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Investors regularly ask for our views on the threat of the energy transition to traditional oil and natural gas companies, particularly with a view to midstream. The buzz around renewables has only increased given the release of Vice President Biden's clean energy plan calling for net zero e...

By James J. Puplava, CFP®, CTS™ "If you look at the top 20 companies of the world, 19 of them are still brick and mortar companies. What I am saying is that if you have a car manufacturer or an oil and gas manufacturer, you won't get supply over the Net." -Anil Ambani "...

Halliburton says the economy will recover... eventually. - Enthusiasm to be tested in US shale auction. The oil economy will recover... eventually. That was the word Wednesday from the chairman of the board at oilfield services company Halliburton (HAL), which cut its dividend and enacted ...

Markets have settled and recovered from the initial shock of the coronavirus spread and the response of governments around the US and the world to lock down the economy. But while the major US indices have approached, if not quite matched, the fabled v-shaped recovery, there are still plenty o...

While there has been much discussion around oil supply in the form of OPEC+ cuts, curtailments, production shut-ins, and potential pro-rationing of production at the state level, the problem facing oil markets is first and foremost a demand issue, which has necessitated a supply response. Oil ...

To help us understand the dynamics currently driving the global energy market, we utilize game theory and macro thematic analytical frameworks. Recent developments have caused us to update our energy/Middle East game theater to reflect evolving interests. Historically, this game theater has ...

The last several weeks have been a tough time for just about every sector of the market. While there have been some individual stock winners, every major sector is down and down sharply. Some groups have held up better than others, but no area has been spared. We’ve written a lot over ...

The energy sector tanked in Q1 2020. WTI and Brent crude oil posted significant losses in Q1 after the outbreak of Coronavirus weighed on demand. The failure of OPEC to respond to the price weakness led to a massive move to the downside in early March that took the price of crude oil to its lo...

By Brian L. Kloss, Tracy Chen As we sit here evaluating asset markets, one of our portfolio managers, Steve Smith, occasionally thinks about markets in terms of music. Thinking about the issues facing credit investors, both corporate and structured, REM's It's the End of the World: And I ...

The past five years have been unkind to the Canadian energy sector and its investors. A hypothetical C$100 investment in the S&P/TSX Composite Index would have grown to just shy of C$120 today even after the sustained market decline of the past several weeks. In contrast, the same inve...