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The Ten Best S&P Stocks of October (SPY, JNPR, NBR, FFIV, DNR, HAR, JOYG, NOV, VLO, GT, EP)

Posted: November 1, 2011 at 10:52 am

The month of October was a solid month for stocks, one of the best months of our lifetimes.  We have two groups today and the first is the stocks which ...
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Big Oil Rules! Strong Earnings, Takeover Chatter, Dividends, Asset Sales (XOM, OXY, VLO, CVX, BP)

Posted: October 27, 2011 at 10:37 am

Crude oil prices have jumped more than $3/barrel this morning on the expectation that the European agreement on sovereign debt will put some life back into the global economy. That ...
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Lower Oil Inventories & Refining Capacity Drive Home (VLO, OIH, USO)

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 10:43 am

The Department of Energy is out with its weekly oil data and the data is showing a larger draw-down that what API had signaled yesterday.  Crude oil inventories fell by ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARMH, CFN, COP, EIX, GIS, GS, PDLI, SAP, SFD, S, SYK, TEF, TI, TSN, VLO)

Posted: October 11, 2011 at 8:14 am

These are some of this Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARMH) Raised to Buy at Citigroup. ...
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Drop in Copper and Corn Prices May Be Overrated (FCX, SCCO, BHP, RIO, MON, ADM, BG, POT, MOS, VLO, PEIX, JJC, CU, CORN, MOO, DBA)

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 10:45 am

Since the beginning of September, copper and corn prices have fallen dramatically, with copper off nearly -35% from its 12 month high and corn off about -25%. Because both are ...
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24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Calls of the Week (AMD, AMZN, AAPL, CHTR, CMA, GXP, GMCR, NFLX, RVBD, TEVA, UTX, VLO)

Posted: October 2, 2011 at 7:45 am

This last week was a bad end to a bad quarter and the research calls were very mixed.  We went through the numerous upgrades and downgrades to identify which calls ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMD, AMZN, BX, CAH, CLS, DRQ, ITMN, JBL, KKR, OKS, VLO)

Posted: September 29, 2011 at 8:22 am

These are some of this Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Cut to Underperform ...
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US Energy Review Puts Focus on Electric Vehicles (HMC, TM, GM, F, NSANF, ADM, VLO, CLNE)

Posted: September 28, 2011 at 9:51 am

If the US has an energy policy -- a big if -- that policy turns on two factors. One, reducing energy imports; and two, reducing environmentally harmful emissions. How the ...
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Are Diesel Exports Keeping US Gas Prices High? (VLO, MPC)

Posted: September 26, 2011 at 12:08 pm

In the week ended September 16th, the US exported more refined products than it imported. Year-over-year, the US is now exporting 714,000 barrels/day more refined products than it is importing. ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AGU, CLH, COP, DNDN, FDX, IPI, KBR, MDR, N, NIHD, ORCL, MOS, SFSF, TXN, VLO, VIP, ZION)

Posted: September 12, 2011 at 8:05 am

These are some of this Monday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls. Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) Raised to Neutral at Goldman ...
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Identifying Value In Refining Stocks (MPC, VLO, MUR, HFC, SUN, TSO, WNR, MRO)

Posted: September 8, 2011 at 11:29 am

The refining business has been in the news a lot recently for two things. One, it's making money again. Two, integrated oil companies are shedding refining assets at a rapid ...
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Can Sunoco Shed its Refineries? (SUN, MRO, MPC, COP, VLO, RDS-A, MUR)

Posted: September 6, 2011 at 11:44 am

Beginning in the early 1990s, integrated oil companies and some independents began stripping away their midstream assets like interstate pipeline and gathering systems to focus more on the money-making parts ...
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Valero Grabs Another Refinery (VLO, MUR, CVX, HFC)

Posted: September 2, 2011 at 9:56 am

Crude oil refining doesn't get much respect. The business is cyclical to the point of fickleness and it is often a drag on the profits of integrated oil & gas ...
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Libyan Events Could Finally Lower Pump Prices (XOM, BP, CVX, COP, VLO, TSO, MPC, WNR)

Posted: August 22, 2011 at 8:37 am

This past weekend's startling developments in Libya hit the crude oil markets almost instantly. Brent crude in Europe fell to around $105/barrel at one point, while WTI crude has gained ...
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No Ethanol Subsidy, No Problem (BG, RDS-A, CZZ, ADM, VLO, PEIX, GPRE, PBR, FUE)

Posted: August 19, 2011 at 12:01 pm

What will happen to ethanol makers when the US subsidy ends in December, as appears increasingly likely? Bunge Ltd. (NYSE: BG) apparently believes that demand  will continue strong, at least ...
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