Born and raised in Montreal, Canada, Vivien first became involved with the stock market in 2006, when she started working for RBC Dominion Securities, the Royal Bank of Canada’s full-service brokerage firm. It was at RBC DS that Vivien gained an understanding of commodity investing and became intrigued with how the markets move in direct correlation with the economy.
In 2007, Vivien graduated from Concordia University with a Bachelor of Arts specializing in English Literature. She later enrolled in the Writing and Communications program at Simon Fraser University. Vivien volunteered with the Investing News Network in the spring of 2010, and interned for Momentum Magazine in Vancouver. In the fall of 2010, Vivien began working for the Investing News Network in an official capacity as an assistant editor, where she is constantly learning more about the commodity markets. In the summer of 2011, Vivien was awarded a Certificate in Editing from Simon Fraser University.
The EIA released a report that highlights recoverable reserves of shale oil and shale gas. It doesn’t look like there will be any shortage on the horizon.
At the recent World Resource Investment Conference in Vancouver, Keith Schaefer, editor and publisher of the Oil and Gas Bulletin, spoke with INN editor Vivien Diniz about the state of the natural gas market in British Columbia.
In the second segment of the INN’s World Resource Investment Conference interview with Keith Schaefer, Keith provided INN viewers with some insight on profiting from the natural gas boom in British Columbia.
Is this a great time to be an energy investor? It definitely is, according to Matt Badiali, editor of the S&A Resource Report. “You can make a lot of money, unless you’re Bill Powers,” he says in this interview with The Energy Report. Badiali discusses the true potential for U.S. natural gas, as well as what type of energy really gets him excited.
USA Today reported that a drop in the price of gas has pulled April’s consumer price indext figures down 0.4% from March — the lowest since December 2008.
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:QTWW) will sell common stock and warrants for gross proceeds of $3 million in a registered direct offering with Crede CG III, Ltd.
MarketWatch reported that the island of Cyprus, which finds itself in the middle of the latest Eurozone crisis, is banking on natural gas to cure its financial owes.
Depending on the investment time frame and assumed risk, opportunities currently exist in both the oil and natural gas sectors supported by current and projected market fundamentals.