Oil & Gas

The outlook for the energy sector, and particularly for the oil component, was given a boost on Friday as the OPEC+ cartel agreed to cut oil production in Q1/2020. Our Portfolio continues to perform relatively well but is still struggling to gain much traction in positive territory. [more]

As 2019 starts to draw to a close, investors will be assessing their portfolio performance. Results should be good as most major indexes in North America did well. Our December Seasonality Trends Report highlights what indexes/sectors are currently going-in/going-out of expected strength. [more]

Greta Thunberg and her fellow climate-change activists vow to do whatever they can at the up-coming United Nations climate-change conference to get world leaders to act quickly and decisively to tackle the world’s growing climate-change problem. [more]

Long-suffering Canadian energy investors still have to wait for a meaningful upturn in the oil patch but recent positive attitudes emanating from the Canadian government offer new hope. [more]

mCloud released its Q3/2019 financials and, with partial-period revenue from the Autopro acquisition that closed in mid-July, revenue increased over 200% quarter-over-quarter to C$9.2 million. [more]

Our Top Ten Portfolio performed well of late and regained the $600,000 level. Including dividends and trading profits, the Portfolio is up 20.4% YTD and exactly matches this year’s gain by the S&P/TSX Composite Index. We think that we should be able to do better than the general index. [more]

October traditionally marks the start of a seven month positive period for the general market. Of course, there are always exceptions. However, this year, October has been exceptional with the S&P 500 Index beginning the month of November at an all-time high. [more]

Commodities have been in a funk for years: crude oil, natural gas, gold, silver, copper, zinc, etc., take your pick. At some point, investor sentiment towards commodities will change, which could provide very meaningful returns to those who recognize early the latent potential. [more]