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1. Adding to EOG Resources (EOG) which has now fallen from $134 to $106 in under 2 weeks, now sits at its 200 day moving average. Taking it up from 0.9% stake to 1.7%.
   
2. Encore Acquisition (EAC) is showing some nice relative strength and refusing to sell off below the 50 day moving average of just over $64. Doesn't mean it won't, if the sector continues to break down - but so far it has not. So adding some here in the $65s and pushing it up from a 1.3% stake to 1.7%. As always, buying a stock like this near a moving average involves risk - the stock could break down

This past week seemed to be a bit of a snag for oil prices. Oil had been almost invulnerable from rhetoric used to slow increasing prices. We have OPEC saying speculators are the problem. We have our government stating we need more oil because we do not have enough supply. We even have some on Wall Street saying that it is the ETFs and investors buying up supplies to sell at a later date.

From what I am seeing, it seems quite simple. People will pay more to get into oil not because we cannot meet demand today, but what about next year or the year after? It is a si

That said, I had cut

EOG Resources, Inc. ( EOG ) is a large independent oil and natural gas company with proven reserves in the United States, Canada, offshore Trinidad and the United Kingdom North Sea.

EOG, a Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy), is a bigger play on natural gas than it is in on crude. In 2007, 85% of EOG’s production was natural gas and 15% was crude oil and natural gas liquids. A total of 83% of the company's production came f