Stocks rallied Friday morning to cap off a turbulent week. The Dow rose 163 points, while the S&P 500 jumped 0.94%, and the Nasdaq gained 1%.
Read MoreU.S. crude oil prices just earned a much-needed win during Tuesday’s session, sharply reversing the energy commodity’s enormous downtrend over the last three months. Investors were galvanized by a plethora of geopolitical news, sending the front-end September futures contract for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) — the price benchmark for all oil traded in the U.S. […]
Read MoreThe energy sector is one of the most cyclical sectors of the economy, primarily because of its reliance on oil. Oil prices are often highly volatile depending any number of factors, ranging from geopolitics to weather phenomenon to simply supply and demand. A good example of that volatility was seen in the latter part of […]
Read MoreTrade Setup Buy Target $11.29 Sell Target $12.83 Stop Loss $8.79 WPX Energy, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company, engages in the exploitation and development of unconventional properties in the United States. The company operates 657 wells and owns interests in 808 wells covering an area of approximately 130,000 net […]
Read MoreWhile the rest of the market has been pushing to a new set of all-time highs – as of the end of last week, the S&P 500 was up nearly 19% year-to-date – the energy sector has been struggling lately. As measured by the S&P 500 Energy Sector SPDR ETF (XLE), the sector is down […]
Read MoreWhen it comes to oil stocks, most investors immediately think of the supermajors like Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) or Chevron Corp. (CVX). It makes sense considering they boast incredible brand recognition and remain two of the world’s biggest energy companies with individual market caps exceeding $230 billion. But what most people fail to recognize is […]
Read MoreOne of the sectors of the market that tends to see the most volatility on a short-term basis is energy. The volatility that can drive the prices of energy commodities like crude and natural gas from one extreme to another in a short period of time is something that can make conservative investors pretty nervous […]
Read MoreThe first half of 2019 is now officially in the books, and oil prices just kicked off Q3 with a bang. The price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) — which is the price benchmark for all oil produced in and exported out of the U.S. — nabbed its best close in over a month on […]
Read MoreAll year long, just about every other kind of news item that might normally serve to move the market – interest rates, inflation, corporate earnings – all seem to have taken a back seat to the spectacle that has become trade and tariffs between the U.S. and China. If the stock market can sometimes be […]
Read MoreOil has assumed an outsized presence in the financial news lately, and for good reason: West Texas Intermediate (WTI) officially entered bear market territory last week by declining more than 20% from its recent April 23 high. Investors are scrambling to take their profits off the table as WTI – the benchmark for U.S. futures […]
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