Make Your Portfolio Great Again: Profit from the US Petrochemical Boom
The US is on the cusp of a boom in petrochemical capacity that creates significant opportunities in some market segments and serious risks for some former high flyers. Don’t miss out on your chance to ride the petrochemical wave.
Deal Flow Accelerates In Cotton Valley And Haynesville Shale
Enterprise Products Partners LP’s acquisition of Azure Midstream Partners LP’s gas-gathering and -processing assets marked the latest in a series of deals involving assets in the resurgent Haynesville Shale and the emerging Cotton Valley play. We explore what it all means and whether it’s worth placing a bet.
Focus List Update And Noteworthy Portfolio Developments
Since its reinstatement in early December 2016, the Energy & Income Advisor Focus List has generated an average total return of 9.6 percent, outperforming the S&P 500 Energy Index’s average loss of 4.5 percent over an equivalent holding period. We dig into fourth-quarter results from companies on our Focus List and in our Model Portfolios.
Let’s Get Cracking: Playing The US Petrochemical Boom
A wave of incremental ethane cracking capacity sited on the US Gulf Coast will come onstream over the next several years. We examine the implications and the best ways for investors to profit.
Why US Natural-Gas Exports to Mexico Continue to Grow
US natural-gas exports to Mexico will continue to grow over the next five years, creating opportunities for investors north and south of the border.
Midstream Takeover Targets
The midstream segment appears ripe for consolidation, as well-heeled utilities seek to leverage their low cost of capital and pull on the demand side to add exposure to gas pipelines.
US Shale Plays: Separate and Unequal
US oil production appears to be bottoming, but investors seeking to profit in an environment where prices will likely range between $40 and $60 per barrel must pay attention to basin-specific trends as well as companies’ balance sheets and acreage quality.
Naturally Volatile
Much of the recent upside in natural-gas prices reflects the unusually hot summer weather, expectations for a cold winter and modest supply growth, as oil and gas producers have curbed their drilling and completion activity in prolific US shale plays. However, our intermediate- to long-term outlooks for gas supply and demand remain unchanged–nor has our investment strategy.
We prefer to buy shares of high-quality producers that have strong balance sheets and high-quality acreage in leading basins–names that will take market share over the long term.
However, timing is a critical component of our strategy.
Investors should buy when gas prices inevitably tumble because of excess production and an unusually warm winter–a confluence of events that has occurred on several occasions over the past decade. You might also consider taking smaller positions in some higher-beta names that we wouldn’t regard as the best long-term holdings.
It’s equally important to take some profits off the table when natural-gas prices rip higher. The time for such a move is imminent.
Investors should also maintain exposure to well-positioned midstream operators that stand to benefit from accelerating production growth in low-cost basins. With natural-gas demand expect to climb in coming years and the US boasting a world-class resource base, the potential volumetric growth is truly impressive.
Gas-Levered E&P: Buy the Dips and Sell the Rips
The inherent volatility in natural-gas prices creates trading opportunities in upstream operators that primarily produce this thermal fuel.
Natural Gas: Impressive Rally, But Wait for the Production Response
Much of the recent upside in natural-gas prices reflects the unusually hot summer weather, expectations for a cold winter and modest supply growth, as oil and gas producers have curbed their drilling and completion activity in prolific US shale plays. However, our intermediate- to long-term outlooks for gas supply and demand remain unchanged: Expect the price of the thermal fuel to continue two fluctuate primarily with winter demand. And don’t bet on a sustainable breakout unless a new Ice Age (not another installment of the children’s movie franchise) cometh.
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Roger S. Conrad
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