James Lucier is a managing director at Capital Alpha Partners, which he co-founded in 2007 after nine years in Washington Research at Prudential Equity Group. Lucier provides macro-level political forecasting and commentary as well as deep-in-the-weeds analysis of the "heavy iron" issues: corporate tax, electric power, oil & gas, refining, environmental policy, industrials and infrastructure. All of his work is integrated with a view of where financial markets are going.
Lucier's clients include asset managers, private equity investors, commodity traders and investment bankers. He provides predictive, insightful analysis of trends in Washington based on a simple philosophy: No matter what is happening in the nation's capital, he's seen it all before, several times, in a career that now spans three decades.
| Feb 06, 2013 | 11:30 AM EST
Congress still faces a statutory limit on public debt.
| Feb 05, 2013 | 11:00 AM EST
The government will be facing a new set of financial risks in the coming months.
| Jul 11, 2012 | 11:00 AM EDT
The U.S. is on track to become the world’s leading producer of oil in a few years.
| Jun 29, 2012 | 4:00 PM EDT
Given the fast-changing qualities of telecom, legitimate approaches here may receive more serious consideration.
| Jun 26, 2012 | 5:00 PM EDT
A long-awaited report on liquid national gas exports could come this week.
| Jun 21, 2012 | 5:00 PM EDT
Whatever Congress does after the elections won't be pretty, but I'm not worried.
| Jun 16, 2012 | 12:30 PM EDT
Recent news out of Exxon Mobil is pointing the way.
| May 30, 2012 | 3:00 PM EDT
Circle the first Friday of every the month on your calendar between now and November.
| May 24, 2012 | 11:30 AM EDT
Extension of current tax rates won’t be painless and it may not be just in time.
| May 20, 2012 | 12:30 PM EDT
Keep an especially close watch on offshore drilling, which is highly leveraged to these results.
