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Energy Sector Investing

Crude Oil — Close But No Cigar

by Sean Brodrick on March 13, 2010

After pushing strongly above $82 yesterday morning, crude oil turned around and sank to close at $81.47.  $82 is the line in the sand — if oil can close above that, it could be on its way to $91.5o.  So, this pullback is a real disappointment for the bulls.

Oil could make another attempt next week, [...]

Latest Interview with Tom Jeffries on MobileInvestor

by Sean Brodrick on March 13, 2010

Remember Tom Jeffries, the velvet-voiced interviewer from HoweStreet.com?  He’s on to a new gig, working for a Canadian group that is going to deliver investment interviews to mobile devices.  It downloads as a podcast rather than streaming.  This 15-minute interview with me took about 30 seconds to download and activate on my computer …
http://www.mobileinvestor.com/_resources/audio/download.php?file=seanbrodrick11032010.mp3
Here’s an interesting [...]

Update on Oil — Global Demand Estimate Raised AGAIN!

by Sean Brodrick on March 12, 2010

My column for UncommonWisdomDaily.com that posted today, The Coming Emergency in Energy, is already out of date. That’s because I used the International Energy Agency’s February estimate for global oil demand, when they raised the estimate for 2010 to 86.5 million barrels. Today, the IEA raised their 2010 estimate to 86.6 million barrels a day [...]

3 Stocks for Appearance on CBS Radio in Chicago

by Sean Brodrick on March 4, 2010

Today, at 1:40-1:47pm EST, I’m appearing on CBS Radio WBBM Business Noon Hour w/ Chris and Sherman. They want to talk about 3 stocks – Chevron, (CVX: 74.55 -0.28%), Goldcorp (GG: 39.15 -0.36%) and BHP Billiton (BHP: 78.09 -1.58%).  They pick the stocks and ask me to give an opinion on them.  Here is the [...]

Solar Panels for $100 Each? Wow!

by Sean Brodrick on February 25, 2010

Let me tell you, solar panels aren’t cheap.  But an article on off-grid.net tells how one aspiring solar enthusiast built his own solar panel for $100. And he tells you how you can do it, too.  Note:  This article isn’t about making your own solar CELLS.  He bought his solar cells second-hand on eBay and [...]

Take Another Look at Crude Oil

by Sean Brodrick on February 22, 2010

I’m looking at crude oil, which has been trading in a range for months. Here’s a weekly chart …
 
The interesting thing is I’m starting to see more and more bullish news …
BP, Shell Cost Cuts May Falter as Drilling Threatens Oil Inflation Revival BP Plc and Royal Dutch Shell Plc may falter in their campaigns [...]

Interesting News on Green Energy

by Sean Brodrick on February 16, 2010

My new Golden Age of Green Energy report should hit email in-boxes today.  I’m actually nervous about it because I’m away from the office, so I hope all goes well.
Anyway, the news continues to roll in on Green Energy.  You might find this interesting …
Arab Nations Want a Piece of the Green Energy Pie, Too
Europe, [...]

Tax Break for Biomass, and Other Alternative Energy News

by Sean Brodrick on February 12, 2010

Here are stories that you might find interesting today, and they line up with what I talk about in today’s UncommonWisdomDaily.com column, “The Oil Kingdom Goes Green” …
Biomass Energy Gets Tax Break Love
When the Senate Finance Committee rolled out its latest draft of tax extenders Thursday, there on Page 66 was a two-paragraph, $100 million-plus [...]

HoweStreet.com — The Green Energy Interview

by Sean Brodrick on February 8, 2010

Phil from HoweStreet.com called today and wanted to know all about my new report, “The Golden Age of Green Energy.”  So, we talked about that and gold and commodities in general …
http://www.howestreet.com/index.php?pl=/goldradio/index.php/mediaplayer/1551
And if you want to read my original post on Green Energy, point your web browser here: http://www.uncommonwisdomdaily.com/the-golden-age-of-green-energy-8308

Oil Prices Should Go Lower Short-Term

by Sean Brodrick on February 1, 2010

 As I explained in an earlier post, the GDP number released on Friday — boasting 5.7% growth — was a joke.  Energy demand in the U.S. is going down.  If economic activity were really rising, energy demand would be going up. 
The lack of real economic growth in the U.S., along with a rising U.S. dollar, [...]