Oil & Gas

As a rule of thumb when the ratio is below 9, oil is relatively expensive (and gold is relatively inexpensive) and when the ratio is above 20, oil is relatively inexpensive (and gold is relatively expensive).

Crude Oil is tanking of late as it breaks 3-year rising support! Where does long-term support come into play?

The entire commodity complex has now embarked on the next cyclical bear market within the context of its long term secular bear. Once the next recession arrives this trend should accelerate. The decline we have seen so far is just the beginning of this trend.

Today we have assembled a list of 5 TSX oil and gas stocks with the lowest forward looking EV/EBITDAX ratios (which include back exploration costs) so we can compare O&G exploration and production companies on a level playing field...

The gold/oil ratio is recognized as a sort of canary in a coal mine, giving advance warning of turbulence ahead and, for the first time in 3 years, the ratio is below 20-to-1 compared to its historical average of 15-to-1. Were it to go above 20-to-1, making gold too expensive or oil too cheap, and we would be in crisis mode.

Today we have identified five TSX oil stocks that have industry-leading netbacks (the profit per barrel of oil) and could power even higher with increasing crude oil prices.

This article compares a key small-cap producer against its peers (with a 90% or higher production mix of natural gas to oil), to see which of the companies is best positioned to surge from rising natural gas prices.

OPEC surprised the market with 90% output compliance in January and similar compliance results are expected in February as the United Arab Emirates and Iraq also catch up with their targets. That being the case, we have identified 5 oil juniors who would benefit most from a continued rise in prices.

The Economist Intelligence Unit has produced its first global forecast since the Brexit vote. Please find below their forecasts for commodities until 2020.

Today's infographic serves as the perfect primer for all the questions about oil that you had, yet were afraid to ask. It also illustrates the impact that unexpected geopolitical events can have on the oil price – and how this volatility can be contagious to other global markets.