Gasoline prices are punishing drivers at the pump while a handful of companies are posting the most profitable quarters in their histories, and the structural reason this keeps happening has nothing to…
Refinery stocks like Marathon Petroleum and Valero have delivered gains that crush the S&P 500 this year, and crude oil prices have almost nothing to do with it. One obscure industry metric…
Gasoline prices swung wildly this spring, and the volatility punished some investors while quietly setting up others for outsized gains. Five energy stocks sit at the intersection of refining margins, crude production,…
Veteran energy analyst Paul Sankey, president of Sankey Research, said in a July 9, 2026, CNBC interview that he believes crude oil is no longer the biggest constraint on the energy system. Instead, the…
Investors holding Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) own a slice of the cheapest, largest cap-weighted index fund on the market, and it has been doing its job. VOO is up 10.25% year-to-date…
Crude oil has fallen sharply from its spring highs, yet many drivers are still paying far more at the pump than they were expecting. In a recent CNBC segment, Helima Croft, Head…
Joel Greenblatt's Magic Formula ranks stocks on earnings yield and return on capital, but for retirees those two numbers can point straight toward disaster. Three stocks cleared the screen, and only one…
Many investors and drivers breathed a sigh of relief after the 2024 election. President Trump campaigned hard on bringing down energy costs, and the first year of his second term saw gas…
The iShares U.S. Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (NYSEARCA:IEO) just paid a $0.55 distribution in March, the lightest quarterly payment since mid-2024. IEO holders are buying the aggregated dividend policies…
For the last two years, investors were trained to chase anything tied to artificial intelligence. Semiconductor stocks. Cloud stocks. Power-grid plays. If it touched a data center, Wall Street wanted in. Then…
Goldman Sachs is the acknowledged leader in the investment landscape on Wall Street and worldwide. The firm’s top-notch research department continues to provide institutional and high-net-worth clients with the best ideas across…
Marathon Petroleum (NYSE: MPC | MPC Price Prediction) and Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO) have both staged remarkable recoveries. Marathon is up 95.7% over the past year, and Valero has surged 127.8% over…
Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO | VLO Price Prediction) has been one of the energy sector’s standout performers and the Street’s consensus price target sits at just $214.22, but Raymond James is making a…
Joel South Reddit’s r/wallstreetbets has been building a bull case on Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO | VLO Price Prediction) since the company posted record refining throughput, hiked its dividend, and announced a full exit from…
David Beren Oil futures touched $100 per barrel this week as Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei vowed to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed, the waterway through which a fifth of the world’s…
