Author Archives: Brian Cook

The Vice Tightens Around Silver Shorts

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Brian Cook

With gold vaulting to over $1,700 per ounce in this week’s trading and many investors rushing to the safe haven provided by gold and silver it is only appropriate that today’s post focuses on a segment of the precious metals markets. Continue reading →

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The Big Chesapeake Plan to Break OPEC Stranglehold

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Brian Cook

Chesapeake CEO Aubrey McClendon shares the story behind the announcement and details the first two CNGV investments, one in Clean Energy and the other in Sundrop Fuels. Chesapeake Energy Corp. made a bold bet on the natural gas and renewables … Continue reading →

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The Knock-Down, Drag-Out Bidding War for Southern Union

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Brian Cook

Companies like Southern Union are rarely offered up for sale, and though Energy Transfer’s original offer of $33 in stock offerings per share back in June would have created one of the biggest natural gas companies in the country (combined holdings of more than 44,000 miles of pipelines and 30.7 billion cubic feet of natural gas capacity,) the deal was simply too attractive for the rest of the industry to ignore. Continue reading →

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The Libya Effect

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Brian Cook

The recent escalation of the conflict in Libya caused a significant portion of production in the country to cease and oil prices responded sharply, Brent hit a high of… Continue reading →

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