Elliott H. Gue
2/28/23 Capitalist Times Live Chat
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Profiting from the Energy Supercycle
Roger Conrad and Elliott Gue discuss all things energy, including a look at some of our top recommendations for 2023.
Valuations, Free Cash Flow and Long-Term Returns
Energy stocks have surged over the past year, rising 67.4% since the end of 2021. What’s even more impressive is that run has come in the context of a bear market in most stocks –...
Valuations Dominate Long-term Returns
Energy remains the cheapest, and best-placed sector in the S&P 500. If historical relationships persist as we expect, energy stocks are likely to continue beating the S&P 500 for years and may be one of...
What Q4 Earnings and Guidance Updates Will Tell Us About 2023
Companies’ annual filing requirements are much more intensive than quarterly ones. So the timing of portfolio Q4 earnings reporting and guidance updates looks set to extend to late February. Here are announced and expected dates...
Natural Gas Tumbles Below $3.50/MMBtu
Some readers have asked for an update on our outlook for US natural gas prices considering the near 70% plunge in front-month gas futures since the August peak. Recall we’ve been consistently bearish on gas...
1/31/23 Capitalist Times Live Chat
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The State of High Yielding Midstream
Q. What’s your forecast for midstream energy stock prices in first half 2023? A. We think 2023 will have more than its share of ups and downs for the dividend paying midstream stocks in our...
Watching Variable Rate Debt Exposure and Some End-Year Moves
In the previous decade, relentlessly falling commodity prices eventually drove many investors out of oil and gas sector stocks and bonds. That forced sector companies to make painful adjustments to become self-sufficient for capital, including...
12/28/22 Capitalist Times Live Chat
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Energy Stocks Soar Again: Now’s the Time to Make a Few Moves
Energy stocks’ remarkable 2022 performance has accelerated again since our last issue of Energy and Income Advisor. The S&P 500 Energy Sector Index is now up a staggering 70 percent plus year to date. The...
Making Our Moves
Over the past two years, on the monthly chats and via e-mail we’ve received feedback from Energy & Income Advisor readers regarding the actively managed model portfolio. Specifically, given the strong performance of most model...
11/29/22 Capitalist Times Live Chat
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Live at the Orlando MoneyShow 2022
I'm excited to announce that Roger Conrad and I will be attending the Orlando MoneyShow 2022 live and in-person Oct. 31, 2022 at the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate. We're at a critical juncture right...
Energy Stocks: Suffering Far Less, Recovering Much Faster if the Bear Worsens
The S&P 500 Energy Index has returned more than 63 percent year to date. That’s an extraordinary and historic outperformance of pretty much everything else in the stock or bond market, including more than 80...
What We Learned from Energy Bellwethers
1. What’s your top takeaway from Q3 earnings reporting and guidance updates so far? ◗ Elliott Gue (EG): As long-time readers know I watch Schlumberger’s (NYSE: SLB) results closely each quarter. That’s not only because...
10/27/22 Capitalist Times Live Chat
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Recession Risk Rising but Energy Still Shining
The S&P 500 has now lost more than -20 percent of its value since January 1. But despite recently increased volatility, the S&P 500 Energy Index still boasts a year-to-date total return north of...
Energy and Recession
West Texas Intermediate and Brent oil prices sank below $80 and $85/bbl respectively in recent sessions, the lowest trading levels since January just before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This is not a surprise; indeed, we’ve...
9/27/22 Capitalist Times Live Chat
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