Big Oil’s Big Paradox: Record Profits, Low Stock Valuations

Big Oil has never been more profitable, but it has hardly ever been a smaller part of the stock market. That’s enough to make industry executives feel unappreciated. “We’re grossly undervalued,” says ...

Indian tycoon Adani hit by more losses, calls for probe

Shares in troubled Adani Enterprises gyrated Friday, tumbling 30% and then rebounding after more than a week of heavy losses that have cost it tens of billions of dollars in market value. The company,...

The 12 Best Income Investments for 2023, According to Barron’s

While it might not be a feast now for income-oriented investors, it’s a lot better than the famine that prevailed for much of the past decade. Yields on a range of bond and bond-related investments ro...

The Best Income Investing Ideas for 2023

While it might not be a feast now for income-oriented investors, it’s a lot better than the famine that prevailed for much of the past decade. Yields on a range of bond and bond-related investments ro...

BlackRock Sees Opportunities in Energy and Healthcare Stocks in 2023

Navigating markets in 2023 demands a new investment playbook, one that favors the healthcare and energy sectors along with short-term government bonds and investment-grade credit, according to BlackRo...

Exxon and Oil Giants to Post Stunning Earnings

A warning from President Biden could dampen the party atmosphere for Big Oil’s expected third-quarter earnings bonanza. Biden, who is worried about high gasoline prices, said last week that oil compan...

Buy BP and Exxon Stock. They Have a Surprisingly Green Future.

Just two years ago, the world’s giant oil producers seemed to be going the way of the typewriter industry. No one wanted oil—the price of a barrel fell below zero early in the pandemic. Exxon Mobil st...

I’m very bullish on Disney

Walt Disney Co: “I’m very, very bullish. Bought some stock last week for the Investing Club.” Rio Tinto PLC: “I do think that the minerals may have bottomed here. I do think it...

5 Energy Companies That Could Lift Shareholder Payouts

Text size Shell has a dividend yield is 3.6% today and could raise it, says Cowen analyst Jason Gabelman. John Thys/AFP via Getty Images Several big energy companies could announce larger returns to s...

What Stocks May Do Well As The Fed Tightens

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Getty Images He wasn’t kidding. Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, said Friday that the Fed’s Open Mark...

Natural Gas Prices Are Soaring on Russian Supply Cuts. The West Is Holding Firm.

Russia has cut European Union–bound natural-gas exports to 20% of last year’s level. Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg Text size Stymied for the moment on Ukraine’s battlefield, Vladimir Putin is escalating h...

‘The pain will go on’

Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, Founder, Co-Chairman & Co-CIO, at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on May 24th, 2022. Adam Galica | CNBC Billionaire investor Ray Dalio is right to have bet against...

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...

How Big Oil sells off polluting assets in a bid to look green

An oil flare burns at Repsol’s oil refining complex in Cartagena, Spain. Repsol was one of the top sellers of assets between 2017 and 2021 in EDF’s analysis. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ...

One of the World’s Dirtiest Oil Patches Is Pumping More Than Ever

TORONTO—Major oil companies, under pressure from investors and environmentalists, are fleeing Canada’s oil sands, the fourth-largest oil reserve in the world and by some measures one of the most envir...