Sometime in the next 12 months, an energy IPO offering in distant Mongolia already has foreign investors salivating.

The darling of the international energy community is coal company Erdenes-Tavan Tolgoi ("Five Hills") Ltd., popularly known as TT, which has yet to begin operations.

“Lower costs. Higher oil and gas recoveries.”

That's how Dan Themig, President of Packers Plus – a privately owned, Calgary-based fracking (completions) company – describes an interesting new development in fracking...

...A development that spells bigger profits for energy producers...

U.S. stocks rallied for a third day on Monday, as fears about Japan's damaged nuclear plants eased and investors cheered a huge merger in the telecommunications industry.

Even with the MCIM "Mirror Portfolios" that are based on six different model portfolios that I supervise, each participant account will contain securities purchased at different prices than in the model. These are designed for people who don't want to do it themselves, who like the Market Cycle Investment management approach, and who don't have regular disbursement needs.