There's probably not another industry that even begins to match the members of Big Oil for generating antipathy in some quarters of Washington, D.C.
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April 14 - News
Regional geopolitical disputes are increasingly becoming international economic issues thanks to our global economy.
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April 14 - News
As Americans, we're a pretty competitive bunch. We're never thrilled to see our country slip from the top spot of any standing.
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April 13 - News
With tax day fast approaching, it's possible that you'll need to make a fairly large deposit in your IRA.
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April 12 - News
Now more than ever, a comfortable retirement depends on secure, stable investments. Unfortunately, the right stocks for retirement won't just fall into your lap.
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April 11 - News
I've had my eye on Seadrill Ltd (NYSE:SDRL) for some time now. The company pays a very tempting dividend, currently at just over 9%.
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April 5 - News
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM)'s stock is one of the most widely held securities in the investing world.
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April 3 - News
Finding a great energy company to invest your hard earned dollars in isn't an easy task.
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April 1 - News
Earlier this week, the Texas Railroad Commission announced that its preliminary numbers for oil production in the Eagle Ford Shale are outstanding.
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April 1 - News
Last week T. Boone Pickens put out a video blog post questioning whether we really needed to keep our vast Strategic Petroleum Reserves, or SPR, stocked with oil.
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March 28 - News
For the second time in as many weeks ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) has announced another big oil discovery in the Gulf of Mexico.
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March 26 - News
Michael Price, who has a net worth of some $1.3 billion, manages his wealth through MFP Investors, an activist hedge fund that focuses on value investments.
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March 25 - Hedge Funds
A 4% dividend yield and five year average dividend growth of at least 3% is a core screen I use for finding dividend paying companies I could live off of.
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March 25 - News
Earlier this month, Japanese researchers made a major discovery in the deep waters off that nation’s coast, helping them move closer to tapping vast natural gas deposits trapped...
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March 25 - News
It’s not easy being an oil giant. You’re in a constant struggle to find new sources of oil and gas production to offset the natural decline of wells currently producing.
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March 25 - News
Oil prices were on the move this week as fear rose that the events in Cyprus would damage the European economy.
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March 23 - News
The Niobrara Formation, which is found mainly in Colorado and Wyoming, has been touted by some companies as potentially having more oil than the Bakken, while others have found...
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March 22 - News
ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) was in 36 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of the fourth quarter of 2012.
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March 20 - Hedge Funds
Yesterday, the Energy Information Administration, or EIA, published a brief post about North Dakota's continued growth in oil production.
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March 19 - News
Investors who are willing to put their money behind a young company are putting a lot of trust in the company's management.
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March 18 - News
The focus will be on higher growth as the company creates a lower risk portfolio of assets.
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March 18 - News
My dad sent me an email a few weeks ago with no message attached, just an article entitled "Billionaires Dumping Stocks, Economist Knows Why?" Knowing my dad, what he wanted to...
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March 17 - News
Now that Hugo Chavez has passed away, people have begun to question the short and middle-term performances of oil prices.
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March 15 - News
ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) has reported results for the fourth quarter of 2012 and the full year, and this gives us the opportunity to evaluate the company as a pure up stream...
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March 15 - News
The rally continues. With a pullback in late February only knocking down the S&P 500 index by 3%, it seems the "dip" that everyone was waiting for never came.
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March 14 - News
The oil market continues to develop, and China has become one of the biggest sources of consumption growth.
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March 13 - News
Recently, I've been wondering if oil and gas asset sales to national oil companies have the potential to jeopardize our dreams of energy independence.
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March 12 - News
Exploration and production company ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) held its annual investor day on Feb. 28.
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March 11 - News
The decision was due for some time now, and had to be out today or tomorrow. Hess Corp.
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March 11 - News
As the market continues to rise, the pure upstream oil and gas businesses must be feeling left out.
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March 11 - News
Recently, I took a look at international projects that ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) is developing in order to mitigate the natural decline of its base assets.
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March 11 - News
We have an amazing opportunity to transform our nation from one that imports energy into one that's independent from the whims of the world's oil markets, possibly even one ...
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March 11 - News
So far, 2013 has been a shaky year for exploration and production companies. Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) represents that trend well. The Jan.
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March 10 - News
The natural decline of an oil and gas well is the enemy of an energy production company.
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March 7 - News
Frequent visitors to Fool.com know that valuation matters.
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March 7 - News
Hugo Chevez died from cancer last night after 14 years as President of Venezuela.
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March 6 - News
In my previous article, I wrote about Tweedy Browne’s two largest positions: Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) and Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO).
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March 6 - Hedge Funds
The advances in the technology for hydraulic fracturing has arguably helped a spectacular rise of shale oil and gas production in North America. After this indisputable oil...
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March 6 - News
Whenever a company is in the midst of a major transformation, there are lots of risks along the way that could potentially turn sour.
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March 5 - News
With markets trading at their highest levels since 2007, a less than impressive earnings season underway, and the potential for more macro-economic headwinds, it could be time...
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March 4 - News
This week the S&P 500 index ended lower than it started, at one point dipping down to 1497 before closing at 1515.
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March 1 - News
The economy in the United States continues its steady, albeit painfully slow, recovery from the crushing effects of the Great Depression. One area of the economy that is well...
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March 1 - Stock Analysis
As used to be said in jest about Elvis, Aubrey McClendon has left the building -- figuratively, at least.
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February 26 - News
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
Hedge funds often get a bad rap, but the smart money still has plenty of investing chops if you know where to look.
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February 25 - Hedge Funds
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