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After the Fall: Value in Oil Stocks (XOM, CVX, BP, SLB, HAL, BHI, VLO, MPC, TSO, OIH, XOP)

The month-long slide in crude oil prices has chopped the share price of many of the biggest names in the oil patch. Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) is about -4% ...
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Coal, Natural Gas Reaching Price Parity (XOM, CHK, EOG, CNX, BTU, ANR, ACI)

Natural gas prices have been rising, getting to around $2.75/thousand cubic feet last week before falling back a little to around $2.69. At this level, coal once again enters the ...
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When Apple Drops Over $100 From Highs… What Happens Next

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been a phenomenal growth story.  It is the ultimate turnaround story of mega-proportions.  The stock is also up 32% so far in 2012.  The problem ...
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Papua New Guinea LNG Project Threatened

Canada-based exploration & production company InterOil Corp. (NYSE: IOC) said yesterday that it believes the government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is preparing to cancel the agreement under which the ...
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Fitch Reviews Oil & Gas Operations and Reserves

Fitch Ratings is out with a statistical review of operational metrics at a number of oil & gas companies. The review notes a handful of emerging trends: Finding, development, and ...
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Short Sellers Cast a Wide Net (ACI, XCO, SD, FST, XOM, DUK, AMD, SNY, PFE, NOK, BKS, SVU, PBI, DV, BPI)

The energy sector saw a lot of activity from short sellers in April, but other stocks saw some action as well. We’ve already covered some of the bigger names here ...
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Major Reactions As Crude Marches Down Through $100/Barrel (USO, OIH, AMJ, XOM, CVX, SLB, BHI, RIG, NOV, VLO, CHK)

It was just a couple of days ago that oil was trading around $105 per barrel for West Texas Intermediate crude. Now the talk has migrated away from geopolitical risks associated ...
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$100/barrel Crude Good for OPEC, Not So Good for Supermajors (XOM, CVX, COP, TOT, BP, BX)

At an energy conference in Paris today, the secretary general of OPEC, Abdalla Salem el-Badri, said that the cartel is “not happy” with crude oil prices in the $110-$130/barrel range ...
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Chesapeake Shares Diving on Results, McClendon (CHK, XOM, EOG)

Natural gas producer Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) reported first quarter results after the markets closed yesterday. The company missed the headline numbers, but that’s not the company’s biggest problem. ...
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BP Profits Off

BP's (NYSE: BP) profits fell as it continues to struggle with the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. The incident and subsequent oil spill may cost the UK company as much as $20 ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/1/2012) Financials Lift DJIA for Q1, Bank of America Layoffs

BP’s (NYSE: BP) profits fell as it continues to struggle with the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. The incident and subsequent oil spill may cost the UK company as much as $20 billion ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top Dividend Stories of the Week

This was a huge week in dividends, particularly for the key DJIA components.  We had a report calling for more and more dividend hikes of about 8% from the DJIA ...
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Chevron Follows Conoco, Exxon on Production Declines (CVX, COP, XOM)

Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) is the last of the big three US integrated oil companies to report first quarter earnings, and the first to show a profit gain compared with ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (GD, ABB, HOG, COP, S, ALU, MO, PEP, TLAB, XOM, AET, BMY, BG, JBLU, LIZ, MJN, REGN, SWY, SWC, TASR, UPS, YNDX, NRGY, SPH, LEAP, AKAM)

Markets opened a few ticks lower this morning after a poor report on new claims for unemployment benefits in the US (our coverage here). The report that pending home sales ...
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Exxon Stumbles on Production, Higher Costs (XOM, CVX, COP, BP, TOT, CHK)

The world’s largest publicly held energy company, Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM), was not expected to post first quarter EPS that matched last year’s first quarter. The same was true ...
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