BANGKOK (AP) — Shares fell Monday in Asia after Wall Street benchmarks closed out their worst week since early December. U.S. futures edged higher while oil prices fell. Reports on inflation, the jobs...
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For Nvidia Stock, It’s Game On!
These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the views or rec...
Gas Prices Are Rising. Refiner Stocks Are Riding the Wave—for Now.
Gasoline prices have risen 41 cents a gallon in the past month to an average national price of $3.51. Summer driving could be pricier than many expect, though it’s unlikely to be as bad as last year, ...
Wells Fargo, Disney, and 10 Other Stocks Value Investors Are Watching
Text size Eaton Vance’s Adam Dunn expects cost cutting at Disney and a more balanced approach to growth and profitability at Disney+ under newly reinstalled CEO Bob Iger. Getty Images Sometimes, being...
Why Utilities and Energy Are the Stock Market Sectors to Play Right Now
If 2022’s stock market could be described as brutal, 2023’s might best be described as befuddling. Thankfully, there is a portfolio for that. What’s so befuddling? It’s not just that there is uncertai...
Exxon Mobil Stock Should Shine, Even in a Recession
These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the views or rec...
Here are potential impacts of China’s reopening on markets, Goldman Sachs says
China, the world’s second-largest economy behind the U.S., is set to reopen in just a few days and one major Wall Street firm has boiled down the likely impact on financial markets. In a note released...
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 ...
BP and Shell Are a Buy in 2023. Why They’re Cheaper Than U.S. Oil Giants.
It was a great year for oil companies such as Exxon Chevron Shell and BP But the giants of European energy are still trading at significantly lower valuations than their American counterparts, which m...
This Giant Oil ETF Is Seeing Phenomenal Returns. Why It’s Far Outpacing the Price of Oil.
Shares of the United States Oil Fund surged last week, capping a phenomenal run in recent weeks that far outpaced meager gains in the price of oil. USO (ticker: USO), which holds over $2 billion in as...
20 big oil companies expected to be cash gushers in 2023 despite uncertainty
The energy sector of the S&P 500 has been the year’s best performer, yet oil stocks still appear to be inexpensive when compared with those in other industries. If you are interested in investing ...
Financial markets are flashing a warning that a recession is imminent: here’s what it means for stocks
Across markets, familiar trading patterns for stocks, bonds and commodities that have held for months are starting to unravel as financial markets grapple with expectations that the U.S. economy will ...
Energy stocks look ‘especially vulnerable’ to crude-oil selloff
Something appears wrong with the chart comparing energy stocks with crude-oil prices, as what used to be a near-100% correlation has flipped to negative since oil prices peaked earlier this year. Bria...
Oil futures fall 10% for week as China’s COVID worries darken demand picture
Oil futures logged their second straight weekly declines, pressured as a resurgence of COVID-19 worries clouded the energy demand picture, and broader markets kept eyes on a hawkish Federal Reserve. U...
Oil Prices Could Jump in December. Energy Stocks Should Get a Jolt.
Oil prices have had a quiet November, holding steady around $90 per barrel. There’s a good chance the calm won’t last. A new set of sanctions from Europe will ratchet up the pressure against Russia an...
This oil company is America’s hottest stock. Why won’t its CEO pump more oil?
Vicki Hollub’s Occidental Petroleum controls the biggest piece of the most important area for oil production in the United States. Not so long ago, an oilman in a position like that—and it would’ve be...
Opinion: Oil companies can’t just ‘drill baby drill’ at will. Here’s what it really takes to ramp up energy production.
As energy prices rage, President Biden and Republicans have urged companies to increase drilling to lower oil and gasoline prices from 14-year highs. But it’s not that simple. Even after permits are a...
Oil ends higher; natural gas prices post a weekly loss of more than 20%
Oil futures ended higher on Friday, while natural-gas futures extended their losses into a sixth-consecutive session to end the week with a loss of more than 20%. Price action West Texas Intermediate ...
Higher Heating Bills Poised to Hit U.S. Households This Winter
High fuel prices have been a big driver of inflation, pumping up the cost of summer travel and air conditioning, and federal energy forecasters say that staying warm this winter will be more expensive...
Oil Prices Set for Biggest Weekly Increase Since March Following OPEC Cut
Oil prices on Friday were on track for their biggest weekly increase since March, as OPEC’s planned production cut heightened tension with the U.S. government over energy supplies heading into winter....
Oil Prices Hold Steady. U.S. Said to Be Looking at Relaxing Venezuela Sanctions.
Oil prices on Thursday largely held to gains from the previous session despite a report from The Wall Street Journal that the U.S. government could relax sanctions on Venezuela to allow new supply ont...
OPEC Just Put a New Floor on Oil Prices. Politics Could Break It.
Text size Top oil producers agreed on a major cut in production to boost crude prices, a move denounced by the U.S. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images OPEC’s latest controversial decision to cut p...
Europe bans Russian diesel, other oil products over Ukraine war
FRANKFURT, Germany — Europe imposed a ban Sunday on Russian diesel fuel and other refined oil products, slashing energy dependency on Moscow and seeking to further crimp the Kremlin’s fossil fuel earn...