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  1. OI Update — My 3,993 Mile Trip • August 29, 2008

    Happy Friday. I can't believe that it's Labor Day weekend. Where did the summer go? I know where some of it went. I spent three weeks crossing the U.S. and Canada on my "2008 Energy & Geology Tour."

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  2. McDermott Meltdown and What It Means • August 22, 2008

    Let me summarize a number of e-mails that I've received from readers. The main question is, "What the heck is happening with McDermott Intl. (MDR: NYSE)?"

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  3. An Outstanding Investments Reader Unloads • August 20, 2008

    Sometimes I publish a "Letters to the Editor" update. This week, I'm going to turn the update over to an old acquaintance. I'll have my commentary for you on Friday. These comments are from a woman I've known for 25 years or so.

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  4. Update on Gold & Oil: A Lot of Looking, Not Much Finding • August 15, 2008

    Wednesday, I discussed the short-term weakness in oil and gold prices. Let's discuss the long term. Gold and oil are headed back up, for all the familiar reasons…

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  5. The Truth About Gold and Oil • August 13, 2008

    Here's what we know. Prices for both gold and oil were moving upward for most of the spring and well into summer. Then prices hit a peak. Gold touched $980 per ounce. Oil topped $146 per barrel. Now prices are falling.

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  6. The Next Stop on the Energy Tour • August 6, 2008

    Within the past eight days, I've driven from Washington through Idaho and into Montana. Then I traveled across Alberta and Saskatchewan, and down into North Dakota.

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  7. How an Angry Fisherman Found 20 Billion Barrels of Oil… • August 1, 2008

    In March 1971, a Mexican fisherman named Rudesindo Cantarell appeared at the offices of the state-owned oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) in southern Mexico. Cantarell had a complaint.

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  8. $150 Crude Fundamentals Are Still Firmly In Place… • August 1, 2008

    It was another wild week as the markets try to digest the mix of economic data coupled with the latest bailout for consumers, the housing bailout. Question is who is going to bailout the people doing the bailing out?

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