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May 20, 2026

NEE: Adding to our Long Position in Model Portfolio

By Timm Schneider

We are increasing our NEE long from 1.2% to 3.0% in our Model Portfolio. See within. Timm Why now? The strategic logic of the NEE–D combination is compelling and increasingly clear. The transaction diversifies NEE’s…

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May 17, 2026

NEE for D Marginally Accretive. NEE Down ~8%. D Up ~13% on Monday

By Timm Schneider

…But now that we have your attention… probability weighted pricing scenarios within. If NEE were to puke more than low double digits (%) – think 12- 15% – we’d probably take another look here on…

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May 17, 2026

Your Energy & Utility News for the Week Ending May 17th 2026

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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May 16, 2026

Number 1 question from investors: Where will NEE and D open on Monday…?

By Timm Schneider

***…Email us for this one. We have explicit scenario ranges on both stocks*** A hypothetical NextEra (NEE; Long in Model Portfolio; Read On) – Dominion (D) combination (per several news outlets) would be the largest…

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May 15, 2026

Pressing PAGP/ KNTK/ GEL & EPD Longs Into EIC as well as FRMI & FLNC Shorts; PNW (L) vs. ETR (S) into AGA… Love/ Hate Portfolio (LHP10) Adds ~130bps in Volatile Week

By Timm Schneider

Full position details within. Recall these are marks for Love/ Hate Portfolio 10 (LHP10), which we initiated on Monday. These are purely sentiment/ technical driven shorter-term trading calls. Performance YTD (+550bps including LHP10): The FRMI…

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May 15, 2026

FRMI: Beyond the ‘Sell‑Side’ Noise; Zero Conversations With Toby or the Board (And We Prefer it that Way)

By Timm Schneider

Follow up post our initial note: Why are Shares of FRMI Up ~30% Today…. This is now, first and foremost, a fight over who gets to decide what FRMI becomes next. TO BE SURE… We…

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May 14, 2026

Why are Shares of FRMI Up ~30% Today…

By Timm Schneider

As of ~12:15ET. Because the market Just priced in 90 Days of ‘oxygen’ for a stock that was massively shorted into the print (active SOL utilization more than doubled since early April). Does this fix…

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May 13, 2026

There Has Been a Lot of Debate Aroud What Upstreamers Are Doing and Where – Especially in Texas…

By Timm Schneider

Coming out of earnings, this seem to be topic du jour: If (oil) prices are this good, why doesn’t Texas look busier? The quick answer: Operators are all over the map. FANG is leaning in,…

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May 12, 2026

My Girlfriend was a ‘Theta’ in College – Naturally AI Thinks My ‘Theta’ Awareness is Zero (Real-World Learnings from Commodity Trading YTD)

By Timm Schneider

The Schneider Capital Group YTD Return in the Commodity Trading Account (Chart presented w/o comment…) source: Interactive Brokers So naturally we had AI take a look and give us some thoughts… kind of funny actually…

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May 12, 2026

Model Portfolio: And the Worst Call(s) of the Year (So Far) Are…

By Timm Schneider

Canada came after us with a vengeance – that is all we can say. Recall our model portfolio is an actively managed long/ short portfolio across the energy & utility sub-sectors (see within for full…

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May 11, 2026

Initiating Love/ Hate Portfolio 10 (LHP10)… This Looks Like a Fun One

By Timm Schneider

Please see within for our latest collection of 10 Longs (‘love’) versus 10 Shorts (‘Hate’) across the energy & utility sub-sectors. A few observations within. All entry marks as of ~16:00 ET on 5/11/2026. Historical…

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May 10, 2026

A Reasonable Probability‑Weighted Fair Value is ~$105- 110 for WTI and ~$118- 122 for Brent

By Timm Schneider

Based on deltas in prediction markets over the past two weeks on (Read On). Tied to: 1) all news flow (as of ~17:00 ET today) since April 28th (timing of our first note: We Had…

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May 10, 2026

Your Energy & Utility News for the Week Ending May 10th 2026

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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May 10, 2026

What Capital Discipline? Texas Upstream Activity Is Poised to Re‑Accelerate into 2H’26

By Timm Schneider

Now that we have your attention (and at the risk of sounding overly draconian), this seems to line up with comments from at least one large Texas operator coming out of earnings. What this actually…

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May 9, 2026

Closing Love/Hate Portfolio 9 (LHP) For a ~90bps Grind Higher in Volatile Two Weeks

By Timm Schneider

A few key observations Flipping FRMI/ SEDG/ and SOC to Shorts from Longs in the prior Love/ Hate portfolio worked out well (+4.4%/ +10%/ +5.3%, respectively). APC (NOT Anadarko Petroleum) turned out to be a…

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