The 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 MoreIt’s always been interesting to me, up to a point, to note how practically all of the talking heads on popular media seem to focus almost exclusively on growth-driven investing strategies. Not that it’s surprising – after all, they’re generally trying to play to the broadest possible market, which means they need to emphasize strategies […]
Read MoreAs an analyst, I take a lot of interest in trying to find reasons the market stages some of the moves it makes. The factors, geopolitical, economic, or emotional, that drives trends over any time period can be widely varied, and sometimes it’s interesting to see not only what is influencing the market today, but […]
Read MoreThe energy sector is hot right now, and these 3 stocks could be heading much higher.
Read MoreIf you spend a couple of minutes talking to anybody that has invested in the stock market for very long, you’ll almost inevitably hear them throw out a few of their favorite idioms. That’s because while sometimes they seem simplistic, obvious, or perhaps even a little silly, the truth is that many of them are […]
Read MoreThis week, I’ve taken some time to pay attention to the energy industry. My focus has been primarily focused on the oil industry in particular, simply because that is perhaps the most impactful of any commodity that is traded on the financial markets. The ebb and flow of supply and demand in oil prices ripples […]
Read MoreA little over a month ago, I wrote about the value proposition for Valero Energy Corp. (VLO). The stock is only a bit above its price at that time, but with a new set of quarterly earnings information, it has a somewhat different fundamental profile. A month or so isn’t a lot of time, but […]
Read MoreAs the broad stock market has rallied this year, so also has the price of oil. West Texas Intermediate crude, the benchmark for U.S.-produced oil, has rallied from around $42 per barrel to its current price a little below $60. Even with that increase, however, crude remains more than 21% below its September 2018 highs, […]
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 MoreNF Energy Saving Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the production and sale of energy-saving and intelligent flow control equipment in the People’s Republic of China. The company manufactures large diameter energy efficient intelligent flow control systems for thermal and nuclear power generation plants, and national and regional water supply projects, as well as for […]
Read MoreWith the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) – the U.S. benchmark for crude oil – up nearly 23% this year, investors have been piling into oil and energy stocks hoping to make a profit off the price rebound. After all, WTI endured a brutal 37% selloff in Q4, making now a great time to […]
Read MoreWhen it comes to identifying stocks that might make useful investments, there are as many strategies as there are people. You can break these strategies into any different number of categories. I like to differentiate between strategies by thinking first about the amount of time I might actually plan to hold the stock in question, […]
Read MoreThe energy sector is one of the most cyclical segments of the market. That’s because so much of the sector is tied, to a greater or lesser extent, to the price of a single commodity: oil. From mid-2014 to the beginning of 2016, oil plunged from about $100 per barrel to as low as $26. […]
Read MoreNF Energy Saving Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the production and sale of energy-saving and intelligent flow control equipment in the People’s Republic of China. The company manufactures large diameter energy efficient intelligent flow control systems for thermal and nuclear power generation plants, and national and regional water supply projects, as well as for […]
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