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COMMODITIES, ENERGY, GLOBAL, INCOME, STOCKS

Roger Conrad

Managing Partner,

Capitalist Times

  • Co-Founder and Chief Editor of Capitalist Times
  • Publisher of Energy and income Advisor and Conrad's Utility Investor
  • MoneyShow Contributor Since 1989

About Roger

Roger Conrad has successfully advised income investors since the 1980s, with a nationally acclaimed sector specialty in utilities, telecommunications, and energy. He's a managing partner at Capitalist Times and author of the book Power Hungry: Strategic Investing in Telecommunications, Utilities, & Other Essential Services. Mr. Conrad is also an independent director of the NYSE-listed Miller Howard high-income equity fund and a contributing editor to Forbes.com.


Roger's Articles

It’s been a few weeks since TC Energy Corp. (TRP) spun off its oil and liquids pipeline operations as a new company, South Bow Corp. (SOBO). We think there’s more outperformance ahead for both South Bow and post-spin TC Energy. And we continue to advise holding on to both stocks for the time being, observes Roger Conrad, editor of Conrad’s Utility Investor.
The details of every utility recovery story throughout history have been different. But ultimately, they all had one thing in common: The best (and really, only) option for regulators when these companies stumbled was essentially tough love – fixing the problem but leaving the utility franchise intact. Dominion Energy Inc. (D) is one utility that’s on the recovery road, highlights Roger Conrad, editor of Conrad’s Utility Investor.
I’ve said for a while that interest rates were the key to utility stock prices short-term. And for at least the past few weeks, the trend has been our friend. While I see two key reasons to be cautious, I still like one of my “Dream Buy” stocks, BCE Inc. (BCE), highlights Roger Conrad, editor of Conrad’s Utility Investor.
Italy closed the last of its operating nuclear reactors in 1990, following a 1987 post-Chernobyl referendum. But earlier this year, Enel SpA (ENLAY) and Ansaldo Nucleare forged an agreement to develop new nuclear reactors, with support of the country’s Ministry of Environment and Energy Security, notes Roger Conrad, editor of Conrad’s Utility Investor.

Roger's Videos

The so-called “magnificent seven” big tech stocks still get most of the attention when it comes to the artificial intelligence boom. But as they run out of steam following last year’s record gains, an up-to-now overlooked AI-linked sector is starting to pick up steam—electric utilities. Roger highlights top utility AI bets with an upside of 50% and more over the next year from this emerging great rotation.    

Despite a late-year rally, utility stocks were among the stock market’s worst performers in 2023. That’s about to change with a vengeance—whether the New Year brings a rising market with rapid sector rotation from bloated Big Tech, or a US recession and sell-off. The utility earnings Armageddon many predicted would result from rising interest rates never happened. Now rates are headed lower, and investment is set to keep driving growth. And best-in-class utilities earnings, dividends, and stock prices are gearing up for potentially their biggest year since 2000—when the Dow Jones Industrial Average returned more than 50%. Join 37-year industry veteran Roger Conrad as he highlights his top utility picks for 2024—as well as what to avoid. 

The past 18 months have been a wild ride for the energy market with oil trading over $100/bbl and under $70/bbl and US natural gas prices reaching 10+ year highs in the summer of 2022 only to crash under $2/MMBtu last spring. A year ago, the US and other developed countries were begging Saudi Arabia and the rest of OPEC for more supply; today the market is obsessed with how much, and for how long, the cartel I willing to restrict production to prop up prices.  In this session, Roger Conrad and Elliott Gue, will cut through all the noise and conflicting narratives about energy commodities and identify a handful of their top energy stocks to buy for 2024.

Resilient inflation means the tightest Fed policy since the 1980s isn't likely to reverse until the US economy enters a real recession. And that means the risk of another big leg down for stocks and bonds is rising daily. But there's also an emerging opportunity for investors to lock in monster returns, while others' portfolios evaporate. Here's where to look.



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Conrad's Utility Investor

Roger Conrad has provided in-depth analysis of the utility sector to individual and institutional investors for more than 20 years. Conrad's Utility Investor is your complete guide to building a lifelong income stream from stocks that provide essential services.

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