I have been getting a lot of questions lately about natural gas prices, so this seems like a good time to update the picture. This is a sneak preview �of a more comprehensive report that will appear in next week�� Energy Strategist.
Over the last 18 months my thesis has been that natural gas prices would have to move higher over the long term. But in December 2011, with natural gas prices above $3/million Btu (MMBtu), I predicted lower natural gas prices for 2012. The unusually warm winter that followed reduced demand even as shale production added to the supply glut, and the price fell below $2/MMBtu by April 2012. The average price for natural gas in 2012 was $2.75/MMBtu, the lowest in 13 years.
I did not feel that this low price could be sustained, so I began to recommend natural gas producers to investors. I wasn�� sure how long they would have to wait, but felt pretty certain that gas prices had to go up. We began adding natural gas producers to the various Energy Strategist portfolios.
5 Best Life Sciences Stocks To Invest In 2016: TigerLogic Corporation(TIGR)
TigerLogic Corporation engages in the design, development, sale, and support of software infrastructure, Internet search enhancement tools, and a social media content aggregation platform in North America, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. The company offers Yolink, a search enhancement technology; and TigerLogic XDMS, an enterprise native XML database management server with data and document centric capabilities. It also provides multi-dimensional databases consisting of D3 data base management system that runs on various operating systems and allows application programmers to create new business solution software; mvEnterprise and mvBase, the multi-dimensional database solutions; and TigerLogic dashboard, which allows Pick UDM developers to create Web-based graphical displays of multi-value data. In addition, the company offers rapid application development tools that support the full life cycle of software application development and are used for rapid prototypin g, development, and deployment of graphical user interface client/server and Web applications. Further, it provides Postano, a real-time social media content aggregation platform, which allows users to collect content from various social media sources and display that content on Web pages hosted by the company or others. Additionally, the company offers technical support, consulting, continuing maintenance, customer support, professional, and training services. It serves independent software vendors and software developers, and corporate information technology departments. TigerLogic Corporation sells its products through OEMs, system integrators, specialized vertical application software developers, and consulting organizations, as well as directly to end user organizations and through its Web sites. The company was formerly known as Raining Data Corporation and changed its name to TigerLogic Corporation in April 2008. TigerLogic Corporation was founded in 1987 and is based in Irvine, California.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Monica Gerson]
TigerLogic (NASDAQ: TIGR) is estimated to post its Q4 earnings.
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Top 5 Long Term Companies To Invest In Right Now: PulteGroup Inc.(PHM)
PulteGroup, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in homebuilding and financial services businesses primarily in the United States. The company?s homebuilding business includes the acquisition and development of land primarily for residential purposes within the United States; and the construction of housing on such lands. It offers various home designs, including single-family detached, townhouses, condominiums, and duplexes under the Pulte Homes, Del Webb, and Centex brand names. As of December 31, 2011, its homebuilding operations offered homes for sale in approximately 700 communities. The company?s financial services business consists of mortgage banking and title operations. It arranges financing through the origination of mortgage loans for its homebuyers; sells such loans and related servicing rights; and provides title insurance policies as an agent, and examination and closing services to its home buyers. The company was formerly known as Pulte Homes, Inc. an d changed its name to PulteGroup, Inc. in March 2010. PulteGroup, Inc. was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By John Divine]
Understandably, homebuilders took a major hit today. The implication of the Fed's gradual tapering of quantitative easing efforts is higher rates in the long term, as the money supply stops expanding. Put simply, money will soon be harder to come by and, as lenders raise rates, it will become more difficult for homebuyers to finance real estate purchases. As a result, shares of residential construction giant PulteGroup (NYSE: PHM ) shed 9.1%.
Top 5 Long Term Companies To Invest In Right Now: OXiGENE Inc.(OXGN)
OXiGENE, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops novel therapeutics to treat cancer and eye diseases in the United States. It primarily focuses on the development of vascular disrupting agents (VDAs) that disable and destroy abnormal blood vessels, which provide solid tumors a means of growth and survival, as well as associate with visual impairment in various ophthalmological diseases and conditions. The company?s products include ZYBRESTAT, which is in fosbretabulin in anaplastic cancer of the thyroid (FACT) trial?Phase 2/3 study for the treatment of anaplastic thyroid cancer; in fosbretabulin in advanced lung oncology (FALCON) trial?Phase 2 randomized and controlled study to treat non-small cell lung cancer; in Phase 2 Simon two-stage design study for the treatment of platinum-resistant ovarian cancer; and in Phase 2 randomized controlled study to treat platinum-relapsed but platinum sensitive ovarian cancer. Its products also comprise OXi4503 that is in Phase 1 dose-escalation study for the treatment of acute myelogenous leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes; Phase 1b dose-ranging study to treat solid tumors with hepatic tumor burden; and Phase 1 dose-escalation study for the treatment of refractory solid tumors. In addition, the company?s products consist of ZYBRESTAT, which is in Phase 2 randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled, single-dose study for proof-of-mechanism study in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. OXiGENE has a strategic collaboration agreement with Symphony Capital Partners, L.P. to support the advancement of ZYBRESTAT for oncology and ophthalmology, and OXi4503. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Bryan Murphy]
There's no denying that OXiGENE Inc. (NASDAQ:OXGN) has, if nothing else, an interesting pipeline. And for many investors, the prospect of one or two budding winners in development is more than enough reason to jump into a biotech stock. In the case of OXGN, however, there's a far more direct - and no less speculative - reason to become a shareholder. That reason? The stock's going higher.... seriously.
Top 5 Long Term Companies To Invest In Right Now: Methanex Corporation (MEOH)
Methanex Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production, marketing, and sale of methanol. The company also purchases and re-sells methanol produced by others. Its methanol is a clear liquid commodity chemical that is used to produce traditional chemical derivatives, including formaldehyde, acetic acid, and various other chemicals. The company�s methanol is also used in energy-related applications; for blending into gasoline, as a feedstock in the production of dimethyl ether, which can be blended with liquefied petroleum gas for use in household cooking and heating, and in the production of biodiesel; and used to produce methyl tertiary-butyl ether, a gasoline component, as well as used into olefins applications. The company supplies its methanol to petrochemical producers and distributors in North America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, and Latin America. Methanex Corporation was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Aimee Duffy]
The North American natural gas revolution has had an undeniable effect on domestic energy companies. While many of the companies we read about every day are more or less obvious investment ideas, be they oil and gas producers or pipeline operators, there are still a few opportunities floating under the radar. In this video, Fool.com contributor Aimee Duffy takes a look at Canada's Methanex (NASDAQ: MEOH ) , an energy company that thrives on cheap natural gas, and as a result is striking deals left and right.
- [By Mani]
[Related -Methanex (MEOH) Downgraded To 'Sector Underperformer' By CIBC, PT Raised]
From a long-term perspective, a modest near-term softening in methanol prices is a net positive as elevated levels have left the market increasingly concerned over the potential impact on future energy derivative demand growth and the potential for elevated prices to continue to incentivize new capacity announcements.
- [By Holly LaFon]
His largest new buys in the first quarter are: Penn Virginia Group Holdings LP (PVG), Wynn Resorts Ltd. (WYNN), Methanex Corp. (MEOH), Solutia Inc. (SOA) and Georgia Gulf (GGC). Of his top eight stocks, five are from the chemicals industry.
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