Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Spent Billions on Chevron. This Might Be Why.

Text size Photograph by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images There is a cottage industry on Wall Street predicting what would Warren would buy. That, of course, refers to Berkshire Hathawa y (ticker: BRK.B) C...

Warren Buffett Says Markets Have Become a ‘Gambling Parlor’

OMAHA, Neb.—As recently as February, Warren Buffett lamented he wasn’t finding much out there that was worth buying.  That is no longer the case. After a yearslong deal drought, Mr. Buffett’s Berkshir...

Berkshire Hathaway First Quarter Operating Profits Edged Higher as Buybacks Slowed

Berkshire Hathaway made a big bet on other stocks in the first quarter, and energy was a favorite. Warren Buffett’s company bought $51.1 billion worth of equities in the quarter, according to the comp...

Europe Inches Closer to a Ban on Russian Oil. Here’s What That Would Mean.

Europe will continue debating a ban on imports of Russian oil over the weekend. While such a deal is far from certain, the New York Times reported Friday that the European Union could approve a phased...

Is There A More Climate-Friendly Way To Fertilize Crops? The Answer May Be Blowin’ In The Wind

Crops like corn need nitrogen fertilizer, but it may be now be increasingly logical to harness wind … [+] or solar energy to make it dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Plants are naturally “s...

CEO of Top Natural Gas Producer Sees ‘Tremendous’ Moment for U.S. Energy

On Thursday, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry put natural gas companies on the clock, telling them to clean up their acts in the next six to 10 years or be replaced. On Friday, the head of the largest ga...

Netflix is the S&P 500’s worst performer this week — here are the next 14

Investors remained sour for a second consecutive session on Friday as they continued to digest comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell about the prospect for rapidly rising interest rates...

Kerry Praises Europe As ‘The Lead On The Planet’ For The Energy Transition

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – NOVEMBER 04: Secretary John Kerry, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy on Climate, … [+] launches the First Movers Coalition, the green initiative announced at COP26 by Pre...

Here’s Why Mariupol Is Such A Prized Target For Russia

Topline Mariupol, the heavily besieged southeastern Ukrainian port city with a pre-war population of about 400,000 that largely has been reduced to rubble since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine...

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...

Inflation is raging, but these 16 companies have pricing power

Decades of deflationary forces that helped feed booming prices for U.S. stocks are over, at least for now. But some companies are countering the trend, by a combination of holding down expenses and ra...

ESG Certifications For Natural Gas Create Strange Bedfellows

Group production wellheads and conduit with valves. Oil and gas industry. getty The process of certifying U.S. natural gas production for ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) purposes gained hei...

The stock market is behaving a lot like it did during the Iraq war. Here’s the future if the pattern continues.

History doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme. The Iraq war of 2003 doesn’t have many parallels to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, other than perhaps global unpopularity. But there seems to be at least one ...

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Takes 11% Stake in HP

Text size Warren Buffett Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc. Berkshire Hathaway has accumulated an 11.4% stake worth $4.2 billion in HP Inc. , the maker of personal computers and printers, ...

U.S. Imports, Exports Jump 20% To Shatter 2021 Records

The price of a barrel of oil is a major factor in record overall export and imports thus far in … [+] 2022. AFP via Getty Images U.S. trade is up more than 20% over the 2021 record pace, accordi...

3 Energy Companies That Should Buy Back Stock: Analyst

Text size High oil prices have left producers awash in cash. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Oil-and-gas companies are pumping out billions of dollars in cash because of high commodity prices. Many of them...

As Oil Briefly Dips Below $100, Russia and Europe Play a Game of Chicken

U.S. oil prices briefly dipped below $100 barrel Friday, as President Joe Biden’s plan to release one million barrels a day of reserves began to have the desired effect. But it’s premature to start th...

These 3 Energy Companies Should Buy Back Stock, Analyst Says

Text size High oil prices have left producers awash in cash. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Oil-and-gas companies are pumping out billions of dollars in cash because of high commodity prices. Many of them...

Warren Buffett Has Amassed Over 90% of His Wealth Since He Turned 65

Text size Warren Buffett Drew Angerer/Getty Images Who says you can’t get really rich when you’re old? One of the Warren Buffett’s remarkable achievements is that he has generated over 90% of his weal...

Occidental Petroleum CEO Vicki Hollub Buys Stock After Warren Buffett Did

Text size Vicki Hollub, CEO of Occidental Petroleum. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Occidental Petroleum has had quite a year, and CEO Vicki Hollub just bought shares of the energy explorer on the open mar...

Why The Ukraine War Won’t Crimp Green Investing

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink (Photo by Mat Szwajkos/Getty Images) Getty Images BlackRock leader Larry Fink has sounded a call to corporate America to commit itself to net zero—that is, eradicating its car...

Biden’s Commitment For US LNG To Supply Europe Faces Strong Headwinds

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen listens as President Joe Biden speaks about the … [+] Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the U.S. Mission in Brussels, Friday, March 25, 2022, in ...

The West Can’t Decide Who Rules Russia But It Can Choose Where To Buy Its Oil, Gas, And Uranium

A tanker moored in a gas and oil dock at the Port of Constanta in Constanta, Romania, on Tuesday, … [+] March 22, 2022. Ukrainian ports have been shut since Russia’s invasion leading deman...

Signs Start to Emerge That High Energy Prices Are Sapping Demand

Text size Vehicles heading east out of Los Angeles. Vehicle miles traveled in California are starting to flatten out as gasoline prices remain high. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images Oil prices h...

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 ...

Opinion: What would it take for U.S. oil companies to ramp up production? A lot.

Even with oil prices above $100 a barrel and gas prices averaging over $4 a gallon at the pump, frackers show little interest in ramping up output. Companies including Devon Energy DVN, +1.56%, EOG Re...

Texas Survey Shows Why Oil Producers Aren’t Drilling More

Text size The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas surveyed 141 oil and gas firms in the 11th Fed District, which includes Texas and parts of New Mexico and Louisiana. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Oil and gas...

Examining Germany’s Post-Russia Path For Energy Sources

Emily Pickrell, UH Energy Scholar BERNAU, GERMANY – MAY 31: Wind turbines producing electricity spin on May 31, 2021 near Bernau, … [+] Germany. While the number of new installed turbines ...

Opinion: Ukraine war is a wake-up call to ditch oil and gas forever

That invasion, and the subsequent U.S. ban on oil imports from Russia, are partly responsible, but they aren’t the only reason. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the impact of t...

Russian War Pushes Germany To Broaden Its Energy Security Definition

Emily Pickrell, UH Energy Scholar BERLIN, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 09: (EDITORS NOTE: Image was created using a variable planed lens.) The … [+] natural-gas fuelled Heizkraftwerk Berlin-Mitte po...

Unless OPEC increases output, oil market will fall into deficit after Russian invasion, IEA says

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and sanctions on its oil exports threaten a supply shock that will weigh on the global economy and push the oil market into a deficit unless major producers increase outpu...

Berkshire Hathaway Stock Sets a Record. Buffett Can Thank Occidental, Not Apple.

Text size Shares of Berkshire Hathaway, led by Warren Buffett, hit an all-time high. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc The Sage of Omaha just can’t keep his hands off Occidental Petroleum ...