3:55pm ET
ETF
XLE Is 91% Oil and Gas. Investors Buying “Energy” May Own Less Than They Think
The ticker says energy, but the fund's holdings tell a much narrower story than most investors expect before they buy in.
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10:41am ET
Investing
Exxon’s 11 Million-Gallon Refinery Goes Dark. How High Can Midwest Gas Prices Go?
Gasoline and diesel prices were already moving higher before a floodwater-overwhelmed pump forced Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM | XOM Price Prediction) to keep its Joliet, Ill., refinery offline. This is critical because fuel…
10:35am ET
Investing
Chevron vs. Exxon: Which Dividend Survives the Downturn
Both oil giants raised their dividends again this year and carry decades-long growth streaks, but when crude craters, only one of them has the balance sheet to keep writing that check without…
4:00pm ET
ETF
Even With $262,000 in VYM, You Wouldn’t Get a $500 Check Every Month
Retirees chasing a simple $500 monthly check from VYM run straight into a gap between how yields are calculated and how cash actually lands in your account, and the math gets uncomfortable…
12:43pm ET
Investing
Exxon Nears Venezuelan Oil Deal, After Trump Says U.S. Secured 65 Billion Barrel Agreement With Country
Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM | XOM Price Prediction) is moving toward a return to a country it walked away from nearly two decades ago. The Wall Street Journal reported on September 16, 2026…
9:36am ET
Investing
Senate Majority Leader John Thune Floats a Diesel Export Ban as Prices Hit $6.31 a Gallon. Trump Team Not Convinced It Would Work
US retail diesel prices hit a record this week, and Washington is openly debating a tool it has never used before: an export ban on a refined petroleum product. The reported national…
1:30pm ET
Investing
Chevron Doesn’t Need Oil to Hit New Highs. Here’s What Could Drive the Stock Instead
Chevron just posted its strongest downstream quarter in years while quietly signing a power deal with Microsoft that management calls a repeatable model independent of oil prices. The question is whether Wall…
7:50am ET
Investing
How Much Do You Really Need Invested in Dividend Stocks to Replace a $25,000 Income?
The math behind living off dividends exposes a brutal tradeoff: every percentage point of extra yield you chase to shrink your required capital brings a hidden cost that most income investors never…
6:15pm ET
ETF
Forget VYM: HDV’s 3.42% Yield and 8-Point Year-to-Date Lead Deserve a Hard Look
VYM has been a default income core for a decade, but a competing BlackRock fund is quietly pulling ahead on both yield and total return in 2026, and the reason comes down…
7:47am ET
Investing
How Much Dividend Income Can You Buy With $250,000?
A $250,000 rollover sounds like a clean starting point until you realize yield alone is not the whole story, and only one name on this roster actually clears the current Treasury rate.…
11:09am ET
Investing
‘I Am the House Now,’ Bessent Warns — But Bond Traders Keep Raising Yields Anyway
Scott Bessent declared himself the house and promised bond traders they were playing a losing hand against Washington. The bond market has been calling that bluff ever since, and the pressure is…
10:55am ET
Investing
Oil Just Blew Past $100 a Barrel and These 5 Energy Stocks Are in the Line of Fire.
With Brent crude punching back above $100 on US military strikes against Iranian tankers, five energy stocks suddenly face very different fortunes depending on where they sit in the supply chain.
3:08pm ET
Investing
ExxonMobil Is Up 40% in 2026: Can Rising Oil Prices and Strong Earnings Boost XOM Stock to $200?
ExxonMobil has already handed investors a stunning year-to-date gain, but whether the rally reaches $200 a share depends almost entirely on forces beyond the company's control. Here is what needs to go…
8:30am ET
Investing
Chevron Stock Is Near a Record High. Here’s Why the Rally May Not Be Over
Chevron has surged more than 42% this year and is brushing against a 52-week high, but the real question is whether the fundamentals driving that run can hold at these prices or…
9:36am ET
Investing
Exxon’s Dividend Looks Safe Today—But What If Oil Prices Tumble?
Exxon just raised its dividend even as crude briefly cratered below $58 a barrel, and the company says free cash flow could double by 2030. Whether that math holds if oil tumbles…
Chris Lange