ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) is showing renewed interest in the lucrative Asia-Pacific oil market. It is gearing up to resume its biggest Chinese operations as well as having...
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February 25 - News
I recently wrote about the boardroom drama between Agrium Inc. (USA) (NYSE:AGU) and JANA Partners.
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February 24 - Hedge Funds
Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR) is an oil and gas exploration and production company that also engages in retail and gasoline marketing in the US, and refining and marketing...
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February 22 - Insider Trading
While the overall market has been trading higher recently, there have been pullbacks among several major oil companies that may be interesting entry points for a longer-term investment...
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February 20 - News
Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) and Suncor Energy Inc.
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February 19 - News
Ah, dividends, those wonderful returns of cash flow to investors.
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February 19 - News
Exchange-traded funds are all the rage these days.
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February 18 - News
There is no doubt: growth is residing in the energy sector nowadays.
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February 15 - News
A SWOT analysis is a look at a company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, and is a tremendous way to gain a detailed and thorough perspective on a company ...
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February 15 - News
Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) has bucked the recent trend in the energy industry by remaining an integrated producer instead of separating upstream and downstream operations...
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February 15 - News
BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) is the epitome of a company with significant investment risks because of the consequences of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010, resulting in billions...
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February 14 - News
Warren Buffett has made a name for himself by snatching up companies at deep discounts and holding until he’s captured as much value as possible.
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February 13 - News
Recently, the Summit Ski Conference was conducted, where different energy companies shared their future prospects with investors.
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February 12 - News
Reporting season continues to have lots of life left in it, in the form of companies awaiting their turn to tell us about their quarterly results.
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February 11 - News
It's a never-ending cycle for energy companies.
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February 11 - News
Over the last few years, ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) was a huge buyer of its own stock.
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February 11 - News
Despite production volume records and beating analyst expectations for five straight quarters, Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) sure hasn't seen a lot of love lately...
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February 8 - News
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) is another major energy company that has kept its upstream and downstream businesses integrated instead of separating them. The recently announced...
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February 7 - News
ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) has reported fourth-quarter earnings for 2012, and this offers another opportunity to take a closer look at the company after it separated its downstream...
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February 6 - News
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) has once again surpassed Apple Inc.
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February 6 - News
We track 13F filings from hedge funds and other notable investors for a couple of different purposes.
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February 6 - Hedge Funds
One thing's for sure: You'll never discover truly great investments unless you actively look for them.
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February 6 - News
Dividend stocks are useful for more than just income investors. This paper discusses how over longer timespans, dividend stocks out-perform non-dividend paying stocks.
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February 5 - News
"These types of moves can get very overbought, but we think it's best to just hold your nose, enjoy the heights, and wait for a series of negative divergences on the momentum ...
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February 4 - News
For eight straight quarters shareholders of ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) have received the same quarterly dividend of $0.66 a share.
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February 4 - News
Today, a Dutch court delivered a judgment finding Royal Dutch Shell plc (ADR) (NYSE:RDS.A)'s Nigerian subsidiary partly liable for environmental and social damage its operations...
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February 1 - News
After the close of U.S. markets Tuesday, Bloomberg reported Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will not be sworn in on Thursday January 10.
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January 11 - Stock Analysis
Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) rose slightly after hours on January 10th after the company announced that its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2012 would rise on a q/q basis...
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January 11 - Stock Analysis
Michael Price founded MFP Investors in 1998, two years after selling Heine Securities for $670 million.
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January 7 - Hedge Funds
The king of the oil majors, Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), was about flat for 2012; as such it outperformed oil prices, which were down for the year.
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December 31 - Stock Analysis
According to a filing with the SEC, Avedick Poladian bought 5,000 shares of Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) on December 4th at an average price of $73.43 per share...
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December 10 - Insider Trading
Blue chip companies in the DJIA, with proven earnings power and consistent dividend growth, are some of the best dividend plays out there.
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December 4 - Dividend Stocks
We have found ten cheap dividends stocks that hedge funds were in love with during the third quarter.
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December 3 - Hedge Funds
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) was one of the most popular energy stocks among hedge funds during the third quarter of 2012 (see the full rankings).
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December 3 - Stock Analysis
The oil patch is aflutter today on news that the U.S. could become the world's largest oil producer by 2020.
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November 16 - Stock Analysis
In the wide world of investing, there are many ways for a company’s executives to boost the wealth their shareholders, though one of the most underrated approaches is the stock...
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November 8 - Market Movers, Stock Analysis
Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES) recently reported its preliminary financial results based on which we provide a unique peer-based analysis of the company.
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November 6 - Stock Analysis
ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), at a market capitalization of $70 billion, isn’t quite as large as the big names in oil & gas such as Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) or BP plc...
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October 31 - Stock Analysis
Yes, we know that the general public is still sour on BP plc (NYSE:BP) more than two years after the Deepwater Horizon accident, and that investor sentiment towards the company...
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October 16 - Stock Analysis
Insider trading activity describes the phenomenon of when a company's executives, board members, or large stockholders buy or sell shares of that company.
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October 11 - Insider Trading
D.E. Shaw & Co., LP, founded by D.E. Shaw in 1988, is a New York-based investment management firm managing over $26 billion in investment capital.
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September 13 - Hedge Funds
Warren Buffett may well be loading Berkshire Hathaway’s (NYSE: BRK-A, BRK-B) "elephant gun".
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August 18 - Hedge Funds
Buffett praised President Obama's reform law but said healthcare costs remain the "No. 1 problem" for business.
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July 16 - Hedge Funds
No investor is more closely watched and more imitated than Warren Buffett.
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June 29 - Hedge Funds