Brian Kelly submits:After shrugging off the first signs of blatant protectionism, the markets have begun to focus on the battle between inflation and deflation. The good v. evil debate was reignited when BoE governor King suggested that reserve hoard... [more]

I was surprised to notice that the last articles about alternative energy ETFs date from 2007. There have been good articles on selected funds more recently, but when it comes to an overview of available choices nothing has been published since the e... [more]

Streetwise Blog submits: With EnCana once again planning to split, the question on trading desks is how to play the planned birth of two big bouncing baby energy stocks. The short answer is cautiously.Complete Story ... [more]

Kelvin Schulle submits:Last Thursday Collins Stewart raised Yingli Green's (YGE) price target based on strong demand in recent weeks. Yingli customers have indicated that the company has exhausted capacity which means new orders will pick up going fo... [more]

Gregor Macdonald submits: At 72 dollars a barrel, oil today sits at a dramatic, 50% lower level than last year's high of 147. However, 147 dollar oil is not a price that either you or I ever experienced. It was a brief moment in time over several t... [more]

Adam K White submits: In response to Congressional pressure for greater energy market transparency, new EIA director Richard Newell said his agency will now harvest more information about the energy markets and conduct deeper assessments of price fac... [more]

Adam K White submits: In response to Congressional pressure for greater energy market transparency, new EIA director Richard Newell said his agency will now harvest more information about the energy markets and conduct deeper assessments of price fac... [more]

Futures market speculators are a favorite scapegoat for politicians looking to assign blame for rising oil and energy prices. The rapid run-up in oil prices from late 2007 to mid-2008, and their subsequent collapse into year-end, has invited even mor... [more]

Kelvin Schulle submits:It is obvious that Asia's PV market is heating up not only in China, but also in Japan. According to Japan's Kyodo News agency report, Sanyo Electric (SANYY.PK), Sharp (SHCAY.PK), Mitsubishi Electric and another 24 solar cell m... [more]

Antonio Ferreira submits:On any recovery strategy the energy complex needs to be a significant component of a portfolio. While oil offers substantial promise of further price gains, in the medium and long term we would ideally like to see prices rese... [more]