Last week, I wrote an extensive piece detailing why big oil is having one of its best periods on record: Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) hauled in $6.4 billion in adjusted net income in the fourth quarter. BP (NYSE: BP) shattered expectations with a profit of $3.5 billion. Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A) banked earnings of $5.7 billion. That’s $15.6 billion from just three companies — in a single quarter. For the year, the combined earnings of the five super-majors — this trio plus Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and Total (NYSE: TOT) — reached an incredible $80 billion. I also discussed why… Read More

Last week, I wrote an extensive piece detailing why big oil is having one of its best periods on record: Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) hauled in $6.4 billion in adjusted net income in the fourth quarter. BP (NYSE: BP) shattered expectations with a profit of $3.5 billion. Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A) banked earnings of $5.7 billion. That’s $15.6 billion from just three companies — in a single quarter. For the year, the combined earnings of the five super-majors — this trio plus Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and Total (NYSE: TOT) — reached an incredible $80 billion. I also discussed why plans for a record $425 billion in spending on exploration this year should have investors excited. In that piece, I mentioned that I’m saving my top pick on this trend for my High-Yield Investing subscribers only, but that there were a number of ways for investors to profit.  Today, I want to spend a little time on just one of the big oil producers — specifically, BP (NYSE: BP).  #-ad_banner-#BP was no exception to the record fourth-quarter results posted by the major energy giants. The market was expecting an adjusted profit of $2.6 billion. The company delivered $3.5 billion, an… Read More

“A billion here, a billion there. Pretty soon you’re talking about real money.” I was reminded of this line when evaluating fourth-quarter results in the energy sector. That’s because the big multinational producers are generating profits that aren’t just huge by corporate standards — they dwarf the GDP of some small countries.  Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) hauled in $6.4 billion in adjusted net income in the fourth quarter. BP (NYSE: BP) shattered expectations with a profit of $3.5 billion. Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A) banked earnings of $5.7 billion. That’s $15.6 billion from just three companies — in a single… Read More

“A billion here, a billion there. Pretty soon you’re talking about real money.” I was reminded of this line when evaluating fourth-quarter results in the energy sector. That’s because the big multinational producers are generating profits that aren’t just huge by corporate standards — they dwarf the GDP of some small countries.  Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) hauled in $6.4 billion in adjusted net income in the fourth quarter. BP (NYSE: BP) shattered expectations with a profit of $3.5 billion. Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A) banked earnings of $5.7 billion. That’s $15.6 billion from just three companies — in a single quarter. For the year, the combined earnings of the five super-majors — this trio plus Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and Total (NYSE: TOT) — reached an incredible $80 billion. Indeed, we are talking about real money. —Recommended Link— Create a 10%+ Income Stream for Life We’re sitting on a collection of the safest, most generous monthly payers available. And while $11,200 in dividend checks is a welcome addition to anyone’s income, investors also love racking up capital gains as high as 446%. Start generating a 10%+ income stream for life today from these consistent companies.. Even more impressive than the… Read More

Recent market volatility has forced investors to seek safer investments for their portfolios. For many, stocks with a solid dividend-paying history with a low beta (β) offer a safer alternative to other stocks. —Recommended Link— Save 75% On Fast-Track Millionaire Today Tired of just barely beating the market? See how we’re crushing the market hand over fist inside Fast-Track Millionaire. Details here. For those unfamiliar with beta, β measures the volatility of a stock against a broad market index, such as the S&P 500. Because the market is given a beta of 1, anything with less volatility than the… Read More

Recent market volatility has forced investors to seek safer investments for their portfolios. For many, stocks with a solid dividend-paying history with a low beta (β) offer a safer alternative to other stocks. —Recommended Link— Save 75% On Fast-Track Millionaire Today Tired of just barely beating the market? See how we’re crushing the market hand over fist inside Fast-Track Millionaire. Details here. For those unfamiliar with beta, β measures the volatility of a stock against a broad market index, such as the S&P 500. Because the market is given a beta of 1, anything with less volatility than the market will have a beta below 1. Conversely, if a stock has greater volatility than the market as a whole, that stock will have a beta greater than 1. Given the wild ride investors have experienced since October, finding solid dividend stocks with low betas is imperative. Should the market volatility continue unabated, huge drawdowns are possible with high beta stocks. Fortunately, finding such stocks isn’t too difficult. One such stock is ExxonMobil (NASDAQ: XOM). As you can see from the chart below, the stock suffered in 2018 — losing 18.6%. While the stock is off its recent… Read More

