June 9, 2012
in ADRs, Canadian, S&P/TSX, commodities, energy, europe, exports, natural gas, oil, stock picks, unconventional energy
In the middle of the Euro crisis, when the ECB is holding emergency meetings and Obama decides to hold a press conference at the NASDAQ, it’s a good time to look to global fundamentals for reorienting our portfolios. This means commodities – if there is any growth globally, commodities will soak it up first. And [...]
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February 13, 2011 · 1 comment
in Canadian, S&P/TSX, TSX, commodities, energy, exports, investing, metals, mining, resources, stocks, unconventional energy, uranium
Canadian uranium stocks run the gamut from junior uranium start ups to senior uranium dividend-payers. In a previous post I wrote about the largest Canadian uranium stocks by market capitalization (that was back in September 2009). It’s worth an update now, because Canada’s uranium stocks have grown quite significantly since then.
List of Canadian energy and [...]
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The best Canadian energy stocks are well-known large caps, but there are a few lesser-known names in there, too. Energy’s going to be a big theme in 2011 as commodity prices rise and the energy sector as a whole is due for a comeback after lagging in 2010.
Here are my top picks for Canadian energy [...]
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May 30, 2010 · 15 comments
in 2010, ADRs, FTSE, SRI, business, capitalism, economy, energy, environment, executive compensation, foreign investment, news and updates, oil, pound, resources, sovereign debt, sustainability, unconventional energy
Estimates suggest the Deepwater Horizon oilspill has already cost BP plc about one billion pounds. This does not even take into consideration total clean up costs going forward if the leak were to somehow suddenly stop right now.
But so far we haven’t heard much about the wider economic effects that the Deepwater environmental disaster will [...]
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Shale gas assets have become a hot story lately, with the news that Total (NYSE: TOT) put in a bid to buy these from Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) and ExxonMobil put in a bid for XTO Energy (NYSE: XTO). So what is shale gas and fracking – the process it depends upon for gas extraction? [...]
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