Our Research


July 5, 2026

Your Weekly News for the Week Ending July 5th

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…

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June 29, 2026

Shifting Momentum? From AI Power Hype to Haynesville Pipes. Updated Thoughts on WMB

By Timm Schneider

WMB traded lower on the ‘Momentum’ chatter, at one point making it the worst performer in the Energy Infrastructure group on the day, with the stock down ~3% around midday ET. The sell-off makes intuitive…

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June 29, 2026

This is Why (Gassy) E&Ps Can’t Own Nice Things

By Timm Schneider

The ones that are not integrated at least. Counter to our title, we did take the short off EQT in the model portfolio earlier this month (Model Portfolio Update: Effective Immediately, We are Closing Our…

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June 28, 2026

Your 1) Weekly News; 2) Weekend Update; 3) Scenario Analysis Refresh; and 4) Real-Time Marks

By Timm Schneider

***Given the constantly changing geopolitical situation we have added some thoughts on weekend events (through ~12:30 ET) and current commodity markets*** For the news, we include a brief summary description for each headline. We only…

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June 28, 2026

Outbound Hormuz Ship Traffic Grinds to a Halt (Detailed Ship Tracking Analysis Within)

By Timm Schneider

Within, we take a detailed look at Hormuz ship traffic over the past two weeks (we go back to 06-15-2026). Recall the MOU between the U.S. and Iran was signed around 6-17-2026, and POTUS posted…

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June 27, 2026

MGY for Wildfire? Who Knows (Who Cares) But Initial Thoughts and Feedback Within

By Timm Schneider

We’d like to see a mega-merger, not peanuts (though this certainly would not be peanuts for MGY). In any case… (interested in your thoughts on this deal) Bloomberg reported on June 26 that Magnolia Oil…

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June 26, 2026

FLNC/ OKLO/ SEDG/ GEV Shorts & POR/ EXC Longs Drive 250bps Weekly Return in LHP13

By Timm Schneider

LHP13, of course, being the latest iteration of our sentiment based Love/ Hate Portfolios. If the return holds, the YTD performance of the various books would be over ~20% (~18.7% as of last week). Please…

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June 26, 2026

Introducing the Market Reality Check: The Schneider Weekly Note

By Timm Schneider

Just in time for your weekend reading. ***IF you have not already filled it out, please take a look at our proprietary 2H’26 Outlook Survey*** LINK BELOW https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZLCYB2K This is the inaugural edition of ‘Market…

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June 25, 2026

Our Official 2H’26 Energy/ Utility Outlook Survey is Now Live (Pls Share w/ your Newtork)

By Timm Schneider

Hoping to make this the biggest participation one yet given the focus on the sectors! Recall all responses are 100% as we use a third party aggregator (surveymonkey). Link to the survey: TSCG 2H’26 Outlook…

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June 24, 2026

~10% of E&P Executives Believe Permian Gas Takeaway Constraints Will *NEVER* Be Fixed

By Timm Schneider

That was just one of the key statistics from today’s release of the Dallas Fed Energy Survey for Q2. A few thoughts and takeaways within. Link to survey results: Oil and gas expansion gains momentum;…

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June 23, 2026

PSX Is Probably Our Most Discussed Stock Heading into Q2 Earnings (Plus Other Themes)…

By Timm Schneider

As most of you will be getting inundated with quarterly preview notes running through super interesting items like variances in quarterly G&A, we figured we’ll keep it simple and just give you two things: 1)…

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June 22, 2026

Our (Real Money) Energy Positioning Update

By Timm Schneider

***Full details within*** We currently hold three key crude oil (WTI; varied) exposures: Structural Long: DEC-27 WTI futures. This expresses our view that the ‘true’ exit‑2027 oil price is materially higher than where the back…

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June 20, 2026

Your 1) Weekly News; 2) Weekend Update; and 3) Weekend Commodity Marks

By Timm Schneider

Headed out to watch Germany take on Ivory Coast in a few minuts BUT… ***Given the constantly changing geopolitical situation we have added some thoughts on weekend events (through ~15:00 ET) and current commodity markets***…

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June 19, 2026

Initiating LHP13 Where Nine Stocks Just Switched Jerseys

By Timm Schneider

We have refreshed our latest Love/ Hate portfolio following two weeks where the XLE underperformed the broader market by almost ten percent. Recall our prior book, LHP12, was the best performing set-up since we started…

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June 18, 2026

Closing LHP12 For the Best Two Weeks on Record With a ~1120Bps Total Return

By Timm Schneider

Closing Love/ Hate Portfolio 12 a day early due to the Holiday. This was by far the best performing combination out of our Love/ Hate Portfolios year-to-date. Recall these are two week time span sentiment…

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