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May 26, 2016
     
        
      Black Gold! Crude Oil Prices Leap to ~$50 
  Image Source: Richard Masoner. West Texas Intermediate crude oil is now within a stone’s throw of $50 per barrel. Has the energy market catastrophe been averted? Is there still time to play the continuation of the bounce? Jan 6, 2016
     
        
      Question Answered: The Process Is As Important As the Idea 
  Heard from the emails and tweets... -- "no stock is ever a perpetual buy and no stock is ever a perpetual sell; things change, and so should opinions." Have you been sold on buy and hold? Dec 8, 2015
     
        
      Dividends Not Safe as Energy Markets Swoon 
  We continue to monitor the carnage in the oil and gas markets, and we encourage readers to evaluate each firm’s unadjusted Dividend Cushion ratio to assess capital-market dependency. For most midstream entities and upstream entities that remain inescapably tied capital cycle builds, the risks are extreme. Nov 1, 2015
     
        
      Dividend Increases/Decreases for the Week Ending October 30 
  Let's take a look at companies raising/lowering their dividends this week. Oct 6, 2015
     
        
      Transaction Alerts: Moving Closer to Market Neutral on Energy 
  The absence of energy exposure in the Best Ideas Newsletter portfolio for much of the slide in the price of crude oil has been a tremendous source of upside. The elimination of several profitable positions in the Dividend Growth Newsletter portfolio several months ago has added to significant outperformance there. But now…we’re inching back into energy, if ever so slightly and on a highly diversified basis. Jan 9, 2015
     
        
      January 5-9: The Week That Was - Drowning in Crude 
  Let’s cover new developments during the first week of 2015. Dec 4, 2014
     
        
      Are the Oil & Gas Markets Doomed? 
  Let’s get the thoughts of Valuentum’s Brian Nelson. Nov 29, 2014
     
        
      $45 Oil Prices!?!? There Is Never a Sense of Urgency When One Is Prepared 
  Friday brought mass selling across the energy sector. In our view, crude oil prices could hit $45 per barrel in the next few years before recovering. Aug 4, 2014
     
        
      Dividend Increases for the Week Ending August 1 
  Let's take a look at dividend increases for the week ending August 1. Latest News and Media The High Yield Dividend Newsletter, Best Ideas
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Two characteristics define the independent oil and gas space: negative free cash flow and net cash deficits on the books.