pandemic is a number of supply issues have arisen. The dollar is slightly overvalued. We’ve had an increase in the current account deficit. For...

The major US equity indices moved in concert, but the big disappointment so far this year has been small caps. Energy is clearly where the action is this year. After spending years at the bottom of the tables, Natural Gas, Gasoline, and Crude Oil now lead the pack. For furth...

The Biden administration is expected within days to propose requirements for plugging methane leaks at oil and gas wells, but the crackdown likely will stop short of an outright ban on flaring, Bloomberg reports. The Environmental Protection Agency rules would seek to strengthen existing mand...

Soaring natural gas prices are rippling through global energy markets - and other economic sectors from factories to utilities. An unprecedented combination of factors is roiling world energy markets, rekindling the memories of the 1970s energy crisis and complicating an already uncer...

Industrial production fell 1.3 percent in September. Capacity utilization fell a full percentage point to 75.2 percent from 76.2 percent in August and is below the February 2020 level of 76.3 percent. Industrial output showed broad weakness in September. For further details ...

IXC invests in a concentrated portfolio of energy stocks. While energy stocks are not particularly favorable from a political or general sentiment standpoint, implied returns are strong. It will be decades before we can "replace" (in any significant way) non-renewables. In the mea...