Energy Investing DeMystified
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Part I - The Energy markets
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Energy Investing
1.2 Energy Prices
1.3 Energy Policy
1.4 Discussion Questions
Chapter 2 Petroleum, Refined Products, & Bio-Fuels
2.1 Hydrocarbon Fuels
2.2 Exploration & Production
2.3 Crude Oil
2.4 Petroleum Transportation
2.5 Petroleum Refining
2.6 Refined Petroleum Products (gasoline, diesel, jet-fuel)
2.7 Bio-Fuels (Ethanol, Biodiesel)
2.8 End of Chapter Quiz
Chapter 3 Natural Gas, Natural Gas Liquids, & Coal
3.1 Natural Gas
3.2 Natural Gas Transportation
3.3 Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
3.4 Natural Gas Storage
3.5 Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) / Liquefied Propane Gases (LPGs)
3.6 Coal
3.7 End of Chapter Quiz
Chapter 4 Electricity
4.1 Electricity
4.2 The Power Grid
4.3 Regulated Markets & Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs)
4.4 Deregulated Market Pricing
4.5 Types of Generation Plants
4.6 Renewable Power (Biomass, Solar, Wind, Hydro)
4.7 Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs)
4.8 Ancillary Services
4.9 Capacity Markets
4.10 End of Chapter Quiz
Part II Trading & Investing
Chapter 5 Trading Essentials
5.1 Trades & Positions
5.2 Features of Commodities
5.3 Different Types of Prices
5.4 Groups Involved in Trading
5.5 End of Chapter Quiz
Chapter 6 Forward Prices
6.1 The Difference between Forecasts and Fair Prices
6.2 Interest Rates and the Time-Value of Money
6.3 Forward Curves
6.4 Extending Forward Price Curves
6.5 Parent/Child Curves
6.6 Statistical Distributions
6.7 Volatility
6.8 Extending Volatility Curves
6.9 End of Chapter Quiz
Chapter 7 Swaps, Forwards, and Futures
7.1 Direct Investments in Commodities
7.2 Forward Contracts
7.3 Futures and Margining
7.4 Types of Futures Orders
7.5 Futures Expiration Codes
7.6 Exchange for Physical
7.7 Quiz
Chapter 8 Options
8.1 Financial Options
8.2 Option Payoffs
8.3 American, European, and Asian Options
8.4 Payoff Diagrams
8.5 Put/Call Parity
8.6 Option Greeks
8.7 Quiz
Chapter 9 Option Valuation
9.1 Generalized Black Scholes
9.2 Average Price (Asian) Options
9.3 Spread Options
9.4 Quiz
Chapter 10 Stocks (Equity Investments)
10.1 Financing a Company
10.2 Types of Companies
10.3 The Corporation
10.4 Ring Fencing and Structural Subordination
10.5 Common Stock
10.6 Preferred Stock
10.7 Stock Dividends and Splits
10.8 Voting Rights
10.9 Quiz
Chapter 11 Bonds (Fixed Income Investments)
11.1 Corporate Bonds
11.2 Bond Yields
11.3 Interest Rates, Prices, and Yields
11.4 Bond Ratings
11.5 Secured and Unsecured Bonds
11.6 Convertible Bonds
11.7 Callable/Puttable Bonds
11.8 Quiz
Part III Final Exam
Chapter 12 Final Exam
Chapter 13 Final Exam Answers
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