The vicious selloff in energy-related stocks I discussed in the July 16, 2008, flash alert, Oil’s Rollercoaster, has continued and has impacted the energy stocks recommended in The Energy Strategist portfolios. Read More

The Energy Strategist portfolios performed well in the second quarter. The income-oriented Proven Reserves Portfolio was up 11.4 percent, the growth-oriented Wildcatters Portfolio rose 15.9 percent, and the most aggressive, the Gushers Portfolio, ended the quarter up 28.4 percent. Read More

This year’s Group of Eight (G8) Summit is being held in the remote Lake Toya region of Hokkaido, Japan. Two of the main topics on the agenda at this year’s summit are energy and climate change. Read More

Yesterday, refining giant Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO) touched my recommended stop order at $41.50, selling us out of the stock for a loss. Read More

As I highlighted in the most recent issue of The Energy Strategist, Crude Realities, I see the fundamentals of the oil and natural gas markets supportive to current prices. Read More

In many ways, it’s hard to imagine a less friendly economic environment for firms in the transportation industry. The Dow Jones Transportation Index consists primarily of stocks in four industry groups: truckers, airlines, railroads and package/freight companies. Read More

This morning, Wildcatters Portfolio holding Linn Energy announced plans to sell 152,000 net acres of Marcellus Shale leasehold in Pennsylvania and West Virginia to fellow Wildcatter XTO Energy for $600 million in cash. Read More

Traditionally, MLPs and other publicly traded partnerships (PTP) have been involved in the so-called midstream energy business—basically owning pipelines, storage and processing facilities. But in early 2006, Wildcatters Portfolio holding Linn Energy (NSDQ: LINE) listed on Nasdaq and became the first PTP in more than a decade to focus on the upstream business—the actual production of oil and natural gas. Read More

Many investors view options as a purely speculative tool—a way to supercharge returns in the stock market. Certainly, options can be employed in that manner, but that’s far from the whole story. In The Energy Strategist, I’ve frequently recommended using a handful of basic options strategies as a means of reducing risk and allowing investors to sleep well at night regardless of overall market volatility. Read More

The good news: The major averages put in a significant low yesterday and mounted a classic high-volume reversal. As I noted yesterday, the panic in the market was palpable, and such high emotions often mark important turning points. Read More