Sometimes there are forces that affect a sector or industry in such a way that it creates a storyline that extends into not merely weeks, or months, but years. These can be positive or negative, but one of the things that I find interesting as an analyst is to look for those threads and try […]
Read MoreBuy Price: $10.70 or better Sell Price: TradersPro Sell Signal Berry Corporation, an independent upstream energy company, engages in the development and production of conventional oil reserves located in the western United States. The company’s properties are located in the San Joaquin and Ventura basins, California; Uinta basin, Utah; and Piceance basin, Colorado. The stocks […]
Read MoreThe impact of the global pandemic sometimes seems to have no end in sight – even though economic activity has been picking up enough this year to start raising a lot of questions about inflationary pressures, their impact on interest rates, and more. One of the sectors that has rallied strongly since November of last […]
Read MoreThe future of the U.S. energy market is unclear. Wenbin Yu/Dreamstime About the author: Ellen R. Wald, Ph.D. is president of Transversal Consulting and a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. She is the author of Saudi, Inc.: The Arabian Kingdom’s Pursuit of Profit and Power. As Europe struggles through an energy crisis, the […]
Read MoreRebounding U.S. oil demand, a slow recovery of domestic production, and extreme weather-related events have drawn many barrels this year out of the key U.S. crude hub at Cushing, Oklahoma. Crude oil stocks at Cushing—the delivery hub for the WTI Crude futures contract—have more than halved since April 2020, when the market was fretting about […]
Read MoreOver the last few months, the Energy sector has been one of the market leaders, as the price of oil, natural gas and other energy products have all increased. Many analysts are pointing to supply constraints that are being felt in multiple sectors and that are creating inflationary pressure all the way to the consumer […]
Read MoreThe third quarter of 2021 closed on September 30th. The S&P 500 returned 1.4% for the quarter, and eight of eleven S&P 500 sectors posted a positive return. (Note that all returns discussed here are total returns, which include the effect of dividends paid). September was an especially bad month in the markets, with the […]
Read MoreBuy Price: $115 or better Sell Price: TradersPro Sell Signal Diamondback Energy, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas company, focuses on the acquisition, development, exploration, and exploitation of unconventional and onshore oil and natural gas reserves in the Permian Basin in West Texas. It primarily focuses on the development of the Spraberry and Wolfcamp […]
Read MoreBuy Price: $42.00 or better Sell Price: TradersPro Sell Signal Devon Energy Corporation, an independent energy company, primarily engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids in the United States. It operates approximately 3,942 gross wells. Devon Energy Corporation was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Oklahoma […]
Read MoreEarnings season is here with us once again, with nearly 10% of S&P 500 companies having reported third-quarter 2021 earnings. According to FactSet data, 80% have reported actual EPS above estimates, with earnings coming in 14.7% above Wall Street estimates. No energy company has returned its Q3 2021 scorecard yet, but five are expected to […]
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