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Chevron stock made it to Barron's top 2024 picks: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20240108180407_chevron-stock-made-it-to-barrons-top-2024-picks.jpg
Chevron stock made it to Barron's top 2024 picks

Barron's helped thousands beat the market by roughly 6.5% with their top stock picks for 2023. Could history repeat itself? If you are at the desk wondering which stocks deserve to get a taste of

Buffett keeps buying Occidental Petroleum, should you?: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20231227091215_chart-oxy-12272023ver001.png
Buffett keeps buying Occidental Petroleum, should you?

The price action in Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) has been range-bound for the last two years and may not break out of the range soon. However, the stock retreated to the low end of the range

MarketBeat ‘Stock of the Week’: Viper winds up as oil prices sink: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20231218074655_marketbeat-stock-of-the-week-viper-winds-up-as-oil.png
MarketBeat ‘Stock of the Week’: Viper winds up as oil prices sink

Despite a weakened commodity price environment, Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: VNOM) is showing some real bite.

Shares of the Midland, Texas oil & gas company closed at $30.54 on Friday, up 25% from

MarketBeat ‘Stock of the Week’: Viper winds up as oil prices sink: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20231218074655_marketbeat-stock-of-the-week-viper-winds-up-as-oil.png
MarketBeat ‘Stock of the Week’: Viper winds up as oil prices sink

Despite a weakened commodity price environment, Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: VNOM) is showing some real bite.

Shares of the Midland, Texas oil & gas company closed at $30.54 on Friday, up 25% from

Don't hesitate to trade Hess well below Chevron's buyout price: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20231211134207_dont-hesitate-to-trade-hess-well-below-chevrons-bu.jpg
Don't hesitate to trade Hess well below Chevron's buyout price

The iconic Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) toy truck isn’t the only thing on sale this holiday shopping season.

Shares of the U.S. oil and gas producer fell nearly 5% to $134.50 last week even as the

Don't hesitate to trade Hess well below Chevron's buyout price: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20231211134207_dont-hesitate-to-trade-hess-well-below-chevrons-bu.jpg
Don't hesitate to trade Hess well below Chevron's buyout price

The iconic Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) toy truck isn’t the only thing on sale this holiday shopping season.

Shares of the U.S. oil and gas producer fell nearly 5% to $134.50 last week even as the

Diamondback Energy: 7x earnings is an energy diamond in the rough: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20231207074102_diamondback-energy-7x-earnings-is-an-energy-diamon.jpg
Diamondback Energy: 7x earnings is an energy diamond in the rough

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

Diamondback Energy: 7x earnings is an energy diamond in the rough: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20231207074102_diamondback-energy-7x-earnings-is-an-energy-diamon.jpg
Diamondback Energy: 7x earnings is an energy diamond in the rough

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

Give up the OPEC fight with these 3 stocks, Buffett-certified: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20231127082656_give-up-the-opec-fight-with-these-3-stocks-buffett.jpg
Give up the OPEC fight with these 3 stocks, Buffett-certified

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

Occidental Petroleum: Another bounce from the buy zone: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20231108093901_chart-oxy-1182023ver001.png
Occidental Petroleum: Another bounce from the buy zone

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

2 sectors reducing debt and paying shareholders: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20231106142156_chart-xle-1162023ver001.png
2 sectors reducing debt and paying shareholders

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

2 sectors reducing debt and paying shareholders: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20231106142156_chart-xle-1162023ver001.png
2 sectors reducing debt and paying shareholders

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

Oil swings have led analysts to recommend these 2 stocks: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20231031060212_oil-swings-have-led-analysts-to-recommend-these-2.jpg
Oil swings have led analysts to recommend these 2 stocks

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

Exxon Mobil or Chevron? Which is the better buy?: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20231030090543_chart-xom-cvx-10302023ver001.png
Exxon Mobil or Chevron? Which is the better buy?

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

Exxon Mobil or Chevron? Which is the better buy?: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20231030090543_chart-xom-cvx-10302023ver001.png
Exxon Mobil or Chevron? Which is the better buy?

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

Price Weakness in Oilfield Services is a Slick Time to Buy More: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20231025083543_chart-oih-10252023ver001.png
Price Weakness in Oilfield Services is a Slick Time to Buy More

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

Chevron Bolsters Portfolio, Snapping Up Hess in $53 Billion Deal: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20231023160511_chevron-bolsters-portfolio-snapping-up-hess-in-53.jpg
Chevron Bolsters Portfolio, Snapping Up Hess in $53 Billion Deal

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.

Under

Chevron Bolsters Portfolio, Snapping Up Hess in $53 Billion Deal: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20231023160511_chevron-bolsters-portfolio-snapping-up-hess-in-53.jpg
Chevron Bolsters Portfolio, Snapping Up Hess in $53 Billion Deal

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.

Under

3 Nasdaq-100 Stocks Trading Less Than 10x 2024 Earnings: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20231019075131_3-nasdaq-100-stocks-trading-less-than-10x-2024-ear.jpg
3 Nasdaq-100 Stocks Trading Less Than 10x 2024 Earnings

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

3 Nasdaq-100 Stocks Trading Less Than 10x 2024 Earnings: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20231019075131_3-nasdaq-100-stocks-trading-less-than-10x-2024-ear.jpg
3 Nasdaq-100 Stocks Trading Less Than 10x 2024 Earnings

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

MarketBeat ‘Stock of the Week’: Halliburton Is One Slick Oil Play: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20231016083100_marketbeat-stock-of-the-week-halliburton-is-one-sl.png
MarketBeat ‘Stock of the Week’: Halliburton Is One Slick Oil Play

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

3 Stocks For the Resurgent Energy Rally: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20231004081930_3-stocks-for-the-resurgent-energy-rally.jpg
3 Stocks For the Resurgent Energy Rally

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

3 Quality Stocks On Track for Significant Dividend Increases: https://www.marketbeat.com/logos/articles/med_20231002095937_chart-slb-1022023ver001.png
3 Quality Stocks On Track for Significant Dividend Increases

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