The global stock market selloff continues unabated with most major market indexes touching five-year lows. The S&P 500 is close to retracing the entire 2002-07 bull market. The speed and strength of this selloff certainly qualifies it as among the most vicious in stock market history.

Make no mistake about it: The stock market is in a precarious position right now. There are legitimate fears that our credit and financial systems will go from clogged to downright frozen and that more large US companies will end up bankrupt.

Inside my subscriber-based service, The Energy Strategist, I recommend a handful of companies that are organized as publicly traded partnerships (PTP); the most common forms of PTP are Master Limited Partnerships (MLP) and limited liability companies (LLC). I’m also co-editor of The Partnership, a newsletter dedicated solely to investing in this group. Here's one stock I currently recommend in both publications.

Just three years ago, the main topic of conversation for the North American natural gas markets was liquefied natural gas (LNG).

The father of modern economics, John Maynard Keynes, was once asked in a debate how he justified changing his mind on certain key issues of his day. Keynes replied “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?”

If there’s one factor that’s catalyzed the recent selloff in crude oil prices, it’s declining oil consumption from developed-market economies.

Some cynics will argue that the annual G8 Summit is nothing more than a chance for world leaders to eat and drink well in a scenic resort area.

With oil cruising above $140 per barrel and natural gas at its highest levels since late 2005, it’s hard to imagine that there could be any energy-related sectors that aren’t flying higher.

It’s become fashionable to blame rallies in commodity prices on excessive speculation, gas gauging and Big Oil. But the real reason for the jump in crude oil and natural gas prices is simple fundamentals.

In the wake of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Ukraine, public opinion in Europe turned increasingly anti-nuclear. But, sentiment is clearly shifting back in favor of nuclear and several nations are now taking steps to actually extend the operating life of existing plants or build brand new reactors.