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Sell In May And Go Away? A 2012 Primer (BAC, JPM, GE, AA, CAT, MSFT, INTC, AAPL, XOM, CVX, DD)

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 7:08 am

It is that time of year again.  It is time to ponder the theory of pricing in a summer slowdown, whether it actually happens or not.  In short, is time ...
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Media Digest (4/26/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 6:41 am

Markets are lifted by Fed comments that the economy is recovering and that it will keep rates low. (Reuters) Chrysler posts its best earnings since being partially taken over by ...
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Chevron Already One-Ups Exxon On Dividend Hike Game (XOM, CVX)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 4:22 pm

When we saw that Exxon Mobil Corporation announced a 21% hike to its dividend this morning, we figured it would still be a ways out before Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) ...
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Exxon Mobil Joins Dividend Hikes… Upside In High Oil Prices (XOM, CVX)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 1:53 pm

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) is confirming exactly what an earlier report predicted earlier this week.  Dow Jones had a report that the DJIA components would raise their dividends again ...
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Dividend Hikes To Continue in 2012 (T, XOM, GE, PFE, CVX, JNJ, MSFT, PG, CSCO, JPM, WMT, KO, MMM)

Posted: April 23, 2012 at 12:05 pm

Dividends have continued to rise.  Better yet, they are expected to keep rising for the rest of the year.  A study from Dow Jones Indexes showed a rise of almost ...
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Earth Day Tainted By Billions In Alternative Energy Losses (FAN, QLCN, TAN, KWT, PWND, PBW, FSLR, SPWR, WFR, XOM, CVX, BP, CREE, TSLA)

Posted: April 20, 2012 at 12:58 pm

Earth Day is April 22, 2012, which is this Sunday.  Many Americans and many people elsewhere will be thinking about how they can be more green.  Sadly, there are going ...
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Exxon Banned from Iraqi Energy Auction (XOM, RDS-A, CVX, OXY, TOT, BP, E)

Posted: April 19, 2012 at 7:34 am

The government of Iraq will prohibit Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) from participating in the May auction of new leases because the US company last year signed six leases for ...
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Exxon’s Deal with Russia Worth $500 Billion (XOM, BP, RDS-A, STO)

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 12:56 pm

Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) and Russia’s state-controlled oil company Rosneft have revealed some details of a recent deal the two signed which could result in a total investment of ...
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Exxon Mobil To Grow Deal With Rosneft–Reuters

Posted: April 16, 2012 at 6:57 am

Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), America's largest oil company, and Rosneft, the Russian state owned oil company, are set to announced an alliance. Rosneft will have access to some of Exxon's projects near ...
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Lower EIA Oil & Energy Demand Projection Tempers Expectations (XOM, BHI, OIH, VLO, CHK, BTU, KOL)

Posted: April 10, 2012 at 3:10 pm

Oil demand is being revised lower in a new forecast by the Energy Information Administration.  The reality is that the demand erosion is modest at a mere 70,000 barrels per ...
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Apple Reaches $600 Billion in Market Cap (AAPL, MSFT, XOM)

Posted: April 10, 2012 at 10:24 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) did something more important than just hitting a new 52-week high today.  It did something more important than hitting an all-time high today.  For a brief ...
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Alaska Natural Gas Deal Reached (XOM, BP, COP)

Posted: March 30, 2012 at 2:35 pm

Last week, we noted how a deal was in the works that could bring about a start to natural gas production from Alaska’s North Slope. Leases in the Ft. Thompson ...
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Apple Overly Dominates S&P 500 Performance, Still Lags Some Index Titans (SPY, AAPL, MSFT, XOM, SHLD, BAC, NFLX)

Posted: March 30, 2012 at 9:06 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has one more bit of evidence that it is acting as if it was its own stock index.  Its exceptional share performance is worth a substantial ...
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Obama Speech Attacks Oil & Gas Subsidies (XOM, VLO, CHK, FSLR, USO)

Posted: March 29, 2012 at 11:34 am

In a "we versus them" speech today, President Obama again called for the end of subsidies for oil and gas companies.  His speech talked about the global opportunities that the ...
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What’s Important Today (3/29/2012) PetroChina Tops Oil Production, Goldman Board Meets

Posted: March 29, 2012 at 6:34 am

Europe moved closer to raising the value of all of its bailout funds to a total of $1.3 trillion. Many economists believe that sum will calm the global capital markets. Worry ...
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