We interrupt this regularly scheduled publication to bring you a breaking news bulletin. Originally, I had planned to discuss the ramifications of last week’s mid-term elections with my Daily Paycheck subscribers. But there is plenty of time to get to that in the weeks ahead. For now, I’ll just say that gridlock in Congress is often advantageous for investors. And we’ll be seeing plenty of that over the next two years. Instead, I want to steer your attention to some important news that’s been somewhat ignored amid the election news and the volatile overall market. I’m talking about what’s happening… Read More

We interrupt this regularly scheduled publication to bring you a breaking news bulletin. Originally, I had planned to discuss the ramifications of last week’s mid-term elections with my Daily Paycheck subscribers. But there is plenty of time to get to that in the weeks ahead. For now, I’ll just say that gridlock in Congress is often advantageous for investors. And we’ll be seeing plenty of that over the next two years. Instead, I want to steer your attention to some important news that’s been somewhat ignored amid the election news and the volatile overall market. I’m talking about what’s happening with the price of oil. —Recommended Link— The F.U.S.I.O.N. Profit System: If you’re tired of investing in stocks that go nowhere, then you need to read this. Come see what may be the single BIGGEST BREAKTHROUGH the investment world has ever seen. The Bear Market Nobody Is Talking About Benchmark crude oil prices dropped for 12 consecutive trading sessions, the longest such streak on record, according to Dow Jones. You’d think that major shifts in sentiment for such a massive global market would take weeks or months to play out, not days. Supply/demand fundamentals can’t turn on a… Read More

The price of oil has plunged into a bear market, falling for 10 consecutive sessions last week and settling more than 22% from its peak of $76.90 a barrel made just last month. —Recommended Link— Are You Setting Your Family Up For Failure? Is your pension or social security just not hacking it? Odds are that skyrocketing healthcare costs and living expenses aren’t leaving much left over each month… and won’t leave you anything to pass on to your children. Every investor needs a set of stocks so reliable that they can buy them today and hold them for… Read More

The price of oil has plunged into a bear market, falling for 10 consecutive sessions last week and settling more than 22% from its peak of $76.90 a barrel made just last month. —Recommended Link— Are You Setting Your Family Up For Failure? Is your pension or social security just not hacking it? Odds are that skyrocketing healthcare costs and living expenses aren’t leaving much left over each month… and won’t leave you anything to pass on to your children. Every investor needs a set of stocks so reliable that they can buy them today and hold them for the rest of their life. Click here to access your 7 “Set & Forget” Legacy Assets NOW. The selloff isn’t likely to end even if a relief rally calms investors’ nerves. Forecasts for supply and demand are both going the wrong way to support higher prices. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t money to be made. #-ad_banner-#Two industries have already seen bounding stock prices as the price of a critical input crashes. There’s still time to position in the companies that will profit from plunging crude and fourth quarter earnings could bring a windfall as earnings surprise. The Bear Market… Read More

Ten years ago, individual investors could throw money at any mutual fund or ETF with the words “commodity” or “hard asset” in its name and collect outsized returns. That was then. This is now. —Recommended Link— Add $380,000 To Your Family’s Legacy… 401k looking lackluster? Is your pension or social security just not hacking it? Odds are that skyrocketing healthcare costs and living expenses aren’t leaving much left over each month… and won’t leave you anything to pass on to your children.  Every investor needs a set of stocks so reliable that they can buy them today and hold… Read More

Ten years ago, individual investors could throw money at any mutual fund or ETF with the words “commodity” or “hard asset” in its name and collect outsized returns. That was then. This is now. —Recommended Link— Add $380,000 To Your Family’s Legacy… 401k looking lackluster? Is your pension or social security just not hacking it? Odds are that skyrocketing healthcare costs and living expenses aren’t leaving much left over each month… and won’t leave you anything to pass on to your children.  Every investor needs a set of stocks so reliable that they can buy them today and hold them for the rest of their life… one that’s returned 45% gains to shareholders the past two years and turned every 100k into a HALF-MILLION dollars in the last decade. Click here to access your 7 “Set & Forget” Legacy Assets NOW. With the onset of the 2008 financial crisis, commodities entered a brutal deflationary spiral and subsequent decade-long bear market. And from the looks of it, that bear will continue to stumble around for a while. Investors hoping to make a buck on actually trading commodities — or seeing recovery in the blown-up assets they’re clinging to… Read More

Spurred by heavy drilling in the Permian Basin, demand for oil and gas fracking sand continues to explode. Between 2012 and 2014, annual consumption rose to 60 million tons from 34 million. Usage then trailed off for a couple years when crude prices crashed and drilling activity subsequently dried up. —Recommended Link— The Only Pot Stock Worth Owning This summer, Canada will completely legalize cannabis for medical and recreational use — sparking an $8 BILLION industry.  Our experts have their sights on a company that’s been granted a virtual monopoly by the Canadian government – a moat that would… Read More

