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Taipan daily editor Justice Litle responds to some of his readers’ investment queries below. Is this the perfect time to get into the market, or is the market still a no-go zone?

To say that trading energy stocks has been difficult in recent months is a major understatement. And when you see that even an industry giant like Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK) lost money in its hedging activities, you know that trading activity during that quarter was extremely wild. But Chesapeake is still a great buy, says Money Morning’s Horacio  Marquez…

After declining for 15 years, U.S. natural gas production is finally on the rise, thanks to new technological developments that make it possible to draw large amounts of gas from deposits previously thought to be unreachable. An increase in natural gas production of the magnitude many industry insiders predict could do wonders for business, the environment and even U.S. energy independence.

Charles Delvalle at Investor’s Daily Edge says forecasts for a cold winter should drive up natural gas prices. This makes natural gas producer and explorer Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK) a top investment play this fall…

Billionaire Texas financier T. Boone Pickens‘ BP Capital commodity fund dropped in value by 34% in July, according to figures obtained by the New York Post.

Fortunately for Pickens, he has a plan to move away from volatile oil. It’s called the Pickens Plan. It involves converting US cars to run on natural gas instead of petroleum and devleoping a massive wind farm in Texas.

Floyd Brown at Investment U says Pickens has a history of being in the right place and the right time and profiting handsomely. Floyd has picked four stocks to help you follow Pickens’ lead into natural gas and wind energy…

Takeover Trader editor Louis Basenese has found a stock market indicator that he says is as close to a sure thing as you can get.

Heavy volumes of options trading - particularly when biased to one side - gives a clear signal that a stock is about to make a big movement.

And Louis says Friday’s huge trade in short-term call options for EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) suggests its share price is about to rally big time. Louis says it’s time to long on this stock now…