New Oil Stock Pick and Why 2025 Oil Bulls Will Win with Fund Manager Josh Young

Fund manager Josh Young reveals his newest oil stock pick and explains why oil bulls likely will win in 2025 in this MSE episode.

Josh Young has been professionally investing in publicly traded oil and gas securities for nearly two decades, achieving benchmark outperformance as Bison’s CIO. Josh possesses a deep understanding of the E&P business model and operating environment, with notable experience as Chairman of Canadian E&P company RMP Energy (rebranded as Ironbridge Resources). Under Josh’s leadership, the company achieved a successful turnaround, outperforming peers and ultimately being acquired at a 78% premium. Josh is the author of numerous articles on oil & gas investments and is a frequent guest speaker at various energy industry conferences.

Prior to Bison, Josh began his career as a management consultant for Fortune 500 companies and private equity firms. He later worked as an investment analyst for a private equity fund and served as an energy investment analyst at a multi-billion-dollar single-family office, which was nominated as Institutional Investor’s Single Family Office of the Year in 2008. Josh holds a B.S. in Economics with honors from the University of Chicago.

0:00 Intro

1:08 Off- Shore Drilling’s effect on US Production

4:41 Tariffs effect on Canadian Oil Companies

8:42 US Strategic Reserves

12:19 Higher oil prices vs cost of living

16:55 “Oil prices are so suppressed”

17:53 Peak US production?

23:11 Nat Gas Investments

26:30 New stock pick

32:00 Cash to Debt Ratio

36:08 Time to buy optionality in the oil market

43:30 Biggest lesson learnt last cycle

50:37 Bison portfolio biggest risk