From the heady heights of the summer of 2008, oil refiners have suffered from a downturn. Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE:VLO) and Tesoro Corp. (NYSE:TSO), which refine and market petroleum products exclusively, have…
It is hard to not notice the $1.70 gain in WTI NYMEX Crude to over $86.50 per barrel this morning. This is on the heels of new reports of economic recovery after…
The weekly supply data is out from the Department of Energy and the refining capacity data continues to be a standout from last week. The recent rise in oil prices may act…
If you have followed the oil patch, the news from the refining sector has been abominable. Overall, we have seen many weeks where the United States refining capacity was not even running…
The Energy Information Administration is out with its newest 2010 and 2011 predictions for both supply and demand for oil and energy products. This may throw water on T. Boone Pickens’ call…
The rise in the dollar and the most recent wave of added risks that are coming from Europe combined with the loan halts in China have brought havoc to the commodities markets. …
The Department of Energy has released some mixed data on weekly oil inventory data, and the take for refining is looking just as bad still or actually worse in February compared to…
The refining industry has been under pressure for some time. It seems that rising prices were not a shoe-in for windfall profits at all. A rapid drop in oil prices was also…
Toward the end of 2008 (and even sooner), ethanol may have seemed like a fad that came and went. Then came the dull year of 2009 that seemed as though it would…
The notion that an integrated oil giant is issuing an earnings warning with oil above $80.00 per barrel may seem ludicrous to most on the Street. Yet that is exactly what is…
These are this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Aqua America (NYSE: WTR) Cut to Neutral at Macquarie. Brinker International (NYSE: EAT) Cut to Neutral…
This week was the crest of 2009 third quarter earnings season. We still have a flood of reports next week and picking a mere top ten earnings to watch was very unfair…
These are this Friday morning’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street’s research calls: Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised to Outperform at FBR Capital (new target $130);…
We are starting to see some elevated options trading that appeared on the unusual volume screens. Many of these are pre-earnings trading and some are on other expectations. We have more detailed…
These are this Wednesday’s top early-bird analyst downgrades and cautious research calls out of Wall Street: Agco Corp. (AGCO) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan. Apartment Investment & Management Co. (AIV) Cut to…
