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We keep getting asked a single question from readers and from our own industry and professional contacts: Are Oil Stocks Cheap? There is a very simple answer in today’s markets: Oil stocks look...
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If the US has an energy policy — a big if — that policy turns on two factors. One, reducing energy imports; and two, reducing environmentally harmful emissions. How the US will reach those goals...
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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...
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In 2007, the U.S. Congress established mandates for the amount of cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels to be used in the nation’s transportation fuel supply. Cellulosic ethanol and fuels based on...
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It’s no secret the oil refining margins have been dropping like a rock for the past few quarters. When pump prices began to approach a US-wide average of about $4/gallon, US drivers started...
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Yesterday came more news in the solar sector regarding a loan guarantee for another giant solar project. NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) announced this week that its 290-megawatt Agua Caliente solar...
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Source: 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...
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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 high, there...
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Tuesday is going to be full of major earnings reports, two of which are DJIA components. These are not the only major earnings, but ten we will be watching closely are as follows: Amazon.com Inc....
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This past weekend’s startling developments in Libya hit the crude oil markets almost instantly. Brent crude in Europe fell to around $105/barrel at one point, while WTI crude has gained about half...
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As you will see below, there were many key changes to short sales in oil stocks. Some of these would have been expected to have gone up because oil was so weak. But there were many...
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Today’s alternative energy watch looks at a new effort to increase domestic use of ethanol and a report from the UK on the efficiency of wind generation.A bill called the “Biofuels Market...
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The month-long slide in crude oil prices has chopped the share price of many of the biggest names in the oil patch. Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) is about -4% in the past month, Chevron Corp. (NYSE:...
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These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls.Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Cut to...
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Stock Tickers: BP, VLO, MRO, BHI, RIG, XOM, CVX, COP, SLB, HAL, OIH The short interest for MAY 2007 is out and the oil and energy patch names is fairly mixed. The Oil Service HOLDRs (OIH)...
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