Berkshire Hathaway Holds 16.3% of Occidental Petroleum After Recent Buys

Text size Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Berkshire Hathaway purchased more than $500 million of Occidental Petroleum stock recently and now holds a ...

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...

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...

Exxon Stock Has Surged This Year. Why One Analyst Sees More Gains Ahead.

Text size Exxon stock is rising after getting upgraded at Credit Suisse. Dreamstime Exxon Mobil stock is jumping after Credit Suisse upgraded its shares from Neutral to Outperform on Tuesday.  Unlike ...

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...

Germany Steps Up Measures to Conserve Gas as Russia Slows Supply to Europe

BERLIN—Germany will restart coal-fired power plants and offer incentives for companies to curb natural gas consumption, marking a new step in the economic war between Europe and Russia. Berlin unveile...

Russia again cuts natural gas exports to European countries

Russia reduced natural gas to Europe again Friday, including cutting flows by half to Italy and Slovakia and completely to France, as countries have worked to ease their dependence on Russian supplies...

How Germany Took Over Russia’s Vast Gas-Trading Empire

After Moscow invaded Ukraine, the German government pledged to wean the country off Russian natural gas. This week, it said it would lend billions of euros to the German subsidiary of Russian gas gian...

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...

Some European Factories, Long Dependent on Cheap Russian Energy, Are Shutting Down

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Schlumberger, Shell, SunRun, and 3 Other Energy Stocks to Consider in a Hot Market

Two years ago, oil companies were global pariahs, banished not only from the high-minded peaks of Davos but also from lowly index funds. Energy’s weight in the S&P 500 fell below 2%, an astonishin...

Exxon May Be Making ‘More Than God.’ But Apple and Alphabet Are More Profitable.

Text size President Biden, who his hurting politically due to high inflation, took a swipe at industry leader Exxon Mobil on Friday. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Exxon Mobil may be making “more than God ...

6 Energy Stocks to Consider in a Hot Market

Two years ago, oil companies were global pariahs, banished not only from the high-minded peaks of Davos but also from lowly index funds. Energy’s weight in the S&P 500 fell below 2%, an astonishin...

The Revenge Of The Fossil Fuels

An Engraving of a Locomotive Engine ‘The Rocket’ built by George Stephenson circa 1830. (Photo by … [+] Fotosearch/Getty Images) Getty Images ExxonMobilXOM Corp. shares rallied to a ...

Oil-stock trade is ‘too obvious,’ says this fund manager, who expects a pullback in prices

(Updates original story with Tuttle’s purchase of additional shares of OXY in last paragraph.) Investors’ memories can be short. The same can be said for those of stock traders. Matthew Tuttle sees th...

Exxon Gets an Upgrade, but Analyst Takes ‘Chips Off Table’ for 2 Other Oil Stocks

Text size Gas prices are displayed on a pump at an Exxon gas station in Washington, DC, on May 24, 2022. Stefani Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images Energy stocks have emerged winners in this period of vo...

Chevron CEO Sees Russian Oil Output Falling After Exit of Western Firms

Russia is still finding a home for much of its oil despite expanding sanctions, but its production likely will diminish following the departure of western oil companies, Chevron Chief Executive Mike W...

If Oil Keeps Rising, These 5 Stocks Could Benefit

Text size The price of oil has been steadily rising, while making higher highs and higher lows. Xiaomin Wang/Dreamstime.com Oil could be headed for $150 a barrel. That might not be good for the econom...

Small-cap growth stocks are at their lowest P/E valuation in at least 24 years.

Growth stocks typically trade at premium prices. But in this market, rising interest rates have turned small-cap growth stocks into a bargain group. This may be a beautiful setup for long-term investo...

Relief at the Pump Could Come Soon. Thank Saudi Arabia.

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Text size Oil prices fell Thursday after the Financial Times reported that Saudi Arabia was ready to increase output as more sanctions on Russia threaten global oil supply...

Oil Prices on Rise Again as OPEC Considers Suspending Russia From Output Deal

Text size Oil prices have surged above $100 a barrel since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. David McNew/Getty Images Oil prices edged higher after briefly falling back on Tuesday following a report...

War surges Norway’s oil, gas profit. Now, it’s urged to help

Europe’s frantic search for alternatives to Russian energy has dramatically increased the demand — and price — for Norway’s oil and gas. As the money pours in, Europe’s second-biggest natural gas supp...

TotalEnergies, Equinor, and Other Oil Companies With Attractive Dividends

Equinor, TotalEnergies, and Repsol are up sharply this year—but their solid dividend outlooks make them worth hanging onto. Even Kleppa/Oyvind Gravas, Woldcam AS Text size Some of Europe’s lesser-know...

Here are 15 high-yield stocks expected to raise dividends the most through 2024

The stock market, shocked by the Federal Reserve’s policy changes to fight inflation, has been gored this year, with growth and technology companies bearing the brunt of the biggest declines. Dividend...

Devon and 3 Other Energy Stocks That Are Worth a Look Now

Text size Pioneer and Devon were early proponents of a popular new dividend strategy. Goce Risteski/Dreamstime.com Investors used to evaluate energy companies on how quickly they were growing their oi...

Devon and 3 Other Energy Stocks That Are Gushing Cash

Text size Pioneer and Devon were early proponents of a popular new dividend strategy. Goce Risteski/Dreamstime.com Investors used to evaluate energy companies on how quickly they were growing their oi...

Monkeypox cases are driving up stock prices for these companies

Growing concern about the emergence of monkeypox in Europe and the U.S. has sent shares of several vaccine and drug companies soaring. Though infections are rarely reported outside of Central and West...

Why Shale Drillers Are Pumping Out Dividends Instead of More Oil and Gas

Shale drillers have been hamstrung by pipeline constraints, rising prices for oil-field supplies and shortages of roughnecks and rigs. But there is another reason the highest oil and gas prices in yea...

HSBC Executive’s Incendiary Climate Comments

The HSBC building is seen at Canary Wharf March 1, 2004 in London, England. The London-based bank, … [+] which operates in 79 countries, gave an upbeat tone for the global economy, including its...

Oil Prices Flip-Flop | Barron’s

Text size The Inglewood Oil Field in Los Angeles helps feed surging demand for U.S. crude. Mario Tama/Getty Images There are more variables at play than ever before as analysts try to determine where ...

Here’s what just happened that triggers stock market drops 71% of the time, warns Credit Suisse

Wall Street’s in an unusually bullish mood Tuesday morning. Tim Holland, chief investment officer at Orion Advisor Solutions, argues the market has just notched two peaks. Last week, the Labor Departm...