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We have previously written that we thought the forecasts of oil production continuing to rise in 2015 were baloney and that rig counts and volumes would fall quicker than the 'experts' were predicting.  The most recent drilling rig counts seem to be playing right into our thoughts.A massive drop in Canadian rig counts (by 135) accounts for the lions share…

Continuing on the never ending quest to present some information in a format that readers may find of some value we have added another preferred stock listing--energy related issues.This list includes the regular preferred stocks (and 1 convertible) of companies that are energy related---some are upstream companies, some midstream, some service companies and some are shippers.Additionally. in another new twist…

While we believe that owning quality farm land is a great long term investment (say 5 to 20 years) we have been critical of the REIT Farmland Partners (ticker:FPI) for many reasons.First off their timing of the offering - could you pick a better time to lure investors into these shares than after a 400% rise in land values? Unfortunately…

December 27, 2014  2:30 pmWhile we believe that owning quality farm land is a great long term investment (say 5 to 20 years) we have been critical of the REIT Farmland Partners (ticker:FPI) for many reasons.First off their timing of the offering - could you pick a better time to lure investors into these shares than after a 500% rise…

We have continued to dig through statistics on oil and gas well drilling as well as cost and production data on a daily basis searching for information that may help us make a firm investment commitment in the energy arena--but as many of you know the ability to latch on to super firm information on a timely basis is near…