Spurred by heavy drilling in the Permian Basin, demand for oil and gas fracking sand continues to explode. Between 2012 and 2014, annual consumption rose to 60 million tons from 34 million. Usage then trailed off for a couple years when crude prices crashed and drilling activity subsequently dried up. —Recommended Link— The Only Pot Stock Worth Owning This summer, Canada will completely legalize cannabis for medical and recreational use — sparking an $8 BILLION industry.  Our experts have their sights on a company that’s been granted a virtual monopoly by the Canadian government – a moat that would make Warren Buffett jealous. Get in early on this exceptional triple-digit opportunity before the law goes into effect. Click here to learn more. But the on-again, off-again rally is back on. #-ad_banner-#With benchmark WTI prices rebounding back to $70 per barrel, producers have stepped on the gas. And frac sand consumption has followed suit, setting a record high last year. If the latest reports are any indication, 2018 will bring even further growth. According to Bloomberg, 23 new frac sand mines are currently under development, just in West Texas — to say nothing of other fertile basins across the country… Read More

This year will likely go down in history as the year energy stocks broke out. Fueled by an upside explosion in oil prices, many energy stocks have pushed higher this year. It is not too late to grab a piece of the bullish action! In fact, right now is an ideal time to buy. —Recommended Link— This Company’s #1 Fan Is… Itself This company flat out loves itself. For the past five years, it’s been buying its own stock like crazy, spending $97 billion to retire 57% of its shares. Of course that means MUCH larger dividend checks for… Read More

This year will likely go down in history as the year energy stocks broke out. Fueled by an upside explosion in oil prices, many energy stocks have pushed higher this year. It is not too late to grab a piece of the bullish action! In fact, right now is an ideal time to buy. —Recommended Link— This Company’s #1 Fan Is… Itself This company flat out loves itself. For the past five years, it’s been buying its own stock like crazy, spending $97 billion to retire 57% of its shares. Of course that means MUCH larger dividend checks for the rest of us. But you need to see WHY this is happening. Hint: it’s doing something that’s changing our world more than smartphones did. Want the name and ticker symbol? Go here now. The recent pullback as reflected in the United States Oil Fund ETF (NYSE: USO) and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund ETF (NYSE: XLE) has set up an ideal buying opportunity in particular stocks. Let’s take a closer look at why energy stocks are moving higher. #-ad_banner-#First, energy stocks are tightly correlated with interest rates. As interest rates climb so do energy stocks. In fact, history… Read More

Back in May, I talked about the amazing potential of ExxonMobil’s (NYSE: XOM) algae initiative. To recap: Former CEO Rex Tillerson invested more than a half-billion dollars into a research project led by Craig Venter, who was the first to decode the human genome. The result is a soupy algae that can replace crude oil in refineries. —Recommended Link— How To Build A ‘Battle-Hardened’ Portfolio Did you know that no matter how big your nest egg is today…the odds of your grandchildren seeing a dime of inheritance is less than 10%?  We’ve uncovered the solution to the 3rd generation… Read More

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A consortium of countries spearheaded by the United States has just formed an international pact to explore new ways to promote the responsible growth of nuclear energy. According to Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette, the initiative seeks to “highlight the value of nuclear energy as a clean, reliable energy source.”  This new alliance was announced at a clean energy forum last week in Denmark. Other members of the pact include Argentina, Canada, Japan, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). My View: After the devastating destruction of Japan’s Fukushima power plant in 2011, critics started… Read More

A consortium of countries spearheaded by the United States has just formed an international pact to explore new ways to promote the responsible growth of nuclear energy. According to Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette, the initiative seeks to “highlight the value of nuclear energy as a clean, reliable energy source.”  This new alliance was announced at a clean energy forum last week in Denmark. Other members of the pact include Argentina, Canada, Japan, Poland, Romania, Russia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). My View: After the devastating destruction of Japan’s Fukushima power plant in 2011, critics started writing the obituary for nuclear energy. In the years that followed, the industry was indeed battered and bruised. Amid mounting opposition, some nuclear plants went into early retirement, while new construction projects around the globe were postponed or scrapped.  A number of countries decided to gradually phase out nuclear energy altogether. Germany, for example, has reduced its dependency from 25% of the power grid (17 reactors) in 2011 to just 12% (seven reactors) today. Just look at a long-term chart of uranium prices, and it’s easy to see the damage inflicted by changing government policies.  Yet, the industry is still… Read More