4:43am ET
Energy
Trouble With OPEC Quotas
Yesterday’s report from Reuters that some OPEC member nations are cheating on their quota agreements is unique only in that the news agency has apparently got a document outlining what the cartel…
CVX Coverage Page 147
7:20pm ET
Investing
Cramer’s Energy Shortage Stock Picks for 2010 (APC, CHK, XOM, XTO, DVN, SWN, APA, CLR, RRC, LINE, CVX, MRO, WPRT, CLNE)
Jim Cramer came out on CNBC’s MAD MONEY this evening with an interesting grouping of stock trends to invest in for 2010 and he thinks this is the year of active investing. …
6:59am ET
Investing
DJIA 2010: Best Targets Imply 11,455 (BAC, CVX, CSCO, GE, HPQ, INTC, JPM, KFT, PFE, PG, TRV, WMT, XOM, AA, BA, DIA)
We have started taking a look at the 30 stocks comprising the Dow Jones Industrial Average to see which stocks had the most implied upside of all DJIA components. We have taken…
6:59am ET
Investing
Top 2010 Stock Picks from… Everyone (AAPL, GE, CMCSA, MRVL, BIDU, DRYS, POT, LVLT, C, CVX, HPQ, KBH)
2009 is over, for better or worse. Now it is time to look ahead. We wanted to look for the best top stock picks for 2010 from our partners and from key…
10:46am ET
Energy
Oil Prices May Spike Monday, Nigeria Pipeline Attacked (CVX)(RDA.A)
Nigerian rebels have probably attacked pipeline installations near facilities operating by Chevron (NYSE:CVX) and Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDA.A). This could cause the price of crude to rise at the end of the holiday. AP…
Douglas A. McIntyre 2:58pm ET
Investing
Risks in Exxon-XTO Merger? (XOM, XTO, CVX, BP, RDS-A, CHK)
It seems that the huge game-changing deal between Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) and XTO Energy Inc. (NYSE: XTO) may have more than just one risk associated with it. The acquisition, announced…
10:27am ET
Energy
Ida: The Hurricaneless Hurricane (OIH, USO, OIL, MUR, MRO, RDS, CVX, XOM)
Oil and gas companies have closed or winding down many US Gulf operations ahead of a very late in the year Hurricane Ida. The weekend reports had this one dissipating then the…
5:31am ET
Investing
The Twenty Companies That Wall St. Can Trust The Least
Wall St. likes financial statements that give it deep insights into a company’s operations, especially its liabilities. It likes boards that make sure shareholders get as complete a picture as possible of…
7:20am ET
Energy
4 More DJIA Stocks To Report Earnings (VZ, XOM, PG, CVX)
Last week marked what was the crest of third quarter earnings season for 2009, yet there is still a flood of earnings reports coming out this next week. We have four more…
5:06pm ET
Investing
The 100 Hardest Working Brands In The World
There are a number of ways to rank brand values. One of the most important is the level at which a brand contributes to the market value of a public company. 24/7…
3:54am ET
Media
Media Digest (10/9/2009) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Chinese investors are holding a large amount of gold. Reuters: Bernanke sees tighter policies as the economy improves. Reuters: The Congressional Oversight Panel says that the US plan to help homeowners…
12:36pm ET
Energy
ConocoPhillips Gets More Shareholder-Friendly (COP, XOM, CVX)
ConocoPhillipsConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) is trying to further adopt shareholder-friendly strategies with a higher payout and lower expenses. With as much as this stock has lagged some peers until recently, that should be…
12:00pm ET
Energy
Conoco Issues Cautious Update, While Exxon CEO Calls for More Taxes (COP, CVX, XOM)
Oil major ConocoPhillips Corp. (NYSE:COP) released its third quarter 2009 interim update this morning, and while the news was not altogether positive, the company’s share price is up nearly 2.5% in early…
4:08am ET
Media
Media Digest 10/1/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Ken Lewis will step down as CEO of Bank of America (BAC) Reuters: Cisco (CSCO) bought Tandbeg for $3 billion. Reuters: The IMF raised forecasts for US GDP but warned on…
1:07pm ET
Energy
Another Increase in Crude Inventories (CVX, XOM, OIL, USO, CIT)
The US Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration has released its weekly status report on crude oil inventories, and once again they are higher, this time by 2.8 million barrels. Gasoline inventories…