Investors holding Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) own a slice of the cheapest, largest cap-weighted index fund on the market, and it has been doing its job. VOO is up 10.25% year-to-date…
Crude oil has fallen sharply from its spring highs, yet many drivers are still paying far more at the pump than they were expecting. In a recent CNBC segment, Helima Croft, Head…
Joel Greenblatt's Magic Formula ranks stocks on earnings yield and return on capital, but for retirees those two numbers can point straight toward disaster. Three stocks cleared the screen, and only one…
Many investors and drivers breathed a sigh of relief after the 2024 election. President Trump campaigned hard on bringing down energy costs, and the first year of his second term saw gas…
The iShares U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (NYSEARCA:IEO) just paid a $0.55 distribution in March, the lightest quarterly payment since mid-2024. IEO holders are buying the aggregated dividend policies…
For the last two years, investors were trained to chase anything tied to artificial intelligence. Semiconductor stocks. Cloud stocks. Power-grid plays. If it touched a data center, Wall Street wanted in. Then…
Goldman Sachs is the acknowledged leader in the investment landscape on Wall Street and worldwide. The firm’s top-notch research department continues to provide institutional and high-net-worth clients with the best ideas across…
Marathon Petroleum (NYSE: MPC | MPC Price Prediction) and Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO) have both staged remarkable recoveries. Marathon is up 95.7% over the past year, and Valero has surged 127.8% over…
Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO | VLO Price Prediction) has been one of the energy sector’s standout performers and the Street’s consensus price target sits at just $214.22, but Raymond James is making a…
Joel South Reddit’s r/wallstreetbets has been building a bull case on Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO | VLO Price Prediction) since the company posted record refining throughput, hiked its dividend, and announced a full exit from…
David Beren Oil futures touched $100 per barrel this week as Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei vowed to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed, the waterway through which a fifth of the world’s…
Institutional money is moving into U.S. refiners with conviction, and the earnings data backs it up. Marathon Petroleum (NYSE: MPC | MPC Price Prediction), Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX), and Valero Energy (NYSE:…
Three energy-adjacent stocks tell three very different stories in 2026 so far. Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO | VLO Price Prediction) and Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKR) have been on an absolute tear, while First Solar…
The death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28, 2026 has fundamentally altered the risk calculus across global energy markets. With the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20%…
When crude prices surge on geopolitical shock, refiners do not all respond equally. The death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28, 2026, per NPR reporting, sent immediate shockwaves…
