ThinkstockInvestors love dividends, and this component of investing plays a very important part of the total return through time. Buying stocks that combine solid and growing dividends with a potential for capital…
Typically, large Wall St. firms suggest a broad asset allocation portfolio for their clients. Within the portfolio, they use a designated weighting for each stock that makes the cut. For the individual…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning as they awaited results from the Italian elections. Early exit polls had the center-left party of Pier Luigi Bersani in the lead, but as returns…
Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Abaxis Inc. (NASDAQ: ABAX) cut to Underperform from Neutral. Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI)…
ThinkstockThe results are in from the Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS) 2013 Energy Summit, and investors who were interviewed and surveyed by the Swiss bank remain bullish on the energy sector for…
ThinkstockIt is becoming increasingly apparent that Wall St. is keeping a sharp eye on companies in the oil service sector. As we reported earlier this week Deutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) upgraded…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Monday. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reiterated Buy with $800 target and raised estimates at…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Thursday. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) started as Sell at Citigroup. Allergan Inc.…
The government of Iraq has barred Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) from bidding on lease contracts in central and southern Iraq, following the company’s deal with India’s Reliance Industries last week in which…
Oil field services company Weatherford International Ltd. (NYSE: WFT) has won a contract worth $843 million to build six crude oil production facilities at Iraq’s Zubair field in the south of the…
Often, the media discusses the issue of high CEO pay, but what about high pay for members of the board? More than a dozen public company boards had directors whose compensation averaged…
Fitch Ratings is out with a statistical review of operational metrics at a number of oil & gas companies. The review notes a handful of emerging trends: Finding, development, and acquisition (FD&A)…
The government of Iraq will prohibit Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) from participating in the May auction of new leases because the US company last year signed six leases for exploration in…
At the end of December, Brent crude spot prices were around $107/barrel and WTI spot prices were around $99/barrel. Since then, Brent has risen to right around $121/barrel today and WTI is…
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) has just raised its dividend to be a bit more competitive against Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) with a 2.2% yield and against Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX)…
