Despite a late-year rally, utility stocks were among the stock market’s worst performers in 2023. That’s about to change with a vengeance—whether the New Year brings a rising market with rapid sector rotation from bloated Big Tech, or a US recession and sell-off. The utility earnings Armageddon many predicted would result from rising interest rates never happened. Now rates are headed lower, and investment is set to keep driving growth. And best-in-class utilities earnings, dividends, and stock prices are gearing up for potentially their biggest year since 2000—when the Dow Jones Industrial Average returned more than 50%. Join 37-year industry veteran Roger Conrad as he highlights his top utility picks for 2024—as well as what to avoid.
You've probably heard the story about the Federal Reserve and the Great Inflation of the 1970s. Specifically, we're told the Burns Fed failed to tighten enough to quash inflation in the 1973-75 recession while the Volcker Fed's more forceful and persistent efforts finally slayed the inflation beast in the early '80s. The only problem is that's not how it works -- the Federal Reserve has little or no influence over oil, energy, and commodity prices, a key source of inflation then and now. In this presentation, Elliott will explain the real forces that drive the oil and commodity price cycles and the powerful force that actually brought an end to the oil price surge through the 1970s. He'll also explain how "green energy" policies pursued by governments the world over dramatically worsened the current cycle, delaying key adjustments that could bring down energy costs dramatically over the next few years. He'll detail specific stock and ETF investments to profit from the current energy and inflation supercycle.
