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5) I believe the U.S. energy sec-
tor will “drive” the U.S. economy
over the next five to 10 years,
maybe more. As recently refer-
enced on multiple news reports
including CNBC, the United
States just surpassed Saudi
Arabia and Russia as the largest
producer of oil and natural gas.
This is partly because of fracking
technology that allows us to pull
oil and natural gas from our vast
shale deposits. According to Clif-
ton, Larsen, Allen LLP (01-2013)
and Bloomberg (09-2013), we are
also now the world’s lowest cost
producer of oil and natural gas,
bringing plants and jobs back to
the states where the savings in
energy costs exceed the savings
in labor costs by having plants
overseas.
Keep in mind that because of
the narrow focus, sector investing
may be more volatile than invest-
ing more broadly across many
sectors and companies.
There is much more to discuss
about where we see investment
opportunities going forward. We
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ough financial plan with “take
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