Jim Trippon: China’s overall government strategy of piling up additional energy and other resource assets while consolidating certain industries is ongoing. China watchers know that this has shifted into high gear in the last couple of years, with China’s major oil and gas companies Read more…

Jared Cummans: As we enter the latter half of earnings season, it is time for a number of the world’s biggest and most significant commodity-based firms to report their results from their most recent fiscal quarter. The figures they post as well as the guidance they provide Read more…

Daniela Pylypczak: Although natural gas is everyone’s favorite commodity to hate, its recent tear during this sweltering summer has investors taking yet another look at this  Read more…

Marin Katusa: Exxon Mobil is no longer the world’s number-one oil producer. As of yesterday, that title belongs to Putin Oil Corp – oh, whoops. I mean the title belongs to Rosneft, Russia’s state-controlled oil company. Read more…

Jared Cummans: Crude oil is an addiction that our global economy will not be able to break anytime soon. The fossil fuel is involved in many facets of our everyday lives whether we realize is it or not, and demand for this commodity is only growing. As emerging economies Read more…

Bob Kirtley: The shares of Mega Uranium Limited (TSE:MGA) put on 52% on the news that Queensland is set to re-commence uranium mining. Mega has two projects in Read more…

Diane Alter: Over the past several weeks, GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s momentum has spiked. Recent polls place him running neck-and-neck with or even edging ahead Read more…

Tim Seymour: Columbus, Indiana-headquartered Cummins Inc. (NYSE:CMI) designs, manufactures, distributes and services diesel and natural gas engines which are Read more…

Oh, how I miss the days when gas was only $0.79 per gallon. It may have been a long time ago, but there’s not a time I don’t think about it whenever I’m refueling at the pump. Yesterday, when I filled up my Chevy, I paid $3.81 per gallon, which cost about Read more…

Alternative energy has been a hot topic in recent years, as it has been heavily debated in both the political and investing world. Some feel that America’s energy independence relies on the expanded use of alternative sources, while others disagree with that sentiment. Either way, alternative energy investing has surged Read more…

Marin Katusa: There is little that would rock the oil world more than a revolution in Saudi Arabia. But with a coming leadership crisis, it is becoming all too likely. Read more…

Michael Robinson: For decades, researchers have toiled away in the quest to provide nuclear power that is cheap, safe, and stable. Read more…

John Daly: As Japan and France move away from nuclear energy, is it the endgame for nuclear proponents? Read more…

I hope you’ve been doing more than just watching America’s shale natural gas and oil revolution. That’s because not only is it changing our energy future, it’s creating a slew of opportunities for investors to make money. For example, in January, I Read more…

The Energy Report: Oil and gas reserves around the world are growing scarcer by the minute, and people are looking to their governments for answers. However, leaders’ responses are often motivated more by the desire to boost approval ratings than by Read more…