Successful Energy Sector Investing: Every Investor's Complete Guide [Hardcover]

Joe Duarte (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 28, 2002

Because the Smart Investor Is the Informed Investor.
As the adage goes, "Invest in what you know." Many investor have made fortunes in energy stocks and funds—a very lucrative but risky sector. But if you don't have a background in oil or gas, how can you know how to make intelligent picks in energy?

With Successful Energy Sector Investing, understanding the technology and business behind energy is easy. Financial expert Joe Duarte masterfully guides you through the complicated world of crude futures and electricity swaps to show you how to avoid the risks and confidently choose the best stocks and funds for your portfolio. With up-to-date information on everything from gas, oil, and alternative fuels to OPEC, Russia, and the international politics of energy, this book demystifies the language, reveals the energy business cycle, and separates the fads from the genuine technology. Inside, you will discover how to:
·Grasp the inside information to understand—and profit from—new developments
·Analyze companies for strength, growth potential, and more
·Find the best energy funds and index shares
·Understand when to use energy as a defensive and offensive play
·And much more
Duarte's complete lessons teach you both the fundamental and technical analysis of energy stocks, allowing you to pick the approach that matches your investment style. Detailed analyses on the big benchmark companies and the small, cutting-edge firms go behind the scenes to reveal the emerging trends, the groundbreaking research, and the exploding profits. Complete with helpful charts and investment resources, this book is every investor's guide to confidently investing in the energy sector.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Easy to read and easy to use. Duarte offers investors and traders an excellent blend of technical and fundamental analysis."
—John Murphy, president, MurphyMorris.com

"Joe Duarte has done it again. A must read. There are always trading opportunities in energy."
—Mark A. Seleznov, managing partner, Trend Trader

"A great place to start before buying energy stocks. This book is a must for active investors."
—J. Michael Pinson, CEO, Pinson Communications.com

"If Joe Duarte is correct, the business of energy will take center stage in global politics and the world economy. This could be the next ticket for those who missed the Internet boom."
—Thom Calandra, editor in chief, CBS MarketWatch

From the Back Cover

"Easy to read and easy to use. Duarte offers investors and traders an excellent blend of technical and fundamental analysis."—John Murphy, president, MurphyMorris.com"Joe Duarte has done it again. A must read. There are always trading opportunities in energy."—Mark A. Seleznov, managing partner, Trend Trader"A great place to start before buying energy stocks. This book is a must for active investors."—J. Michael Pinson, CEO, Pinson Communications.com"If Joe Duarte is correct, the business of energy will take center stage in global politics and the world economy. This could be the next ticket for those who missed the Internet boom."—Thom Calandra, editor in chief, CBS MarketWatch

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Prima Lifestyles; 1st edition (May 28, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761535640
• ISBN-13: 978-0761535645
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,111,778 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joe Duarte M.D.,www.joe-duarte.com, is a widely read analyst and writer. His daily Market IQ column is read by thousands of investors, information seekers, and intelligence aficionados and professionals around the world.

Dr. Duarte is is well recognized as a geopolitical and financial market analyst combining a unique set of viewpoints into an original blend of solutions for his audience.

He is author of "Trading Futures for Dummies," "Market Timing for Dummies" "Futures and Options for Dummies," "Successful Energy Sector Investing," "Successful Biotech Investing," and co author of 'After-Hours Trading Made Easy.

He is a board certified anesthesiologist, a former registered investment advisor, and former President of River Willow Capital Management.

Dr. Duarte has appeared on CNBC and looged weekly on the Financial Sense Newshour with Jim Puplava radio show for many years, where he commented on the Energy markets and geopolitics. He has logged appearances on Biz Radio, Wall Street Radio, JagFn, WebFN, KNX radio in Los Angeles, and WOWO radio.

One of CNBC's original Market Mavens, Dr. Duarte has been writing about the financial markets since 1990. An expert in health care and biotechnology stocks, the energy sector, as well as financial market sentiment, his daily syndicated stock columns have appeared on leading financial web sites, including Reuter's e-charts, afterhourtrades.com and MarketMavens.com.

His articles and commentary have been featured Marketwatch.com. He has appeared in Barron's, U.S.A. Today, Smart Money, Medical Economics, and in Technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities magazines.

Dr. Duarte published the critically acclaimed market timing newsletter 'The Wall Street Detective,' from 1990-1998, when it became an exclusively electronic publication.

His daily market commentary 'Joe Knows' appeared on Financialweb.com from 1998-2000.

Dr. Duarte served as senior columnist for investorlinks.com from 1998-2001.

Customer Reviews

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26 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A huge disappointment, February 1, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Successful Energy Sector Investing: Every Investor's Complete Guide (Hardcover)

There are not many books on investing in the energy sector presumably because of the boring reputation of that sector (and commodities investing in general). However, that perception is simply wrong. Energy is the lifeblood of our modern societies and its future cheap and abundant avaiability is becoming more and more uncertain. Any serious book on this important subject is therefore highly welcome. Unfortunately, the book under review is not serious. To begin with, the most important issue facing the oil and natural gas industry, the issue of depletion is not mentionend in the book at all. The fact that the US oil production reached its (so called Hubbert-) peak of oil extraction in 1970 with falling production ever since then is not mentioned either. The world is facing a peak of oil production in the immediate future (this decade) with possibly dramatic consequences for the economy in general and the energy sector in particular. All of this is not addressed in the book at all.

The author is unfortunately politically biased. For instance when discussing the Russian oil reserves (among the largest in the world), not a single Russian oil company is mentioned. This is unexcusable especially since the oil reserves of the largest Russian oil companies rival those of Mobil-Exxon (a market leader which is extensively discussed in the book). Yet the Russian oil companies are valued by the stock market at a fraction of the valuation enjoyed by the the market leaders. Failing to emphasize this important point indicates that the author is not a experienced investor. He may be a enthusiastic politician, but definitely not a great investor. There are many other irritating inaccuracies and omissions. For instance, the appendix A listing the world oil reserves mentions the marginal reserves of Suriname, but fails to list the substantial reserves of Venezuela - the largest known oil reserves in North and South America. To sum up, I regret having bought this book.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad writing, even weaker logic and investing advice., July 7, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Successful Energy Sector Investing: Every Investor's Complete Guide (Hardcover)

Having spent 13 years on Wall Street focusing on other industries, I was most excited to find what appeared to be an interesting book on energy investing. However, my enthusiasm faded very quickly. The book is a ham-handed effort to teach about the energy business and investing, in my opinion. Weak writing at best, even worse intellectual logic, Mr. Duarte cannot seem to follow a single line of thought for more than a few sentences. Further, the book suffers terribly from his attempts to be much more certain about events and connections between events than one can possibly be. A must avoid, in my view.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very valuable book but charts need improvement, December 10, 2002

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This review is from: Successful Energy Sector Investing: Every Investor's Complete Guide (Hardcover)

I found the book filled with valuable information about investing in general and energy sector invesing in particular. However, I did find the charts to be frustrating. Not enough data is provided on them to fully understand them and they are not up to the quality of the text.
However, I do recommend the book.