Linda, think of energy and economics as Siamese twins— they are that closely tied together. Take a look at what Philip Verleger, visiting fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, writing in 4/24/2012 Financial Times has to say about the subject:
“Today, few realize that the U.S. stands on the cusp of significant economic gains [...]

Hi Josh,
First things first. You are not alone, my friend. There are a lot of investors out there rethinking a lot of decisions. I think it’s great you’re taking the initiative to ask a few questions about your financial security, especially in times like these. That being said, right now in the year 2012, there [...]

Bob, thank you for your question.
There is plenty of research to show that expense ratios (the operating costs of the fund) are an excellent predictor of a fund’s future performance while past performance isn’t as useful. The one exception being that those funds that have performed poorly in the past typically continue to perform very [...]

Great question, Jackie:
It all depends on who you’re working with. There’s a guy by the name of David Swensen, Chief Investment Officer of Yale University’s $19.4 billion endowment. He said, and I couldn’t say it any better myself, “There are two sensible approaches to investing — either 100 percent active or 100 percent passive. Unless an investor [...]

 
From the Bloomberg editorial “Energy Revolution Keeps Carbon on Top,” by Nathan Myhrvold, former chief strategist and technology officer at Microsoft and the founder/CEO of Intellectual Ventures:
“A remarkable thing happened in Silicon Valley during the past decade. Venture capitalists and entrepreneurs set their sights on clean energy as the Next Big Thing. They audaciously hoped [...]