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Humanity's reliance on fossil fuels is harder to reduce than most people seem to realize. We can identify five separate periods of oil supply/demand fundamentals. A look into how oil companies are managing their capital now. An update on Fed policy and overall defensive positi...

Hydrogen is expected to play a key role in the decarbonisation of the energy system, particularly in hard-to-abate sectors such as industry, road freight, shipping and aviation. The demand for hydrogen is likely to be met through the production of both blue and green hydrogen, which t...

I am not as sanguine about inflation as the US Federal Reserve: I expect it will be higher than the Fed forecasts, but I still think inflation will decline next year and beyond. In a sense, I believe inflation will revert to a pre-pandemic normal, while those who expect inflation to g...

The October reading of the Consumer Price Index-the most widely used gauge of inflationary pressure in an economy-registered the biggest monthly increase in over 13 years. While employment has recovered from the depths of April 2020, we are still 7.6 million workers short of the pre-p...

Craig: Today's volatility is a continuation of last week's selloff. Craig: We pulled back some of our risk based on valuation. Craig: Fed's comments were more balanced than hawkish on tapering. For further details see: Market Whipsaws On Fed Hawk Talk And Omicron Fears ...

New Covid-19 variant from South Africa caused an emergency meeting of WHO that spooked the financial markets on “Black Friday,” putting a damper on the biggest retail sales day of the calendar year. The good news is that even though the ETF spread widened for DVY on Frid...

The Biden administration wants lower oil prices as it would reduce US drilling activity benefiting his environmental stance and reverse fuel price increases which he has been under fire for. His options vary but some include, a Strategic Petroleum Reserve release, 'NOPEC' legislation,...

Investors in 2022 should prepare themselves for lower rates of S&P 500 EPS and revenue growth. It’s a “return-to-normal” market. Financial sector EPS growth is negative since reserve releases are probably expected to be much lower in 2022. Energy and Basic...

VanEck Commodity Strategist Roland Morris discusses his views on a potential long-term bull market for commodities. He explores the impact of short and long-term trends, including supply constraints, the transition to renewable energy, inflation and Fed tapering. Currently, most c...

The hits and misses from COP26. Will the commitments made at COP26 be enough to curb global warming? What will the Glasgow Climate Pact from COP26 accomplish? For further details see: COP26 Glasgow Climate Pact: What You Need To Know