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Matt Insley

Matt Insley is our in-house specialist in commodities and natural resources.  He holds a degree from the University of Maryland with a double major in Business and Environmental Economics.  Although always familiar with the financial markets, his main area of expertise stems from his background in the Agricultural and Natural Resources (AGNR) department.  Over the past years he’s stayed well ahead of the curve with forward thinking ideas in both resource stocks and hard commodities. Insley is the managing editor of the Daily Resource Hunter and his commentary has been featured by MarketWatch.

  1. Daily Resource Hunter

    America’s Energy Renaissance, Relies On What? • May 16, 2012

    “As the use of the drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing has skyrocketed in the U.S. amid the shale boom” Bloomberg reports, “demand for so-called ‘frac sand’ has also increased dramatically.” The energy boom here in the U.S. has created so much demand, “some large oil and gas producers, such as EOG Resources Inc. and Pioneer Natural Resources Co., have taken the unusual step of buying their own sand plants in order to secure long-term supplies and try to put a lid on high prices” the article says.…Read more…

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    Japan to Insure Its Own Iranian Oil • May 16, 2012

    Japan, one of Iran’s biggest oil customers, is planning to provide sovereign guarantees to tankers importing Iranian oil in response to sanctions prohibiting European insurers from covering oil tankers from Iran, Commodity Online reports. The EU foreign ministers are scheduled to meet on May 14 to review the sanctions set to begin in June.…Read more…

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    IMF Plans to Buy Gold • May 15, 2012

    The International Monetary Fund plans to buy $2.3B worth of gold, Commodity Online reports. Gold stocks may have taken a beating amidst fears of Greece (the IMF’s biggest borrower) leaving the Euro. However, this move by the IMF demonstrates the precious metal’s growing significance to international stability.…Read more…

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    Alaska to Drill First Exploratory Shale Well • May 15, 2012

    Another big emerging story in America’s push towards energy independence, Great Bear Petroleum will drill its first exploratory well in the next few weeks on leases it holds just south of the Prudhoe Bay field, Alaska, Rigzone reports. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, there may be as many as 2 billion barrels of shale oil resources in northern Alaska.…Read more…

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    Note To Americans: “We’re The Romans Now…” • May 15, 2012

    The writing is on the wall for China to overtake the U.S. as the number one global economy as well as the controller for the world reserve currency. Over the years, as the pieces fall in to place prices here in the U.S. will rise and our ability to lock in the world’s most coveted resources will be in jeopardy.…Read more…

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    O&G Could Mean Billions in Western U.S. • May 14, 2012

    A new study claims oil and natural gas projects on federal lands in the western United States are expected to have a possible economic impact of $383.5 billion over their anticipated 10 to 15 year life span, Rigzone reports. The study highlights the difficulties of developing projects on federal land, stating that many of the wells were proposed over 5 years ago and that the Bureau of Land Management has only approved two such projects under the current administration.…Read more…

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    Canada Makes Uranium Deal with China • May 14, 2012

    Analysts are predicting new rounds of mergers & acquisitions as Canadian miners prepare for Chinese uranium demand, Kitco reports. China is already planning the construction of dozens of nuclear reactors in the coming years. The World Nuclear Association expects a worldwide total of 215 new nuclear reactors to be built over the next twenty years.…Read more…