Companies at the cutting edge of artificial intelligence aren’t known for being big dividend payers, but if you look throughout leaders in the field you can find some cutting dividend...
Since 1926, dividends have contributed approximately 32% of the total return for the S&P 500, while capital appreciations have contributed 68%. Therefore, sustainable dividend income and capital...
Tipping culture has gotten out of control, to be sure. There’s nothing wrong with tossing some extra money to signal outstanding service now and again, but recently, it seems like we are all...
In 2010, US refineries took delivery of about 5.4 billion barrels of crude oil. Of that total, more than 50%, 2.8 billion barrels, arrived at the refineries by pipeline. The US petroleum pipeline...
Just as WTI crude trades at a discount to Brent crude, so too does crude for Canada’s oil sands (called Western Canada Select) trade at discount to WTI. The WTI-Brent spread is about $22 a barrel...
The development of the Canadian oil sands is expected to increase the amount of crude oil produced at the Alberta oil sands from its current level of about 1.6 million barrels/day to as high as 8...
Just before Congress left town for the holiday, it passed and President Obama signed a bill to extend payroll tax cuts for two months. The bill included a provision demanding that the President rule...
TC Energy Corporation TRP, a Canada-based energy infrastructure operator, announced that its proposed Ontario Pumped Storage Project (OPSP) is moving to its final evaluation stage. This exciting...
Today in Cushing, Oklahoma, President Obama said that his administration would get moving right now on the southern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from Cushing to the Gulf Coast:We’re making...
The Canadian government is reported to have offered financial support to the Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline project. Imperial Oil, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM),...
In a presentation yesterday to investors, Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) CEO Bill Klesse said that stagnant demand for refined products in the US would be replaced by foreign demand for gasoline and...
Investors love dividend stocks because they provide dependable income and give investors a great opportunity for solid total return. Total return includes interest, capital gains, dividends, and...
Four major oil and gas companies have reached an agreement on the route of an 800-mile natural gas pipeline to transport gas from Alaska’s North Slope to a port on the state’s southern coast....