Successful Energy Sector Investing: Every Investor's Complete Guide

By Joe Duarte

Book Overview

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? WithSuccessful 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761535640
• ISBN13: 9780761535645
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Prima Lifestyles
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent!

This book was absolutely fantastic. Well written, and easy to understand, it brings the reader completely through the energy sector, giving you a solid "investors" understanding of types of energy companies, as well as when to invest in them. It really helps you understand the parts behind the energy sector, and what moves the market. I highly recommend both this book and Joe Duarte's other book: Successful Biotech Investing.

Very valuable book but charts need improvement

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.

Energy sector

Precise and easy to understand. Covers some history on Standard Oil's break-up, then comback as a portfolio of different companies. Mentions some great plays on the coming oil boom. Very smart by never predicting outcomes or making outlandish forcast.Well written, a great entry book for a novice to the energy patch.