These 10 stocks from a sector that is a bear-market bulwark have upside potential of up to 30%

During times of uncertainty, it can help to look at what happened during other down cycles for stocks. True, we don’t know when the stock market will hit bottom during this cycle, or if it already has...

Oil Tanker Is Stopped by U.S. in Transit From Russian Port to New Orleans

U.S. authorities have stopped a ship traveling from Russia to Louisiana with a cargo of fuel products, say people familiar with the matter. The Daytona tanker is owned by Greek shipowner TMS Tankers L...

Gas Prices Are Coming Down, With or Without Biden’s Tax Holiday

Text size Prices are displayed on a gas pump at a gas station in Washington, DC. Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images President Joe Biden’s latest effort to lower the price at the pump probably isn’t goi...

Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Scores on Billion-Dollar Natural-Gas Gambit

Football season is months away, but Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones already has notched a big win this year betting on natural gas. Mr. Jones took control of producer Comstock Resources four years ag...

U.S. Natural-Gas Exporter Completes First Deal With German Buyer

Venture Global LNG Inc. has struck the first binding deals by a U.S. natural-gas exporter to supply natural gas to a German company, as the European nation turns to America to help replace supplies fr...

Revlon Stock Soars on Report of Potential Acquisition Out of Bankruptcy

Text size Revlon filed for bankruptcy earlier this week. Getty Images Revlon stock soared more than 75% in premarket trading Friday after a report said Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries (RIL.Ind...

Gas prices are up roughly 40% from just a year ago. So you may want to try this method to get ‘basically free money’ for gas — but there’s a catch

Is a gas credit card right for you? Getty Images Amid high inflation, rising prices of crude oil and the war in Ukraine, gas prices have jumped from an average of about $2.88 per gallon a year ago, to...

Occidental, Hess, and 3 Other Oil Companies With Big Earnings Momentum

Marathon Petroleum’s refinery in Los Angeles. The oil company has benefited from the increase in demand for petroleum products like diesel fuel. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images Text size Some energy...

These 20 highly rated stocks are expected to rise at least 70% over the next year

A sliding stock market means many companies are on sale, which spells opportunity for investors with investment horizons of several years. A list of the most favored names among analysts, along with c...

Opinion: Why the United States is reluctant to become the Saudi Arabia of natural gas

OXFORD, England (Project Syndicate)—With images of Russian aggression and war crimes in Ukraine continuing to dominate the media in Europe and around the world, Germany has pledged to cut its imports ...

General Dynamics Stock: Why It’s Time to Buy

Text size General Dynamics M1 Abrams battle tanks. Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg Russia’s war in Ukraine shows no sign of ending, and the news of civilian deaths in places like Kramatorsk, Bucha, and Irpi...

Defense Stocks Rose With the Ukraine War. Then a Tight Proposed Budget Set Them Back.

Elias Stein Text size Defense stocks took a surprising blow after a proposed defense budget was released last week. The Biden administration asked Congress for $773 billion to fund defense for fiscal ...

Tellurian Stock Is Upgraded Amid Rising Demand for Liquefied Natural Gas

Text size A natural gas processing plant. Dreamstime Shares of Tellurian were surging Friday after the stock was upgraded by Credit Suisse analysts, who cited optimism over the natural-gas producer’s ...

Biden says latest Strategic Petroleum Reserve release could cut gas prices 10 to 35 cents per gallon — but some experts worry about long-term costs

President Joe Biden announced Thursday the daily release of 1 million barrels of oil from the country’s reserves for the next six months as a way to bring down gas prices that have been breaking recor...

Phillips 66 and Other Underperforming Energy Stocks That Might Be Worth a Look

Text size Storage tanks at the Phillips 66 refinery in Rodeo, Calif. Refiners have not reaped the same benefits as oil producers in the past year. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Energy stocks have been ...

U.S.-Europe Deal on LNG Has a Few Holes. These Stocks Should Still Benefit.

Text size A cargo ship transporting liquefied natural gas. Dreamstime The U.S. and Europe have agreed to a deal in principle that would ensure a steady stream of U.S. liquefied natural gas is sent to ...

India’s Russian-Oil Buy: Red Flag or Red Herring?

Desperate times call for desperate measures. The adage may sum up India’s recent decision to buy discounted Russian oil. While it raised eyebrows in the West, the purchase at this time of soaring pric...

Amazon Loses Round One of Indian Retail Battle Royale

Amazon AMZN 0.15% is staring at an embarrassing defeat after fighting a drawn-out legal battle to block India’s most valuable firm, Reliance Industries, 500325 -0.50% from buying the country’s number ...

The U.S. Will Ban Imports of Russian Oil. What Exactly Does That Mean?

Oil prices spiked to their highest levels since 2008 on Tuesday after the U.S. announced it would ban imports of Russian oil. “Today I’m announcing the United States is targeting the main artery of Ru...

7 Stocks to Play the Rally in Natural Gas

Tankers bringing liquefied natural gas, or LNG, to the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Exports of U.S. LNG to Europe and elsewhere are expected to ramp later in the decade. Hollandse Hoogte/Shut...

These BDC Stocks Offer High Yields in a Low-Rate World

BDCs are a public play on private credit. They raise capital from investors and lend to small and midsize businesses. Illustration by Benedetto Cristofani Text size In a low interest-rate world, the p...

Why Does the U.S. Buy Russian Oil?

The fracking boom made America the world’s biggest oil producer a few years ago, but the U.S. still imports millions of barrels each day from other parts of the world, including Russia. Here is a look...

Europe Looks Beyond Russia for Natural Gas. These Companies May Benefit.

The European Union will look to cuts it dependence on Russian natural gas. Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg Text size It takes a brave investor to bet on the outcome of Vladimir Putin’s saber rattling around ...

Oil is the hottest sector, and Wall Street analysts see upside of up to 48% for favored stocks

Energy is the best-performing stock-market sector this year. Given today’s strong economic growth and inflation, many believe oil prices could remain at current levels for years or maybe even move hig...

U.S. Stock Futures Poised for Lower Open on Monday

Stocks are poised to open lower on Monday. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Text size Here’s what you need to know to navigate the markets today. • U.S. stocks are set to open Monday slightly down. On Sunday n...