Natural-gas prices have tumbled this year because of warm weather and high levels of gas in storage in Europe and elsewhere. U.S. prices are down 45% to $2.46 per million British thermal units. The dr...
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Natural Gas Prices Are Coming Down. What to Expect for Energy Stocks.
The good news is that energy prices are coming down for households. The bad news is that energy stocks are feeling the pain. The best-performing sector in the stock market last year is finding itself ...
Oil Companies Lift Their Dividends as Cash Rolls In
It was a busy week for dividend increases at energy companies, a bonus for investors who have scored as the stocks have taken off this year. The sector is prospering as Russia’s war against Ukraine ha...
8 Stocks That Look Like Good Buys as Natural-Gas Prices Get Pumped Up
Elias Stein Text size Two commodities that power the world are taking divergent paths, and it could have a big impact on consumers in the coming months. Crude oil is down some 25% from its highs, but ...
Coterra Energy Call Aims For 6.7% Return
Crude oil is trading at a six-month low, down 28% from highs above $120 per barrel in March to $88 today for a barrel of the West Texas Intermediate variety. Despite the big drop, oil is still up 42% ...
Forbes Dividend Investor Adding Coterra Energy, Dropping Tyson And GSK
Two important inflation readings last week came in lower than expected and propelled stocks higher on hopes that monthly data showing a deceleration of price increases will temper the fervor of the Fe...
Shale Drillers Warn of Higher Costs as They Report Record Profits
Shale companies are reporting banner profits but are warning that inflation in the oil patch is leading them to increase their spending. Oil prices hovering around $110 a barrel in the second quarter ...
Diamondback Stock Jumps. Its Dividend Increase Is ‘Hard to Ignore.’
Diamondback Energy stock gained after announcing a dividend increase. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Text size Diamondback Energy surged on Tuesday after the oil explorer said it would increase its base d...
Wall Street’s Favorite Oil Stocks for 2022—Including an Obscure One
Text size Bing Guan/Bloomberg Several analysts and strategists expect energy stocks to outperform the broader market in 2022, as they did in 2021. Energy tends to do well in inflationary environments,...
Exxon, Diamondback, and Coterra Stock Could Continue to Rally
U.S. energy stocks outperformed every other sector in the market in 2021 and 2022. That sets up a key test this year of the industry’s staying power. Not since 2010 has energy outperformed the broader...