Energy and Capital: World Energy Demand

Political debate continues to swirl around various types of energy technologies. The dollar ship continues to sink while the Fed adds holes to the hull. Public debt in Europe and the EU continues to mount, putting pressure on both pension funds and traditional safe havens like bonds.The middle class continues to erode. Staying above water can be difficult enough in this environment, let alone trying to turn a respectable profit...

I talk to and know a lot of people in that very situation. Some of them are bogged down by circumstances outside their control, but most simply don't know how to manage money or make a winning investment.

Even worse, they don't know how policy, politics, and world markets affect them, their livelihoods, and their investments.

The first step to financial freedom is knowing what's going on around you at any given time. Right now, we're dealing with high prices for goods because of currency issues and inflation. Understanding what that means for you is a good place to start.

Once you've got a grasp on basic economic and market tenets, you can focus on investments that really grow your capital.

It takes connections, foresight, hard work, and guts to make it happen.

But when you get that first double- or triple-bagger, it's all worth it.

Solid demand growth for energy will foster stable profits for decades. But inside that macro opportunity, there are thousands of micro opportunities — not for stable appreciation, but for explosive gains from oil discoveries, new natural gas drilling techniques, game-changing clean technology breakthroughs, and more.

You can't have an either/or approach; it has to be both.

You can't secure a safe retirement only going after huge wins.

And you can't bank huge wins by simply playing it safe.

But you can find all of this week's profit ideas below.

Nick Hodge
Editor, Energy and Capital

Source: http://www.energyandcapital.com/articles/weekend-two-things/1532