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The Best Profit Play for 2018's "Explosive" Solar Market

By , Global Energy Strategist, Oil & Energy Investor • @KentMoors_OEI -

Profit play

Solar just had another banner year in 2017.

As of late December, the U.S. solar industry was on track to install nearly 12 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity. And during the first three quarters of 2017, 25% of all new electric-generating capacity brought online came from solar - second only behind natural gas.

Americans are clearly flocking to solar in spades, and other countries are starting to ramp up their renewables markets as well.

So, whether you like it or not, solar is here to stay.

But as I told my paid-up Energy Advantage subscribers in my full 2018 forecast, solar won't be the "silver bullet" that permanently "ends" the oil industry.

Instead, broader demand for all energy sources looks increasingly positive as we move further into 2018.

And crucially for us, the improvement in energy demand prospects is widening to include both traditional sources - such as oil - and renewable sources - such as solar.

That's why I'm predicting solar is about to have its biggest year yet. Investors who own the industry leader I'm recommending today - a stock that's already dealt out more than 64% in gains last year - are looking at a very profitable 12 months ahead...

How You Can Beat Wall Street in 15 Simple Steps

By , Global Energy Strategist, Oil & Energy Investor • @KentMoors_OEI -

wall street

I have misgivings about Wall Street. Perhaps you do too.

For me, its short-term trading that distorts the energy markets almost beyond recognition. But there is a way to remedy this situation...

You.

As a normal investor with a balanced, long-term view, you can stabilize the market. That's why I started Oil & Energy Investor - to help you prevent market meltdowns.

The way to do that is by following this simple, 15-step strategy.

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Why We Need to Rethink Energy Parity

By , Global Energy Strategist, Oil & Energy Investor • @KentMoors_OEI -

energy parity

I've been wrestling with a problem, one that made the 19 hours it took me to drive down to our residence in Florida a bit easier. Nothing like a little exercise for the mind when the rest of you is being held hostage by an automobile.

The problem I've been thinking about is the shortcoming in the way the values of energy sources are currently measured.

Finding a new way to measure energy has not been a primary concern until recently, because the standard method required little more than measuring the consumption of it.

And then a very new way of regarding energy parity emerged...

Here's What's Really Pushing Oil So Much Higher Now

By , Global Energy Strategist, Oil & Energy Investor • @KentMoors_OEI -

Pushing oil

For more than two years, we've been hearing pundits say "Oil's going to stay lower for longer."

And Kent has consistently said oil prices may be depressed, but that eventually we'd see market balance, which would provide higher and higher "floors" from which crude prices can move up.

But, according to Kent, that's only part of the story.

That's why he was asked to appear on the China Global Television Network - to discuss whether this rise is connected to events in Saudi Arabia, or U.S. oil exports, or something else entirely.

Because, as Kent will tell you, the biggest crude oil profits go to investors with the best grasp of the complete market picture.

Here's what he had to say...

The Possible "Holy Grail" of Battery Breakthroughs, Courtesy of MIT

By , Global Energy Strategist, Oil & Energy Investor • @KentMoors_OEI -

battery breakthroughs

I won a science fair at age 12 by making a "perpetual motion" machine. It really didn't do very much, but it was kind of cool.

It used ions in a closed container, running them through a charged screen between magnets. Since the charge was constantly changing, the ions repeatedly moved between the magnets.

By putting a simple drive shaft mechanism through the center, I could light a (very) low-wattage bulb... or at least make it flicker.

In fact, I called it a "flicker tickler." OK, remember, I was only 12.

Last week, my experiment was brought back to mind by the release of an intriguing report.

We may be looking at a huge advance in energy technology here, with massive implications for your energy holdings.

See, the continued improvements in renewable energy sources like solar and wind have ushered in a serious conversation about what the energy balance will look like in the future.

As I've said, this isn't about any one "silver bullet" that will replace all energy sources. It's not even about the death of hydrocarbons.

It's about a single technology that will make energy sources - wind, solar, oil, gas, etc. - interchangeable...

How to Profit from America's Paris Agreement Exit

By , Global Energy Strategist, Oil & Energy Investor • @KentMoors_OEI -

Paris Agreement

The June 1, 2017, announcement that the U.S. government intends to withdraw from the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement barely budged energy stocks, coming as it did after five months of dismantling environmental regulation.

Outside the markets, however, the announcement was greeted with a firestorm of international media coverage, condemnation and support, and cheering and hand-wringing from every corner.

Now, the withdrawal may not have much immediate effect. As I said, the markets took it in stride, and it will take at least four years - longer than Trump has left in his first term of office - for the United States to exit the agreement.

But this reshuffling of priorities does mean that America is giving up a leadership position in the absolute fastest-growing, most potentially lucrative segments of the energy sector...

I mean wind and solar, of course.

The new realities will prove a huge boost for two overseas energy companies that you can buy right here at home...

Profit from the Donald Trump Energy Plan with These 3 Stocks

By , Associate Editor, Money Morning -

Donald trump energy plan

We don't know too much about the Donald Trump energy plan - but we know enough to see a major opportunity for certain U.S. energy companies and their investors.

What we do know is the centerpiece of the Trump energy policy is to "achieve energy independence" for the United States.

And we're going to show you three of our favorite stocks to ride this wave of energy growth to double-digit profits this year...