We have tracked the key short interest changes in the following oil and gas leaders: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI), BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK); Chevron Corp. (NYSE:…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning following a better-than-expected PMI reading from China (more coverage here) that was mostly untempered by lower-than-expected PMI readings from Europe (more coverage…
We have tracked the key short interest changes in the following oil and gas leaders: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI), BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK), Chevron Corp. (NYSE:…
Short interest in the oil services companies has risen, while one of the two refiners on our list -- Phillips 66 -- posted a substantial drop in short interest. As crude prices…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday. Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) cut to Market Perform at Leerink Swann. Alcoa…
The end of summer stock market run-up pushed the S&P 500 index above 1,400, a 12% gain year-to-date. But are businesses better off in 2012 than in 2011? To find out, 24/7…
With the exception of Chesapeake, which is seen as primarily a natural gas company with lots of problems, the oil and gas firms are not heavily shorted. Nobody really thinks the price…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released their most recent U.S.-listed equity holdings showing that there have been some significant changes in the positions of the Berkshire…
The three major US stock indexes opened mixed this morning following a wealth of data on the Chinese economy. The short version is that the economy is slowing so much and inflation…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe stock market is up slightly Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.08%, the Nasdaq up 0.30% and the S&P 500 up 0.30%. Thursday’s winner includes an…
National Oilwell Varco Inc. (NYSE: NOV) reported second-quarter adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.46 and $4.7 billion in revenue this morning. Adjusted EPS rose 26% from $1.14 in the same period…
Paul Ausick Two of the world’s largest oil field services firms reported earnings this morning: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) and Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB). Both handily beat earnings per share (EPS) and revenue…
Oil and gas driller Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE: NBR) warned this morning that the company expects second-quarter operating results to miss consensus estimate, mainly as a result of higher costs: The shortfall…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Monday. Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) Cut to Sector Perform at RBC. Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD)…
A number of things have happened to Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) since the disclosure that its CEO, Aubrey McClendon, took tens of millions of dollars of loans to invest side-by-side with his…
