Not exact matches
Ultimately, to
profit from a possible sector rebound, an ETF or
oil - related stock is
most accessible for the individual investor.
The fact that coconut
oil is natural and can not be patented for exclusive pharmaceutical marketing and
profits will probably keep coconut
oil a secret from
most MDs and dermatologists.
Since
most Non-Democratic Republic countries are in the Middle East / Africa, they have
profited well from
oil so we can't really rely on that.
I see that mr. Boone, has run into trouble and right now
oil is dirt cheap (let us see how long that lasts) but now that we are officially in recession (two consecutive quarters down) and the
oil and gas companies boast record
profits and the
oil, natural gas, and coal resources will all last longer than 25 years by
most projections (coal about a hundred years give or take a decade?)
Yet Exxon made high
profits even in the aftermath of the
most expensive
oil spill in history.
As we noted last week, it's about the politics of «the handful of folks who
profit off of the
oil, coal and gas extraction industries, and the personal pain theywould like to avoid in cutting into a single cent of the
most profitable industry the world has ever known.»
Second, your (correct) statement that «
most oil and gas companies are typically valued based on risked DCF models in which near - term production and
profits count much more» should be an indication that their concern may have some merit.
Unlike tech companies such as Facebook or even Tesla, the primary investor value proposition for which depends on rapid growth and far - future profitability,
most oil and gas companies are typically valued based on risked DCF models in which near - term production and
profits count much more than distant ones.
As it stands,
most oil contracts are structured so that the investor recovers costs first, with the remaining
profits then divided between the producer and the government that granted it the concession.
At 3 % royalty rates, like Alberta gets for conventional crude,
most of us would say «no, leave it in the ground» - especially when we hear that Norway found a way to get 80 % of the
oil and gas
profits flowing into government revenue accounts.
In fact, Exxon really «promoted» global warming the
most in the 1980's and 1990's when they were making miserable
profits and
oil prices were low.