By Dr. Kent Moors, Global Energy Strategist, Oil & Energy Investor • @KentMoors_OEI - • Print | Email
During the first Arab Spring, some countries were able to avoid the unrest by buying off their populations with goodies. But today in those countries, unemployment is increasing and alternatives to centrally subsidized survival are disappearing.
That's because this untenable balance has been sustained by the price of oil. As long as oil flowed, net outflows from the national coffers could be sustained.
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Oil Price Forecast 2015: After hovering around $110/barrel for the first eight months of the year, oil prices have tumbled by 45% into the $60 to $65/barrel range.
In fact, in mid-December, oil prices dipped as low as $56 a barrel, a level not seen since May 2009 during the worst of the "Great Recession."
But according to the 2015 oil price forecast by Money Morning Global Energy Strategist Dr. Kent Moors, the worst of the price crash is likely over.
"Oil," Dr. Moors says, "is very near a bottom."
Now here's how investors can profit...
By Tara Clarke, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke - • Print | Email
Best ETFs to Own for 2015: Each week our experts dish out the latest profit plays and asset-protection moves for our Money Morning Members – all for free.
Today we want to do something. Rather than provide a roundup of last week's stock picks, we're going to focus on 10 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) our experts like right now.
They are among the best low-cost ways for you to profit from next year's top trends.
"The great thing about ETFs is that you get a lot of potential upside while also greatly diversifying away your risk," Money Morning Defense & Tech Specialist Michael A. Robinson, a 30-year tech market veteran, said Dec. 11.
Read on to get Money Morning experts' ten top picks for ETFs to own in 2015...
By Kyle Anderson, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM - • Print | Email
There's more OPEC news today after the 12-nation oil cartel announced again that it will not be cutting production in the face of falling oil prices.
According to Money Morning's Global Energy Strategist Dr. Kent Moors, these actions will spell the end of the cartel. You see, OPEC is fighting a battle it simply can't win.
Here are the three major reasons we're about to see the end of OPEC...
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - • Print | Email
Money Morning's "unloved" pick of the week is 3D tissue printing and testing company Organovo Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ONVO).
Several of Money Morning's experts have made note of the great potential of ONVO stock. Defense & Tech Specialist Michael Robinson first called attention to Organovo stock in July of 2013. Earlier this month, Money Morning Biotech Investing Specialist Ernie Tremblay recommended it.
Organovo stock is down 58% from its all-time high, as investors got ahead of themselves in 2013.
But in recent months ONVO has started to realize its tremendous potential...
By Kyle Anderson, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM - • Print | Email
There are six deals on the IPO calendar this week, which should raise a combined $1 billion.
Raising $1 billion would bring the 2014 IPO market's total to $85.2 billion. That's nearly $30 billion more than 2013's total, and by far the most of any year in the last decade.
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - • Print | Email
Our tech stocks forecast for 2015 features several "Big Idea" trends that Money Morning Defense & Tech Specialist Michael Robinson sees hitting their stride next year.
Robinson has worked as a consultant, senior advisor and board member for Silicon Valley venture capital firms. He is Money Morning's go-to expert on all things technology, and he likes what he sees for tech stocks next year.
Recently, Money Morning Executive Editor William Patalon III sat down with Robinson to talk about his tech stocks forecast for 2015.
This is a partial transcript of that discussion...
By Jim Bach, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @JimBach22 - • Print | Email
Three factors can explain why the price of silver is up this week.
The spot price of silver is up 5% this week. It was trading at $17.095 an ounce at yesterday's close (Thursday).
By Dr. Kent Moors, Global Energy Strategist, Oil & Energy Investor • @KentMoors_OEI - • Print | Email
While public attention remains fixed on OPEC, crude pricing, and the impact on American tight and shale oil production, I've been focused on the next stage.
The one where the guys with the big bucks make the even bigger bucks.
It's the "next financing sequence," and it will unfold based on three interlocking developments...
By Michael A. Robinson, Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI - • Print | Email
Despite the tepid forecasts of some media pundits, 2015 is shaping up to be a strong year for stocks – and especially tech stocks. And folks who pick the "right" profit plays can do even better than the market.
Here's how to grab those market-trouncing gains.
