Natural gas and how to play it

Oil is the energy resource that gets all the attention. But its poor cousin offers far more interesting investment opportunities. Martin Spring looks at natural gas, and how to play it.

Oil is the energy resource that captures public attention nearly all of us need its products to drive around every day, and feel the pain of prices of $130 a barrel, or thereabouts, when we fill our cars at the pumps.

But its poor cousin natural gas could be the one now offering more interesting investment opportunities:

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