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The answer to whether Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) or Chevron (NYSE: CVX) is a better buy is relative. Exxon was clearly the better buy for investors before the Q3 results were released, but now that

Oilfield services stocks like Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) and Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB) are pulling back following their Q3 earnings reports, but this is not the time to sell. These stocks are

Shares of Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) gapped down hard on October 23 after saying it would buy fellow S&P 500 component Hess Corp. (NYSE: HES) in an all-stock deal valued at $53 billion.

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If the Nasdaq-100 is driving toward 20,000, there will be at least a minor detour along the way.

Since riding a five-month winning streak as high as 15,932 this summer, the tech-heavy index has

Oil Flares Up Amid Middle East Crisis 

Tensions between Israel and Gaza are proving to be another catalyst for surging oil prices. With Brent crude futures closing back in on the $90 per barrel

The oil and gas machinery and equipment industry has been rising up the ranks this year in terms of aggregate price. 

While two very small stocks, Geospace Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: GEOS) and

Income investors aren't known for their risk-on attitude or speculative natures, but that doesn't mean there aren't speculations in the income-investment universe. A simple speculation is on

The market has been swept by a sea of red month-do-date (MTD), with the overall market, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) down over 3% MTD. Apart from one sector, most sectors and industries have

Bond yields are rising, which could make fixed-income attractive, but many investors prefer to hold dividend-paying equities as they have higher growth potential. 

Those higher bond yields mean

The energy sector has rotated back into leadership, with big S&P 500 components such as Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM), Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) and Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB) trading to the

A combination of factors, including the supply/demand imbalance, OPEC+ production cuts, and the oil charts, suggest this is a golden time to buy oil and oil stocks. Regarding the oil price

Enterprise software stocks have been beaten up badly over the last year. Fears of slowing growth, high valuations, and looming recession have all played a part. The takeaway is that these stocks

Oil prices (NYSEARCA: USO) are on the rise and likely heading higher. The Saudis and Russia are working together with voluntary production cuts to keep the supply/demand balance tilted firmly in

You won’t be hearing any complaints about “windfall profits” after the latest earnings report from Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX). The company delivered a mixed earnings report with the headline

The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA: XLE) was trading higher for the fifth session in a row on July 24, extending that streak with a gap up at the open. 

However, some analysts are

There are no losers in the oil field super cycle, only winners, but winning is relative. While the signs are good that the spending in upstream, natural gas, and efficiency will continue, 1

As is often the case with equity markets, stocks that perform well one year lag the market the following year. That’s been the case with energy stocks, and in particular oil stocks, which are

The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLE) is setting up on a higher time frame for a potential breakout. YTD, the sector ETF is down almost 7%. However, as the uptrend remains intact and the

It’s sometimes said that markets can turn on a dime. That seemed to have happened with the energy sector, which was the huge 2022 winner, but the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA: XLE) is

Cactus (NYSE: WHD) expected the acquisition of Flexsteel to be accretive in the first year, and the execs were more than right. The Q1 results were good enough but came with solid guidance for Q2

The price-to-earnings ratio, or P/E ratio, is one of the most commonly used metrics in fundamental stock analysis. The division of share price by earnings per share (typically over the last 12

Equitrans Midstream Corp. (NYSE: ETRN) got some fuel from D.C. politicians, climbing 40% for the week as its Mountain Valley Pipeline project looks set for completion as part of the debt ceiling

The energy sector, as tracked by the Energy Select SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA: XLE) is a perfect demonstration of “worst to first” on a year-to-date basis, with a 2023 decline of 8.36%, following its

The words ‘Nasdaq’ and ‘dividend’ don’t typically go hand in hand. 

It makes sense. The tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 consists largely of cyclical companies that prefer to reinvest profits in growth

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B) is continuing to shop in the Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: OXY) aisle, adding 3.46 million shares to his position. The new purchases