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November 24, 2024

Survey Portfolio Performance Since Inception on Nov 14: Not Great…

By Timm Schneider

On November 14th we went live with the ‘Survey Portfolio.’ This is a collection of 33 Longs and 33 Shorts on the heels of our most recent investor outlook survey. Results can be viewed here:…

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November 24, 2024

Your Energy & Utilities News Summary for the Week Ending November 24th 2024

By Timm Schneider

For the news, we include a brief summary description for each headline. We only include links to news sources that do NOT require you to have a subscription to the respective site, or if they do, they are…

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November 23, 2024

We’ve compiled an AI/ Power Demand slide deck…

By Timm Schneider

We’re excited to present a ~50-page slide deck featuring the latest publicly available investor presentations into data center growth, AI evolution, and power demand trends. This resource compiles highlights across three key areas: 1) Upstream, 2) Midstream,…

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November 19, 2024

Your Weekly Energy & Utility Sentiment Gauge – Tracking Changes in Real Time Short Interest (11-19-2024)

By Timm Schneider

Within, we share with you real-time 1) Current Absolute Shares-on-Loan Utilization; 2) W-W % Changes in Absolute Shares-on-Loan Utilization; 3) Borrow; and 4) Changes in 4-week moving average shares-on-loan utilization for ~200 publicly traded corporates…

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November 17, 2024

Your Energy & Utilities News Summary for the Week Ending November 17th 2024

By Timm Schneider

For the news, we include a brief summary description for each headline. We only include links to news sources that do NOT require you to have a subscription to the respective site, or if they do, they are…

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November 15, 2024

What Do Our Stock Pick Survey Results Imply About Current Sentiment?

By Timm Schneider

Happy Friday – yesterday we published our (much anticipated) investor survey stock picks over the next twelve months. To clarify, these are not our picks, but rather those of the folks on our blast list….

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November 14, 2024

SURVEY RESULTS: Your Top ‘Longs’ & Top ‘Shorts’ Over the Next 12 Months

By Timm Schneider

Thank you to the ~60 responses. Breakout as follows: 1) ~45% Long-Only; and 2) ~20% Hedge Fund. The rest was fairly evenly split between Infrastructure Funds; Private Equity; Bankers; Commodity Traders and Other. ***Full Details…

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November 14, 2024

Where Are ~200 Energy & Utility Stocks Trading Relative to their *ALL-TIME* Highs…

By Timm Schneider

…was a question we received on the heels of our recent ‘Return required to get to previous 52-week high share price’ analysis. Link to our earlier note: Energy & Utilities: Share Prices Are Just for…

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November 14, 2024

Your Weekly Energy & Utility Sentiment Gauge – Tracking Changes in Real Time Short Interest (11-14-2024)

By Timm Schneider

Within, we share with you real-time 1) Current Absolute Shares-on-Loan Utilization; 2) W-W % Changes in Absolute Shares-on-Loan Utilization; 3) Borrow; and 4) Changes in 4-week moving average shares-on-loan utilization for ~200 publicly traded corporates…

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November 11, 2024

Energy & Utilities: Share Prices Are Just for Keeping Score, Right?! Taking a Closer Look…

By Timm Schneider

…at equity returns required to reach 52-week highs for ~200 companies across the Energy & Utility value chain. This is quite a telling analysis. While most sell-side research prominently features YTD returns for stocks, we…

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November 10, 2024

Your Energy & Utilities News Summary for the Week Ending November 10th 2024

By Timm Schneider

For the news, we include a brief summary description for each headline. We only include links to news sources that do NOT require you to have a subscription to the respective site, or if they do, they are…

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November 9, 2024

It’s Been Fun… Closing Model Portfolio I (aka the ‘Ally Cat’) for a Total Return of ~24.4% Since Inception

By Timm Schneider

We are closing out our inaugural Model Portfolio for a total return of 24.4% since inception on January 10th 2024. The Long book delivered a total return of ~21.9%, while the short book contributed ~2.5%….

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November 8, 2024

Permian D&C Activity for October Continues to Beat Our Expectations. But Permitting Data Implies a Different Path Heading Into 2025… What Gives?

By Timm Schneider

Within, we provide our thoughts on The Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) most recent monthly ‘Summary of Drilling Permits, Completions and Plugging Reports Processed’ for the month of October. ***Happy to chat on specific stock takes and…

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November 6, 2024

Model Portfolio: Closing our Cheniere (LNG) Long for a Total Return of ~20% Since Inception

By Timm Schneider

Effective immediately, we are closing our LONG long position of Cheniere Energy (LNG) in the model portfolio. This was a ~9% weight in our Long book. The position has generated a return of ~20% since…

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November 6, 2024

Your Weekly Energy & Utility Sentiment Gauge Tracking Changes in Real Time Short Interest (11-06-2024)

By Timm Schneider

Within, we share with you real-time 1) Current Absolute Shares-on-Loan Utilization; 2) W-W % Changes in Absolute Shares-on-Loan Utilization; 3) Borrow; and 4) Changes in 4-week moving average shares-on-loan utilization for ~200 publicly traded corporates…

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