Posts Tagged ‘ Gazprom ’
The Top 5 Oil Stocks for 2009
May 20th, 2009 | By J. Christoph Amberger | Category: Oil Investment & Alternative EnergyOn June 10, 2008, Alexei Miller, CEO of Russia’s Gazprom, told a French audience that crude oil prices would reach $250 a barrel in 2009. His former Gazprom cohort and then freshly minted Russian prime minister Medvedev did him one better… pegging crude oil prices at $500. Was it wishful thinking? Did the gentlemen overdose on “hard-money” investment newsletters and Peak Oil Theory? We may never know.
From Russia, With Gas
Mar 6th, 2009 | By J. Christoph Amberger | Category: Oil Investment & Alternative Energy, Top StoryThe Russia-Ukraine battle for natural gas played out well last year for these three natural resource stocks, and it’s happening again. J. Christoph Amberger of Today’s Financial News predicted back in November of 2008 that the Ukraine would go into a “deep freeze” and that forecast came to pass at the beginning of this year.
Retailers Battle Sales Slump… Russia And Ukraine Battle Each Other
Jan 12th, 2009 | By Marc Lichtenfeld | Category: Financial NewsWith stores tripping over themselves to offer steep holiday season discounts, their efforts were largely in vain, as many consumers simply weren’t financially able to take full advantage. Even the beast that is Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) struggled to make much headway. As we reported yesterday, Thomson-Reuters projected a 2.8% same-store sales rise for the firm in December. But the actual results proved otherwise.
Crude Moves Lower
Jan 9th, 2009 | By Doug Casey | Category: Financial NewsIn the energy market on Thursday, oil slid again, with crude for February delivery closing at $41.70/barrel, down 93 cents. February reformulated gasoline rose just over a penny, to $1.0882/gallon.
And Then There’s This…Monday, January 05th, 2009
Jan 5th, 2009 | By Ed Steer | Category: Financial NewsOn New Years eve day, gold got sold off in the Far East a bit…and then the down trend accelerated through London trading, with the bottom being the London p.m. gold fix. From there…and to everyone’s surprise…the price took off to the upside with some real authority. True, there hadn’t been a lot of volume up until that point, but that changed from the London p.m. fix until the close of trading in New York. Silver’s chart was very similar, with the metal turning in an outstanding day as well. Gold put in an “outside day key reversal to the upside”…which is a very bullish technical indicator. The boyz have never…ever…allowed this technical indicator to work in gold…and have taken…
Major Financial Events And Developments Of 2009
Dec 12th, 2008 | By J. Christoph Amberger | Category: Stock Market InvestingDollar-Euro parity? Crude at $12 a barrel? 15% unemployment? J. Christoph Amberger presents the Today’s Financial News top predictions for 2009…
Victoria Oil & Gas (VOG) and Bramlin (BML) Merge
Nov 26th, 2008 | By Tom Bulford | Category: Financial NewsCity fashion is a dangerous thing. Its followers rarely come out smiling. So although there is a chorus now calling for mergers and acquisitions in the small company sector, this seems more to do with fund managers’ concerns about illiquid stocks than any commercial rationale.
The Struggle for Central Asia’s Energy Resources
Jul 14th, 2008 | By Manraaj Singh | Category: Emerging MarketsCentral Asia and Africa look set to be the biggest winners as nervous energy importers look for alternative supplies far from the volatile Middle East. Let me show you an unusual way to profit from this trend.
At Lehman, a Rising Star Falls
Jun 12th, 2008 | By Justice Litle | Category: Stock Market InvestingAs recently as a month ago, Erin Callan was on top of the world. The WSJ did a glowing piece on her rise through the ranks. Condé Nast’s Portfolio magazine dubbed her the most powerful woman on Wall Street.