Energy prices – particularly in crude oil – were among some of the most dramatically impacted components of the global economy at the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic. As businesses were shuttered, and shelter-in-place orders ground economic activity everywhere to a halt, demand for crude cratered; both West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude […]
Read MoreBuy Price: $10.20 or better Sell Price: TradersPro Sell Signal Antero Resources Corporation, an independent oil and natural gas company, acquires, explores for, develops, and produces natural gas, natural gas liquids, and oil properties in the United States. As of December 31, 2019, the company had approximately 451,000 net acres in the southwestern core of […]
Read MoreOil prices were among some of the most dramatically impacted components of the global economy at the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic. As businesses were shuttered, and shelter-in-place orders ground economic activity everywhere to a halt, demand for crude oil cratered; both West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude fell to shockingly low levels. […]
Read MorePlus, Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package, the SEC has opened an investigation into Exxon’s valuation of a key Permian Basin asset, and Apple is reportedly gearing up debut two new MacBook Pro models.
Read MoreOne of the sectors that has seen an impressive rally over the last couple of months is the Energy sector. As measured by the U.S. Energy iShares ETF (IYE), the sector has increased from a trend low point at the end of October by about 54%. Much of that increase has been driven by a […]
Read MoreOver the years, I’ve learned to pay attention to the Energy sector as a way to measure a number of different aspects of the global economy. One of the those elements that is very interesting is the difference between U.S. oil production versus the rest of the world. The financial markets use futures contracts on […]
Read MoreTo say that 2020 has been a weird year is nothing if not an understatement. Global pandemics have a way of doing that, I suppose, since health concerns really do, and should become the #1 prime consideration that people should be thinking about. Perhaps some of the weirdness comes from the disconnection that is so […]
Read MorePlus, ConocoPhillips is buying Concho Resources, AMC shares are up after New York Gov. Cuomo says movie theaters in the state can reopen, and an analyst issued a prediction for presales for Apple’s new iPhone 12.
Read MoreSometimes 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 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 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 MoreOne of the big challenges during any economic period of being a value-oriented investor isn’t merely finding stocks that are trading at a discount to valuation metrics like Book Value. It is determining if the stock’s discount is due to temporary market forces like investor sentiment, which is often influenced by short-term uncertainty more than […]
Read MorePlus, AstraZeneca said its coronavirus vaccine developed with Oxford University showed a promising immune response in an early study, airline stocks are down after TSA said air travel is down for the first time since April, and Amazon is up after two bullish upgrades.
Read More2020 has been a rough year for energy stocks. Even before COVID-19 became a global health crisis, the sector was rocked by an all-out price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia. At the beginning of the year, Brent crude – the benchmark for oil exported from OPEC and OPEC+ countries – was around $70 per […]
Read MoreOil prices were among some of the most dramatically impacted components of the global economy at the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic. As businesses were shuttered, and shelter-in-place orders ground economic activity everywhere to a halt, demand for crude oil cratered; both West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude fell to shockingly low levels. […]
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