The U.S. boom in shale gas and oil has come from certain parts of the country, and each of those parts is already starting to develop a reputation.
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June 4 - News
We track quarterly 13F filings from hundreds of hedge funds and other notable investors, including billionaire Israel Englander’s hedge fund Millennium Management.
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June 3 - Hedge Funds
To the average investor, there are a multitude of indicators shareholders can use to watch their holdings.
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May 29 - News
T. Boone Pickens is perhaps the most famous energy-focused hedge fund manager in the world.
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May 28 - Hedge Funds
If you'd ask most stock holders, hedge funds are perceived as underperforming, outdated investment vehicles of the past.
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May 24 - News
To most traders, hedge funds are assumed to be unimportant, outdated financial tools of years past.
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May 24 - News
At the moment, there are tons of gauges shareholders can use to analyze Mr. Market. Two of the most useful are hedge fund and insider trading activity.
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May 24 - News
For years we've been hearing about how much oil we import from foreign sources, particularly the Middle East.
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May 20 - News
It was a rough April for the refiners. At the beginning of the month, the EPA outlined a proposal to reduce sulfur in gasoline starting in 2017.
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May 16 - News
Last week, the difference in price between Brent, the global oil benchmark, and West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the main U.S.
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May 15 - News
Phillips 66 became the downstream company, focusing on refining and marketing, while ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) (who kept its name in the amicable breakup) focuses on exploration...
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May 14 - News
With roughly $2.5bn in assets under management, Navellier & Associates is a team of about twelve investment professionals that use quantitative and fundamental analysis to employ...
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April 29 - Hedge Funds
On Tuesday, Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC) will release its latest quarterly results.
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April 28 - News
Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) went public as a spinout of ConocoPhillips essentially a year ago, and has risen 74% since shortly after becoming independently publicly traded.
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April 19 - Stock Analysis
Exchange-traded funds offer a convenient way to invest in sectors or niches that interest you.
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April 17 - News
Doesn't $2.50 per gallon for gasoline sound just dandy? During the 2012 presidential race, a couple candidates used that number as a way of showing how increased American production...
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April 17 - News
Last Wednesday, British oil giant BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) announced that it had put its U.S.
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April 8 - News
The S&P 500 includes 500 of the largest U.S. corporations in the stock market, many of which are leaders in their respective industries.
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April 7 - News
One thing's for sure: You'll never discover truly great investments unless you actively look for them.
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April 5 - News
Whether you are an aggressive, shoot-for-the-moon investor or a conservative coupon clipper, you are constantly faced with an oft-debated investor’s dilemma.
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April 1 - News
There is an emerging economic boom in Ohio thanks to the Utica Shale.
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March 28 - News
During the year (so far) the price of oil rose by nearly 5%. Most of this gain was during March.
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March 27 - News
Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC) was in 42 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of the fourth quarter of 2012.
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March 20 - Hedge Funds
David Shaw founded large hedge fund D.E. Shaw in 1988 and the fund’s success since inception has made him a billionaire.
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March 18 - Hedge Funds
While the North American energy boom has boosted oil and gas production to record levels, companies have run into major difficulties with respect to transport.
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March 11 - Hedge Funds
One thing's for sure: You'll never discover truly great investments unless you actively look for them.
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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
Over the past several years, advanced extraction techniques have turned the energy sector on its head.
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March 10 - News
With gas prices rising at the pump an average of $0.50 in the last month, a lot of people are talking about oil prices.
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March 7 - News
It's hard to look at the stock price performance of refiners over the past year and not think: "If only I had thrown a few thousand dollars at any one of these companies at the...
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March 7 - News
As the Financial Times wrote last year, the crude oil trade is "in throes of an historic shift." U.S.
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March 6 - News
U.S. oil refining companies haven't seen times as good as these since at least the middle of the previous decade.
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March 5 - News
As oil and gas production has boomed across the U.S., integrated energy companies have realized that there is a fair bit of money to be made by exploiting the master limited partnership...
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March 5 - News
Today looked like it was going to start off decisively negative, with China's cabinet voting to make it more difficult for investors in the country to purchase a second home.
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March 4 - News
With several major players more than doubling their share prices during 2012, investors who jumped into this sector early on rode terrific industry margins to great success.
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February 26 - News
As it turns out, Fools, energy companies are just like teenagers: They want what all their friends have.
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February 24 - 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
Since the beginning of the year the price of oil resumed its upward trend.
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February 15 - News
U.S. refiners were among the biggest winners last year, with many of the country's largest independent refining and marketing firms posting share-price gains in excess of 50%.
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February 14 - 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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February 13 - News
Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) beat estimates and everyone should be sufficiently happy about it.
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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
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
Low natural gas prices have proved to be a major burden for energy companies that derive a substantial portion of their revenue from the out-of-favor commodity.
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February 7 - News
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is scheduled to meet with his fellow policymakers soon to consider whether or not they should continue with quantitative easing.
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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
In the oil and gas industry, the downstream segment – also known as refining and marketing – is focused on the final stage of the integrated oil and gas process.
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February 6 - News
Tell me if you've heard this story before... An exploration and production company is evaluating strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value.
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February 4 - News
