What Warren Buffett Sees in Canada’s Biggest Oil Producer
The Oracle of Omaha’s recent investment in Suncor Energy raised eyebrows on Wall Street and Bay Street.
View ArticleAfter the Market’s Fall: The Fantastic Four
The sharp decline among dividend stocks since Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke's late-May tapering comments has barely impacted these four utility stocks.
View ArticleWhy Coal Is Still King
Unloved in the US, the dinosaur of fossil fuels continues to power growth in China and India.
View ArticleBlack Swans in the Oil Patch
With Chinese demand still growing fast, any disruption in supplies could send prices soaring to a new record.
View ArticleA Fond Farewell to The Oil Drum
One of the popular energy site’s longtime contributors reflects on the important lessons it taught.
View ArticleSouthern Company: Time to Ask Some Tough Questions
Recent debt downgrades, continued cost overruns on new projects, and declining earnings on flat power demand raise serious questions about the utility's viability as an income investment.
View ArticleBatting Cleanup on Chat Queries
The readers taking part in our monthly chat asked some penetrating questions that required further research. Here are the answers.
View ArticleThe Golden State and Distributed Power
California is setting more trends, as two pieces of recently passed legislation boost the solar cause in the state and around the US.
View ArticleReinventing an Asset Class
The Environmental Protection Agency's proposed carbon emissions rules on new coal power plants, if enacted, would force utility investors to place venture capitalist type bets on new energy technologies.
View ArticleFrom LNG Famine to Feast
Natural gas exports are on the menu as US producers feed a glut.
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