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Short Sellers Pile Into Energy Stocks

Posted: August 12, 2019 at 7:40 am

Crude oil traded around $53.85 a barrel early Monday, down about $2.85 in the past two weeks. Over the past month, the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for ...
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Oil Massively Underperforms the S&P 500: Buy These 4 High-Yielding Giants

Posted: August 6, 2019 at 7:35 am

Even though the benchmark pricing for crude oil has remained at levels that allow most companies to make money, the industry as a whole has been eviscerated compared with the ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AMD, Altria, Apple, BP, EA, Enphase, FireEye, Gilead, Mastercard, P&G, 2U and More

Posted: July 31, 2019 at 9:03 am

Stocks saw profit-taking on Tuesday, but the major indexes were up on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve's expected interest rate cut in the afternoon. Earnings season is proving to ...
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BP Profits From Rising Crude Oil Prices, Flat Production

Posted: July 30, 2019 at 8:40 am

BP PLC (NYSE: BP) reported second-quarter 2019 results before markets opened Tuesday. The oil and gas supermajor posted adjusted diluted earnings per American depositary share (ADS) of $0.83 on sales ...
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Short Sellers May Be Moving Out of Energy Stocks

Posted: July 25, 2019 at 9:15 am

Crude oil traded around $56.70 a barrel early Thursday. Over the past month, the price of benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude for immediate delivery has dipped by about $2.50 a ...
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Short Sellers Hold Their Ground on Energy Stocks

Posted: July 11, 2019 at 8:25 am

Crude oil traded around $61 a barrel early Thursday. Over the past month, the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for immediate delivery has recovered about $10 a barrel, ...
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8 Large-Cap and Mega-Cap Stocks Scoring Major Analyst Upgrades

Posted: July 10, 2019 at 12:05 pm

The markets may have come off their highs of the day after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested that it may be appropriate to begin lowering interest rates, but investors ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Acacia, Baidu, BioMarin, Boeing, BP, CSX, Deere, HCA, PepsiCo, Redfin, S&P, Trimble, Visa, Zillow and More

Posted: July 10, 2019 at 8:50 am

Stocks were indicated to open slightly lower on Wednesday after Tuesday's equity trading recovered handily off the lows. All eyes will be on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's words on ...
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Short Sellers Lining Up Behind Higher Oil Prices

Posted: June 26, 2019 at 8:05 am

Crude oil traded at around $59 a barrel early Wednesday. Over the past month, the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for immediate delivery has recovered about $8 a ...
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Short Sellers Don’t Believe Low Crude Prices Will Last

Posted: June 12, 2019 at 8:35 am

Crude oil traded at around $52 a barrel early Wednesday. Over the past month, the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for July delivery has dropped from a high ...
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Short Sellers Double Their Positions in One Energy Stock

Posted: May 28, 2019 at 8:15 am

Crude oil traded at around $59 a barrel early Tuesday. Over the past month, the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for July delivery has dropped from around $64 ...
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Oil Producers Have Finally Found a Way to Appear Environmentally Friendly — and It Doesn’t Cost Them a Thing

Posted: May 24, 2019 at 11:24 am

At its annual general meeting in Aberdeen, Scotland, this week, just over 99% of BP PLC (NYSE: BP) shareholders approved a binding resolution proposed by investor group Climate Action 100+ ...
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Why Short Sellers Jumped on 2 Energy Stocks

Posted: May 10, 2019 at 8:10 am

Crude oil traded at around $61.98 a barrel early Friday. Over the past month, the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude has dipped from about $64 to around $62 ...
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Why Chevron Let Anadarko Get Away

Posted: May 9, 2019 at 1:10 pm

In an announcement that should have surprised no one, Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) said Thursday it would not counter a proposal from Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: OXY) to acquire Anadarko ...
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$9 Billion Pipeline Merger All in the Family

Posted: May 8, 2019 at 8:20 am

Two mid-size energy master limited partnerships (MLPs) announced a definitive merger agreement Wednesday morning. MPLX L.P. (NYSE: MPLX) will acquire Andeavor Logistics L.P. (NYSE: ANDX) in an all-equity transaction valued ...
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