Tag: oil
Buy These 3 High-Yield Trusts For Profits From The Coming Oil Price Spike
Crude oil has been on a roller coaster over the last two months. The WTI benchmark price peaked at more than $65 per barrel in late April. The peak was followed by a steep decline to just above $50 per barrel. Many pundits used the price drop to predict a global economic slowdown. They were […]
3 High-Yield Oil Stocks Paying Over 6%
Recently there have been two big, interrelated news stories coming out of the U.S. energy sector. The first is that the U.S. crude oil production continues to grow, and the U.S. has become the world’s largest producer of energy liquids. This growth has been led by the Permian Basin play in West Texas. The parallel […]
7 Utility Stocks To Trust For Retirement
Total return is a winning strategy for long-term investors and utility stocks are the best at it. Utility stocks include companies that provide essential services — electricity, energy and water — to communities across the U.S. Because doing this in a country as big as the U.S. is no mean feat, most states have one […]
Gold vs Bitcoin: Which One Is The Big Winner?
The debate over gold vs Bitcoin rages on. We’ve talked about this before, maybe it’s time for an update. As you probably know, Bitcoin fell off the cliff back in November (2018) and spent the first quarter of 2019 in the toilet. Recently it’s made a comeback and is now trading around 8000 USD. Needless to say, this […]
4 Active Energy Funds For Aggressive Investors
Consider these active energy funds for exposure to a sector that could rebound later this year The energy sector started off 2019 in fine fashion, but a confluence of negative factors recently pressured the sector. As of May 15, the S&P 500 Energy Index was lower by 4.63% on a month-to-date basis. May usually marks the start […]
Why Chevron Left The Anadarko Party Early
Welcome to the bidding war that didn’t happen. The decision last week by international oil giant Chevron Corp. to leave its takeover bid for shale oil and gas-heavy Anadarko Petroleum Corp. unaltered in the wake of a higher offer from rival bidder Occidental Petroleum Corp. surprised some who had expected a back and forth escalation between the […]
7 Energy Stocks To Buy To Light Up Your Portfolio
The energy patch is heating up and these stocks are ready to run U.S. energy production has transformed since technology has allowed exploration and production (E&P) firms — aka, upstream oil firms — to use unconventional drilling methods to access oil reserves that were previously unreachable, or far too expensive to access. Also, these new […]
5 Cheap Energy Stocks To Buy Under $10
These energy stocks are starting to make a comeback A little bit of profit taking has descended on Wall Street after the S&P 500 hit a new record closing high earlier in the week. All is normal and typical behavior after such an impressive move out of the late December low. Energy stocks continue to be an […]
Will Rising Energy Prices Lead To Higher Inflation?
It happens whenever there’s a sharp rise in gasoline or oil prices. Pundits focus on the increases and cry foul if broad inflation gauges don’t confirm the price hikes at the pump. But it’s short-sighted to assume that a spike in energy prices will automatically lead to higher inflation overall. It’s tempting to argue otherwise, […]
5 Energy Stocks Rising As Crude Oil Soars
Energy stocks could benefit from $80-per-share oil this summer U.S. equities rallied again on Friday, with the S&P 500 making its third straight weekly gain. Some positive China trade headlines as well as solid credit data are bolstering sentiment as we get solidly into the Q1 earnings season this week. It’s the energy sector that I want […]
