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Natural Gas: America's Energy Salvation

Thank you Mr. Shaefer for your uplifting recommendation regarding investing in natural gas, uplifting because it focuses on a workable, economic and environmentally comparatively clean energy priority -- the greater utilization of our own vast natural gas resources. By doing so, the United States will more expeditiously be able to reduce our huge over dependence on oil from Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries, both an economic and political nightmare.

In addition, your explanation and prognosis for America's expanded reliance on our own vast natural gas resources hopefully may encourage investors to make sensible energy portfolio choices that, first, will enable our natural gas industry to have sufficient capital to expand natural gas utilization, resources, and infrastructure. Moreover, such investments represent a more sensible investment then speculating over dramatic short-term market turnarounds, e.g., UNG. In contrast, a longer-term investment horizon in the natural gas industry together with prudent patience may be the safest bet one can make these days, one that has a pay off for both the country and for the investors. U. S. workers rightfully cry out: "buy American." U.S. investors might be wise to cry a little louder: "invest America!" . Thank you.

What Would Happen if the CFTC Limited Energy Speculation?

In comment above, forgot to mention I am long UNG.

What Would Happen if the CFTC Limited Energy Speculation?

The CFTC's possible placing restrictions on energy futures and swaps held by index and exchange traded funds, though perceived by many to be necessary, could be the first step in the eventual breakdown of legitimate future price hedging for all major commodities. In the agricultural sector, for example, this could produce great inefficiencies in the market to the detriment of both producers and consumers. Consider the stark choices that would result, for example, if commodity producers were somehow limited to selling at prices out of the ground. Just a thought.