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- Buffett Increases Stake in COP - Smart Move!
- Michael Fitzsimmons submits: The wires are reporting that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) has increased its stake in ConocoPhillips COP to 84 million shares, or close to 6% of the company. ConocoPhillips has contracted from $90 earlier this year to under $50 and is now currently yielding around 4%. COP...
- External links 2008-11-17
- Bright Future for Petrobras and Brazil
- Michael Fitzsimmons submits: Here’s a link to Petrobras’ PBR 3rd quarter conference call which took place Tuesday. by Michael Fitzsimmons
- External links 2009-11-19
- Westport Innovations: A Growing Natural Gas Engine Business
- Michael Fitzsimmons submits: Westport Innovations WPRT is based in Vancouver, BC and makes heavy duty CNG and LNG engines. The company has dedicated itself to lead the international commercial engine industry in the shift from dirty and expensive oil-based engines to those running on cleaner...
- External links 2009-06-19
- Fuel Systems Solutions Conceptualizes a Better Energy Policy
- Michael Fitzsimmons submits: A "Cash for Clunkers" bill is working its way through Congress. The basic points of the bill are: Rationale: stimulate new vehicle sales to help employment and the US government investments in GM (GMGMQ.PK) and Chrysler.Buyers can get a federal voucher for up to $4,500 by trading...
- External links 2009-06-11
- Petrobras Ready to Benefit from Next Oil Price Spike
- Michael Fitzsimmons submits: The Tupi people are a group of indigenous people native to the Amazon rainforest of Brazil. Although their history is in some respect reminiscent of the American Indian, Tupi culture and language are still very prevalent in Brazilian culture today. It is...
- External links 2009-06-10
- Book Review: 'Game Over' by Stephen Leeb
- Michael Fitzsimmons submits: I first read Stephen Leeb’s book The Oil Factor back in 2004. I read it again in 2008 and it reads more a history book now as Leeb’s projections for oil prices, precious metals, and investing in general were all spot-on. His...
- External links 2009-05-26
- StatOil: Attractive Investment with a Big Dividend
- Michael Fitzsimmons submits: StatOil’s STO annual meeting was held on May 19, 2009 and announced its dividend as NOK7.25 of which NOK2.85 was a special dividend. The dividend applies to shareholders of record on May 19, 2009 and the expected payment date is June 3, 2009. StatOil pays a dividend...
- External links 2009-05-25
- Energy Secretary Steven Chu Should Be Fired for NatGas Views
- Michael Fitzsimmons submits: Any U.S. Energy Secretary that says he's "agnostic" about natural gas transportation should be fired. Period. Secretary Chu, Nobel Prize or not, is turning out to be just another incompetent policy wonk. Here's the story as reported by Platt's. Also, Platt's reports in Wednesday's "Gas Daily" that...
- External links 2009-04-09
- Open Letter to Boone Pickens
- Michael Fitzsimmons submits: Dear Boone, I was very excited when you brought high-profile support for natural gas transportation and wind energy. I enthusiastically joined your “army” and still participate regularly on the PickensPlan website. We certainly could use more wealthy Americans helping to solve...
- External links 2009-03-17
- A New American Energy Policy
- Michael Fitzsimmons submits: One has to wonder when a country has such fine engineering schools why its “engineering economy” is in such disarray. Think of all the great engineering schools in this country: MIT, Cal Tech, Stanford, Georgia Tech, the University of Illinois, Cal Berkeley - the list goes on...
- External links 2008-12-22
- Natural Gas Transportation Is a Win-Win Technology
- Michael Fitzsimmons submits: Because of the stock market’s dramatic drop in 2008, investors, commentators, and analysts are all discussing whether or not the days of investing for the long term in American equity markets are over. Despite mutual fund companies’ best attempts in advertisements and commercials to convince us otherwise,...
- External links 2008-12-11
- Bright Future for Petrobras and Brazil, Part 2
- Michael Fitzsimmons submits: As a follow-up to my last article, here are some interesting facts about Brazil gleaned from this week's The Economist magazine's special report on the country: Brazil is the world's fourth largest democracy. Brazil has the world's...
- External links 2009-11-22
Additional Resources
- Fitzsimmons, Michael P. The Night the Old Regime Ended: August 4, 1789, and the French Revolution.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
- College Station: Penn State University Press 245 pp., $49.95, ISBN 0-271-02233-7 Publication Date: January 2003 Two American political historians, Timothy Tackett and Barry M. Shappiro have achieved pre-eminence in the study of the first two crucial years of the French Revolution. With the publication...
- Research articles 2003-09-22
- Crude Sell-off: Solid Entry Point into U.S. Oil Majors
- Michael Fitzsimmons submits: In the last month oil has fallen from near $150/barrel to just under $118/barrel, about a 20% retracement. The talking heads on CNBC yesterday were celebrating this fact and talking up a much further drop in the price of crude. Meanwhile, the past month was simply...
- External links 2008-08-06
- Oil Will Only Fall So Far
- Michael Fitzsimmons submits: While the peoples of the world settled into their easy chairs to watch the much anticipated opening ceremonies of the Olympic games in Beijing, Vladimir Putin had athletics of a very different sort on his mind. Putin's timing was as perfect as a military invasion of another country...
- External links 2008-08-13
- Gold Price Conspiracy?
- Michael Fitzsimmons submits: Have you ever compared websites to see which supplier currently has the best prices for precious metals? I just got done with such an experiment and I noticed something very interesting. On Kitco.com, there is a bold message printed in red saying: IMPORTANT NEW NOTICE: Demand for bullion products...
- External links 2008-08-20
- The Economics of Political Spin
- Michael Fitzsimmons submits: Current political spin on CNBC and other supposed US "business" channels remind me of a line in the great movie Chinatown, staring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and John Huston. I can't quote it exactly, but somewhere in the movie private investigator Jake Gitties played by Nicholson says...
- External links 2008-08-27
- Oil: The Inconvenient Truth
- Michael Fitzsimmons submits: The title alludes to my feeling that the biggest challenge facing mankind especially mankind in the USA is not "global warming", but a future in which worldwide oil supply will not keep pace with worldwide oil demand. I have often commented on Seeking Alpha that the "oil problem"...
- External links 2008-09-03
- The Case for Natural Gas Powered Transportation
- Michael Fitzsimmons submits: In a May article entitled Russian Energy and US Implications, I touched on the Honda HMC Civic GX. This is a natural-gas-powered automotive solution more information about the car may be found here. I'd like to revisit this issue. First, I'll repeat the suggestions I sent to...
- External links 2008-09-13
- Mexican Restaurants, Inc. Announces New Audit Committee Member
- HOUSTON -- On January 10, 2007 Mexican Restaurants, Inc. (Nasdaq:CASA) notified Nasdaq that Michael D. Domec has accepted a position on the Company's Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. Mr. Domec has served on the Company's Board of Directors since 1995. This brings the total number of Audit Committee...
- Research articles 2007-01-12
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