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After falling short of Wall Street earnings estimates for the first and second quarters, Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:FANG) got back on track in Q3 — in a big way.

The oil and gas producer

When was the last time you saw a VIX below 13.0%? Most seasoned investors would tell you that this could be considered a once-in-a-cycle unicorn moment, and while the bears are focusing on reasons

If you take a close look at the Cloudflare Inc. (NYSE: NET) chart, you’ll notice the stock has come within striking distance of clearing a cup-shaped base with a buy point above $76.07.

After

It’s yet to be seen whether Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) are involved in the latest bounce in Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) shares, but it doesn’t matter. The Q3 results

Publicly traded companies utilize debt for many reasons. They can use it to fuel growth, pay dividends, or buy back shares, but like any financial entity, enough is enough. When interest rates

Results from ServiceNow (NASDAQ: NOW) bode well for cloud services stocks. The company posted results that sparked a round of surprisingly bullish chatter from analysts that points to continued

Once one of the best-performing sectors in the economy, on a three-year basis, energy stocks are now beginning to show some signs of weakness due to structural cracks. On a year-to-date basis

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

It should not be new information that, when the underlying business cycle turns for the better - or worse - certain groups of stocks tend to anticipate the turn and make their moves, large ones at

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

One reason August can be volatile is that trading volume is down. Although news items may stir up activity, there's a difference between activity and productive action that really moves markets.