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Energy
Crude Oil Inventories at Record Highs
ThinkstockIf you think that the price of crude oil and the price of oil in general is too high or too low right now, you might want to consider what is happening…
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Energy
Value Investors Have Many Stocks to Buy in the Energy Sector
ThinkstockLast year was a good year for oil and gas stocks, but unless a company had a refining and marketing operation, it was not a great year. Share prices rose by at…
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Energy
Ethanol Production Up, Corn Crop Still in Question
ThinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released its annual report on U.S. ethanol production capacity for 2013. The 193 U.S. ethanol plants have a total capacity of 903,000 barrels a day,…
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Investing
Top Wall Street Analyst Downgrades: Annaly, MBIA, MercadoLibre, Valero and More
These are the top analyst downgrades and cautious research notes from Wall Street for Friday May 3, 2013.
8:10am ET
Energy
Raymond James Lists Top Energy Stocks and MLPs to Buy
ThinkstockThe United States may be on the verge of becoming a net exporter of energy products. Ultimately along with the rebirth of the housing sector, this could be the engine of growth…
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Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — Tuesday: Markets Mixed at Open, Closes Slightly Higher
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning as investors weighed conflicting data from the U.S., Europe, and Asia. In Europe, retail sales declined more than expected in Germany, Italy’s unemployment rate remained…
8:30am ET
Energy
Valero, Marathon Earnings Continue to Impress
ThinkstockOil refiners Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: MPC) and Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. Marathon posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.17 on…
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Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — Monday: Markets Open Higher, S&P Closes on New High
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after the U.S. Department of Commerce reported that personal income and spending both rose by 0.2%, which was slightly higher than expected for spending and…
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Energy
Oppenheimer Calls Sell-Off in Refiners a Buying Opportunity (HFC, HEP, MPC, PSX, COP, TSO, VLO)
ThinkstockAfter Leading the S&P 500 and the energy sector for the past two years, and into the first quarter of this year, the U.S. refining sector hit a rough patch in March.…
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Investing
Eight Stocks Poised for First-Quarter Earnings Surprises (HD, SNDK, COV, VLO, VTR, IP, KMB, SRCL)
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsEarnings season is upon us once again, and we will get to see if the highly paid analysts are actually doing their job or if they are just…
11:45am ET
Investing
Bank of America Likes Seven Mega-Caps as Market Pullback Risks Rise
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsThe research team at Bank of America Corp.’s (NYSE: BAC) Merrill Lynch is out looking for the market strength to continue. Keep in mind that this is not…
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Energy
Ethanol Supply, Demand Dwindles, but Price Remains High
ThinkstockU.S. drivers are using less gasoline than they were five years ago, due primarily to improved mileage ratings on new cars and fewer miles driven. Contributing to the lower demand for gasoline…
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Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 13, 2013: Markets Hold On for Small Gains (BA, ORCL, WAG, YUM, EPB, DOLE, COOL, PPHM, EXPR, BFAM, MW, VRA, LODE, SOL, SPPI, VLO, EBAY)
U.S. equity markets opened slightly lower this morning following on some poor data on eurozone industrial production, which fell more than expected. Non-farm payrolls fell more than expected in France and the…
8:50am ET
Investing
UBS Stock Picks for the Next Stage of the Bull Market (CBS, TSO, NBL, VLO, APC, PKI, UPS, JDSU)
Typically in the investing world, if everybody expects an event, the opposite happens. In March of 2009 after a brutal sell-off had knocked the S&P 500 down almost 60% from its 2007…
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Investing
Eight Companies That Will Benefit from Keystone Pipeline Approval (TRP, CNQ, COP, DE, XOM, LYB, PWR, VLO)
ThinkstockThe long running saga that is the construction of TransCanada Corp. (NYSE: TRP) Keystone XL pipeline may be coming to an end. Designed to transport oil from the Athabasca oil sands in Canada…