The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, BOEMRE, has notified 13 companies that they will be able to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico without needing to submit…
It’s already 2011 and we have our outlook pieces for the year for sectors and indexes. While most of our pieces are examining upside going into what is expected to be a…
Momentum is building for oil prices to breach the $100/barrel level again. The black stuff has gained nearly 9% in December, and a total of 15% for 2010. This is good news…
How big oil stocks perform in 2011 will be highly dependent on the price of crude oil. That’s not a particularly original thought, but it remains true nonetheless. The price of crude…
The Dogs of the Dow is an investment strategy which annually selects the ten highest dividend yields of all thirty Dow Jones Industrial Average components. Because we are going for the timeless…
The price for a barrel of crude has risen about 17% since the beginning of 2010, to near $92/barrel. Positive forecasts for global economic growth, combined with a weaker US dollar are…
There has been an amazing feat in 2010. All of the most recent companies which have been booted out of the Dow Jones Industrial Average have outperformed their replacement stocks and the…
Oil supermajor Chevron Corp. (NYSE:CVX) has announced that it will acquire Atlas Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:ATLS) for $3.2 billion in cash and will take on an additional $1.1 billion in existing debt owed…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 145 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Douglas A. McIntyre Oil and gas giant Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE:XOM) reported an earnings jump of55% this morning, solidly above expectations. For the company’s third quarter, diluted EPS came in at $1.44 compared with estimates…
This is the peak of earnings season and the flow of earnings is coming on strong. This week is jammed full of energy companies reporting earnings and it will be interesting to…
Earnings season is in full swing and is peaking this week in the frequency of market moving and sector moving companies reporting quarterly results. There are several DJIA components reporting earnings along…
Earnings season is in full swing and the peak will occur next week. We have several DJIA components reporting earnings along with several other companies which are equally as important to the…
Despite the rise of the stock market, many companies are continuing to repurchase their shares in the open market. Many investors prefer dividends over buybacks, but asking which is a better reward…
Reuters: Geithner says there is no risk of a global currency war. Reuters: Hedge fund investors favor the stock market Reuters: Oil moved above $82 as China crude imports grew. Reuters: Sony…
