Oil closed out 2025 at $57.26 a barrel. Today, it is trading above $90. That kind of move in crude flows directly into the earnings of every upstream producer, refiner, and pipeline…
Warren Buffett stepped down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway on December 31, 2025, after six decades leading the conglomerate he transformed from a struggling textile mill into a $1 trillion empire. The…
Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:MPC | MPC Price Prediction) has been a standout energy sector performer, with shares up nearly 25% over the past month and nearly 48% year to date. The stock is…
Geopolitical hope is doing what central banks could not quite manage this month: lifting every major U.S. equity index simultaneously. The S&P 500 opened 1.07% higher Wednesday morning, with the Dow, Nasdaq,…
WTI crude oil has surged from $55.44 in mid-December 2025 to nearly $93 in mid-March 2026, a recovery that has driven energy equities sharply higher. Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLE) is…
The ongoing global turmoil and end of the earnings season have brought the market to a mixed trajectory. Investors are concerned about the global disruptions and their impact on stocks, while the…
The Iran war has caused an oil shock that’s adding more pressure to the broad markets. With the Nasdaq Composite already in a correction, and the S&P 500 down just a hair…
The S&P 500 fell to 6,557.94, down 0.73% as of mid-morning Friday, with all three major indexes on pace for a fourth consecutive losing week as surging oil prices and Middle East…
Live Updates Goldman Sachs Sees Risks Rising – and Bonds May Not Help8:05am ETAccording to Goldman Sachs, the market pullback could get worse. “While geopolitical shocks and their market impact are difficult…
Hess Midstream (NYSE:HESM | HESM Price Prediction) just wrapped up a multiyear infrastructure buildout, and CEO Jonathan Stein is telling investors the hard work is done. Now comes the payoff. The most…
Hess Midstream LP (NYSE:HESM | HESM Price Prediction), the fee-based, growth-oriented midstream energy company, announced a $60 million equity repurchase on March 3, 2026, the latest move in a capital return program that…
WTI crude is trading around $78 per barrel, up sharply from roughly $63 in early February. The catalyst is geopolitical: Chevron executives warned the Trump administration about potential disruptions around the Strait…
With WTI crude sitting at $71.13 per barrel as of early March, oil remains roughly $29 short of the $100 threshold that would dramatically reshape energy sector cash flows. But the geopolitical…
Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:SCHD) costs $6 a year on a $10,000 investment, holds 100 dividend stocks, and currently yields 3.39%. With the Fed funds rate sitting at 3.75% and most…
Both the iShares Core High Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:HDV) and the State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:SPYD) are popular names, with billions in capital flowing to them. We are…
