EQUITIES Magazine

Oil and the Dollar: Which is the Tail, Which is the Dog?

An economic recovery may spark more use of oil products, but is there too much supply? Most Americans could care less about the price of lean hogs, but the price of gasoline and heating oil always gets their attention. With the exception of natural gas, light sweet crude, heating oil, and a host [...]  Read the full story

A Case for the Bear

Contrarian Jim Shepherd doesn’t buy the bull. At a time when 90% of private economists surveyed expect the worst recession since the “Great One” to end in the third quarter of this year, Jim Shepherd of The Shepherd Investment Strategist is screaming “No [...]  Read the full story

Powering Tomorrow: Two Energy Paths for the Future

How will potential initiatives in the energy sector affect your portfolio? Just more than a month into its existence, the Car Allowance Rebate System, known colloquially as “Cash for Clunkers,” has been one of the U.S. government’s most successful stimulus programs in recent [...]  Read the full story

The Market Maker Gold Mine

Bernie Madoff went from being a relatively unknown name with the public to a highly recognized one in just a matter of months—but, of course, for all the wrong reasons. What most people don’t understand about Madoff is that he made a great deal of his wealth not through his investments [...]  Read the full story

Industry Issues in Raising Capital: The Oil and Gas Industry, Part 1

This new series of articles looks at issues related to raising capital in specific industries. While the federal government has lowered interest rates in an effort to stimulate capital development, borrowers and lenders remain wary. In the third quarter of 2009, Keynes and Friedman advocates [...]  Read the full story

Profits in the Energy Patch: Four Oil and Gas ETFs for Your Portfolio

The energy sector is not for the faint of heart. Known as one of the most volatile places for an investor to park his money, the energy complex can be just that for investors: complex. When most investors look to the energy world, they think of oil. After all, crude oil is the most sought after [...]  Read the full story