The energy sector was suffering a broad selloff Monday, as worries that the recent bank failures will trigger an economic slowdown which saps demand for crude oil. The Energy Select Sector SPDR exchan...
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Buys More Occidental Stock. How Much It Owns Now.
Berkshire Hathaway bought almost 6 million shares of Occidental Petroleum in recent days, bringing its stake in the big energy company to 200.2 million shares worth $12.2 billion, according to a filin...
Buffett’s Berkshire Buys More Occidental Stock. How Much It Owns Now.
Berkshire Hathaway bought almost 6 million shares of Occidental Petroleum in recent days, bringing its stake in the big energy company to 200.2 million shares worth $12.2 billion, according to a filin...
ConocoPhillips stock edges up as profit and production rose, but came up shy of expectations
Shares of ConocoPhillips COP, -4.76% edged up 0.3% in premarket trading, after the energy exploration and production company reported fourth-quarter profit and production that rose, as realized prices...
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...
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...
Brazil’s Election Is Almost Here. Get Ready to Buy Petrobras Stock.
Chocolate and peanut butter go together; falling oil prices and Brazilian political uncertainty most certainly do not. Yet Petrobras stock may still be worth buying. Yes, that sounds like a terrible i...
Opinion: 4 reasons you should buy energy stocks right now if you are a long-term investor
This has been a painful year for stock market investors, as nothing seems to be working. There is an exception: Energy. It’s the best-performing sector and might still be a bargain for those who can b...
Inflation Hit the Stock Market. These Stocks Could Benefit From Rising Prices.
Text size *** ONE-TIME USE *** John Deere tractors Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Inflation doesn’t want to go away—and the stock market is reeling. Some stocks, though, could benefit if inflation remai...
Here are 5 reasons why energy stocks look like a buy despite rising 74% in a year
Stocks in the S&P 500’s energy sector still have plenty of upside despite their 74% surge in the past 12 months, according to Jeff Buchbinder, chief equity strategist at LPL Financial. The strong ...
The Stock Market Couldn’t Handle the Uncertainty. It Better Learn How.
Text size It’s a market with big drops but big rips, as well, one that forces investors to accept low returns from index funds or try to take a more tactical approach. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Call it ...
Oil Prices Have Been Falling. Why It’s Time to Buy Oil Stocks.
Text size Energy stock profits rose nearly 300% during the second quarter, nearly 10 times faster than the next sector, industrials. Oliver Bunic/Bloomberg It has been a boom-and-bust year for oil sto...
Oil prices are down, but energy companies’ earnings estimates keep rising — these stocks are cheap
Oil prices have fallen from a peak earlier this year. But energy companies’ earnings estimates have kept rising on stronger demand and low capital spending. Below is a screen of large-cap oil stocks a...
Occidental Petroleum stock surges after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway boosts stake by $390 million
Shares of Occidental Petroleum Corp. OXY, +3.95% rallied 3.6% in afternoon trading Tuesday, enough to pace the S&P 500’s SPX, -0.42% energy sector gainers, after the oil and natural gas comp...
3 High Yield Energy Stocks With Attractive Growth Tailwinds
Energy stocks are among the stock market’s best performers this year. Year to date, the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) is up 27% not including dividends, far outperforming the broader S&...
Opinion: Energy stocks have a sustainable future: it’s in their dividends
One of the few numbers growing faster than energy stock dividends is the size of crowds convinced they are not sustainable. I’ve never witnessed a consensus opinion as negative on an entire sector as ...
Fed Finally Is Focusing on the Big Picture in Inflation Fight
Text size A modest decline in gasoline prices has raised some hope that inflation is abating. Gene J. Puskar/AP/Shutterstock “Don’t fight the Fed” has long been the mantra of investors. As the U.S. ce...
Energy Stocks Are Cheap. Just Ask Warren Buffett.
Energy stocks are on sale, after a sharp selloff since oil and natural-gas prices peaked in early June. Oil is down 18% from its high, to $102 a barrel, while gas has fallen by a third, to about $6 pe...
Opinion: It’s time to buy the selloff in energy stocks, starting with these 4 names
It’s never really a bear market until all the stragglers get taken out and shot. So it was just a matter of time before energy stocks, the big winners for much of the first half of this year, got nail...
Opinion: Sell Exxon Mobil and other energy stocks before these headwinds hit prices once again
Energy stocks have been the star investment this year. Now it’s time to sell them and electrify your portfolio before investors once again focus on the industry’s long-term headwinds. There are a hos...
Oil and gas stocks suffer broad, sharp selloff as crude futures drop
The S&P 500’s energy sector was suffering a unanimous selloff, as crude oil CL00, -6.61% and natural gas futures NG00, -1.32% slumped amid growing demand concerns and as the Biden administra...
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...
Has Crude Oil Made an Interim High?
Everyone is watching the price of crude oil. Everyone is sensitive to the latest price at the pump. Housewives, truckers, CEOs and even me. Everyone. This issue is a global phenomenon and if crude oil...
The Fed Turns Aggressive as Inflation Meets Signs of an Economic Slowdown
Text size At the news conference following the rate hike, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell admitted that the policy-setting committee was taken aback by news of rising prices and weaker-than-expected retail...
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...
Oil stocks enjoy broad rally as crude prices jump, with Exxon Mobil at an 8-year high and Chevron at a record
The energy sector is on track to enjoy a unanimous rally Tuesday, as the European Union’s ban on Russian oil has sent crude oil futures surging. The SPDR Energy Select Sector ETF XLE, +1.00% ral...
Stocks Could Return About 10% in 2023—But First, They’re Going to Fall
For U.S. investors, 2023 could seem like two years wrapped in one, with the stock market first falling in anticipation of a recession, only to rebound as the outlook improves toward 2024. The one cons...