Energy and Capital submits:
By Ian Cooper
While the Middle East may have a reputation for instability and occasional violence, there’s no denying the vast riches it has to offer patient investors.
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Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit:
With a build of over 3 million barrels in the latest week, oil inventories continue to swell. As shown in the chart, even though we are now in the period of the year when oil stockpiles typically decline, this year [...]

Michael Johnston submits:
The United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) is truly one-of-a-kind, not only as a commodity ETP but as an investment vehicle in general. Since its inception in April 2007, UNG has lost almost 90% of its value, steadily declining as natural gas prices tumbled and [...]

The Manual of Ideas submits:
Chesapeake Energy (CHK) has for some time been synonymous with the vast untapped opportunity in U.S. onshore natural gas shale plays. As gas prices have remained depressed relative to oil prices longer than most expected, it appears many investors have slowly but surely [...]

Hard Assets Investor submits:
By Brad Zigler
US crude prices fell sharply on Tuesday, but ratcheted upward overnight ahead of the week’s US Energy Department inventory report release.
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