Efnisyfirlit

• Table of Contents
• Introduction
  • About This Book
  • Foolish Assumptions
  • Icons Used in This Book
  • Beyond the Book
  • Where to Go from Here
• Part I: Getting Started with Energy Investing
  • Chapter 1: Powering Your Portfolio: Energy in Brief
    • What Is Energy?
    • Why Energy Investing?
    • Fears, Risks, and Politics
    • Ways to Play
  • Chapter 2: Making a Connection
    • Early Energy Sources
    • A Light Bulb Goes Off
    • Barons to Barrels
    • Everyday Energy
    • Tracking Trends in Energy Use
  • Chapter 3: A Bright Investment: Running the World Takes a Lot of Energy
    • Energy Sectors and Markets
    • Demand: The World Always Needs More
    • Trillions of Reasons to Invest
    • Constant Innovation and Nontraditional Energy
  • Chapter 4: Getting Ready: The Nuts and Bolts of Energy Investing
    • Investing with or without a Broker
    • Ways to Play
    • Preparing for Your First Energy Investment
  • Chapter 5: Risks and Rewards of Energy Investing
    • Watch Your Step: Getting Familiar with the Risks
    • Doing Due Diligence to Manage Risk
    • The Rewards of Energy Investing
• Part II: Oil and Gas Investments: Greasing the Global Economy
  • Chapter 6: The Crude Basics
    • The Complex Landscape of the Oil Market
    • Where the Oil Is: Reserves by Country
    • Oil Production and Pricing: It’s All about Supply and Demand
    • The Consumption Junction: Global Oil Demand Numbers
    • OPEC and Geopolitics
    • Conventional and Unconventional Oil
  • Chapter 7: Grasping Gas
    • Considering the Gas Basics
    • Knowing Where the Gas Is
    • Burn It if You Got It: Examining How Gas Is Used
  • Chapter 8: Buying the Barrel, Trading the Therm
    • The Basics of Oil and Gas Futures
    • Futures Broker: Best Friend or Worst Enemy
    • Factors Affecting Futures
  • Chapter 9: Drilling Down, Extracting Profits: Investing in Oil and Gas Companies
    • Evaluating Oil and Gas Stocks
    • National Oil Companies (NOCs): Puppet Masters Pulling Supply Strings
    • Non-NOC Oil and Gas Companies: Fighting over Scraps
  • Chapter 10: Investing in Oil and Gas Indexes and Funds
    • A Fund for Any Occasion
    • Oil and Gas Price-Tracking Funds
• Part III: Investing in Coal
  • Chapter 11: Coal: Still the King
    • Discovering the Coal Basics
    • Knowing the Location of the World’s Coal
    • Being Aware of the War on Coal
  • Chapter 12: The Future of Coal
    • Coal and the Climate
    • Gas and Liquid: Coal Gets a Makeover
    • King Coal’s Reign Continues
  • Chapter 13: Coal: Mining for Profits
    • Turning Fundamentals into Decisions
    • Identifying and Evaluating Major Coal Miners
    • Investing in Coal Funds
    • Investing in Coal Futures
• Part IV: The Nuclear Option
  • Chapter 14: Nuclear Energy Basics
    • Nuclear Fundamentals
    • Constant Debate
    • Future Plans
  • Chapter 15: Uranium in Your Cranium
    • Explaining Uranium
    • Mining Uranium
  • Chapter 16: Harnessing Nuclear Power for Profit
    • Investing in Uranium
    • Checking Out Uranium Mining Companies
    • Considering Uranium Waste and Reprocessing
    • Getting a Reaction: Investing in Nuclear Power Plants
    • Nuclear Indexes and Funds
• Part V: Investing in the Future: Modern Energy
  • Chapter 17: Solar Investing: It’s Raining Electrons
    • The Three Types of Solar Technology
    • The Future Is Organic: Organic Photovoltaics
    • Installation Nation
  • Chapter 18: When the Winds Change Direction
    • The Rise of Wind: Evaluating Wind Turbine Manufacturing Companies
    • Going Offshore
    • Wind Farm Developers
    • Winds of Change: The Future of Wind Energy
  • Chapter 19: Geothermal: The Devil’s Hot Tub
    • Drilling for Heat, Drilling for Profits
    • Enhancing the Heat: The Future of Geothermal
  • Chapter 20: Transportation: Plugged-In and Corn-Fed
    • Investing in the Electric Car
    • Sugar in Your Gas Tank: Investing in Biofuels
  • Chapter 21: Efficiency: Doing More with Less
    • High-Performance Building Fundamentals and Investments
    • Transportation Efficiency
  • Chapter 22: Investing in Modern Energy
    • Funding the Modern Energy Revolution
    • Modern Energy Developers
    • Funds for Modern Energy
• Part VI: The Part of Tens
  • Chapter 23: Top Ten Energy Investment Resources
    • Energy & Capital
    • Energy Information Administration
    • International Energy Agency
    • The CME Group
    • The Oil Drum
    • Greentech Media
    • Gregor. us
    • Bloomberg
    • Oil & Gas Journal
    • Yahoo! Finance
  • Chapter 24: Top Ten Energy Data to Track
    • Crude Oil Prices
    • Natural Gas Prices
    • EIA Reports
    • World Energy Mix
    • OPEC Production
    • Gross Domestic Product
    • U. S. Dollar
    • Levelized Cost of New Electricity Generation
    • Forecast Growth Rates
    • Your Utility Bill
  • Chapter 25: Top Ten Energy ETFs
    • Energy Select Sector SPDR
    • Vanguard Energy
    • PowerShares Dynamic Energy Sector
    • iShares S&P Global Energy Sector
    • Market Vectors Uranium+Nuclear Energy
    • Market Vectors Coal
    • PowerShares DB Energy
    • PowerShares Global Clean Energy
    • Alerian MLP
    • Guggenheim S&P Global Water
  • Chapter 26: Top Ten Energy Developments on the Horizon
    • Demand Growth
    • Continued Fracking Expansion
    • Methane Hydrates
    • Natural Gas Vehicles
    • Energy Independence of the United States
    • Grid Parity
    • Vehicle-to-Grid Technology
    • Next-Gen Nuclear Reactors
    • Graphene
    • Hydrogen
• Index
• About the Authors
• Dedication
• Author’s Acknowledgments

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