EUROPE’S ENERGY CRISIS IS KEEPING ENERGY PRICES HIGH
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Pipelines Are Less Volatile Than You Think
If it feels like the market’s daily swings are giving you whiplash, you’re right. Following Monday’s rout, the number of daily moves in excess of 1% breached 50% over the past hundred days. In other words, a 1% or greater change in the S&P500 is now more likely than not. This is unusual. Markets were […]
High-Energy Earnings Boost Pipelines
Earnings for pipeline companies are generally devoid of excitement unless steady growth gets you animated, such is the stability of most business models. But 1Q22 earnings were full of positive surprises. Cheniere (CEI) blew away expectations with 1Q22 EBITDA 65% ahead of consensus. Most of their Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) contracts are based on a […]
Why The Fed’s Critics Will Become More Vocal
The ten year treasury yield touching 3% has drawn headlines, but the bigger story is that the increase in nominal yields has been driven by rising real yields. Ten year TIPs yield 0.18%, the first time they’ve been positive in over two years. Until recently, real yields had been declining irregularly for decades. $TNs of […]
Why Recession Fears Can Help Energy Stocks
Last week recession questions were more common than in the past during our many conversations with clients. The likely performance of the energy sector during a slowdown is what they’re asking. Recession risks are growing in the minds of many. In one recent survey, a third of economists are forecasting a recession within two years. […]
Pipelines — There’s Always A Bull Market Somewhere
The US was increasing its net exports of natural gas before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine added an element of urgency. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) gets most of the attention, but this year we’ll export nine Billion Cubic Feet per Day (BCF/D) by pipeline, to Mexico and eastern Canada. LNG exports are still rising, with most […]