By Paul Sankey
Published on October 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
How does value get created and transferred in major energy companies? This past week we had Q3 earnings reports from an interesting representation of key US energy theme companies: Valero in refining, Matador in US exploration and production (E&P), Baker Hughes in transition from oil field service to new technologies, and GE Vernova as a play on “picks and shovels”: for US power demand growth. ~ And the winner was? Not the cheapest (Matador), not …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on October 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Today Strategy Session at 12pm: Doug Garber, former major hedge fund Portfolio Manager (recently attended Barcap, Jeffries energy conferences, Goldman Tech) and founder of PitchthePM.com. Doug works a lot on process, in portfolio management and research, and if you have up-and-comer analysts on your team, you might want to encourage them to listen. A recording will be distributed. https://sankeyresearch.com/conference/sankey-strategy-session-doug-garber-interest-form/ ~ Cooking oil! You can imagine those of us in a niche segment of Wall Street …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on September 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Wet day, More bearish natgas weather. First week back in the book, post-Labor Day. The maelstrom of September/October markets upon us. There is a lot of thematic news, if that makes sense. Or we try to arrange the news, of which there is an abundance, into thematics. It’s like the Wacky Races. Source: Hanna-Barbera Idiosyncratic winners from Trump II, such as US small cap refining, Oxy & carbon capture, US rare earth players; AI players …
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