Oil Prices Continue to Fall As Stocks Strengthen on Jobs Outlook
at The Street - Fri Dec 05, 3:21PM CST
Crude oil prices see punishing losses again on Friday with West Texas Intermediate crude now down nearly 40% from its mid-summer high.
PSX: 73.02 (-1.95), DAL: 47.28 (+0.86), XOM: 93.82 (-0.55), AAL: 51.01 (+1.36), JBLU: 15.19 (+0.10), BP: 39.98 (-0.41), CVX: 110.87 (-1.41), XLE: 80.28 (-0.97), UAL: 63.03 (+1.28)
The Biggest Risks For Stocks In 2015?
Leo Kolivakis - Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 05, 3:07PM CST
Jeff Reeves, editor of InvestorPlace.com, wrote an article for MarketWatch, 10 biggest risks to the stock market in 2015 : It is shaping up to be another great year for stocks, with the S&P 500 up about 12% year-to-date in 2014 after a roughly...
KO: 43.53 (+0.03), XLB: 49.77 (-0.04), XBI: 181.28 (+3.17), IBB: 308.81 (+2.61), TLT: 121.09 (-0.71), GSG: 24.33 (-0.17), VOO: 190.80 (+0.34), PGNX: 7.26 (+0.01), IDRA: 4.04 (-0.02), QQQ: 105.38 (+0.01), XLK: 42.12 (-0.05), IWM: 117.69 (+0.88), CL: 69.37 (-0.08), XLE: 80.28 (-0.97)
Stock Markets Are Shaking Off the Tumble in Crude Oil Prices
at The Street - Fri Dec 05, 1:52PM CST
Crude oil prices are being crushed again as jobs growth fuels a rally in the U.S. dollar.
DAL: 47.28 (+0.86), FB: 76.36 (+1.12), XOM: 93.82 (-0.55), UAL: 63.03 (+1.28), SBUX: 83.57 (+2.26), YHOO: 50.99 (+0.58), AEO: 11.91 (-1.90), BP: 39.98 (-0.41), GOOGL: 528.08 (-14.50), ULTA: 129.75 (+4.01), CVX: 110.87 (-1.41), AAPL: 115.00 (-0.49), BIG: 40.00 (-7.95), XLE: 80.28 (-0.97), BABA: 107.90 (-1.27)
Oil drillers could accept some EPA rules to head off methane standard
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Dec 05, 8:57AM CST
VDE: 114.89 (-1.48), XES: 28.61 (-0.48), DDG: 25.75 (-0.03), OIH: 37.32 (-0.38), DIG: 55.54 (-1.34), XOP: 48.13 (-1.20), DUG: 53.68 (+1.19), PXJ: 17.90 (-0.28), IYE: 45.41 (-0.56), FENY: 23.12 (-0.28), IEZ: 50.98 (-0.58), PXE: 27.78 (-0.62), ERY: 21.44 (+0.75), FXN: 21.07 (-0.37), ERX: 63.29 (-2.47), RYE: 68.93 (-0.98), IEO: 71.76 (-1.35), XLE: 80.28 (-0.97)
Selecting The Individual Energy Stocks Over The ETFs
Gary Gordon - Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 04, 1:23PM CST
Talk about doom and gloom. Oil bears are predicting $40 per barrel, even $30 per barrel. Meanwhile, a whole lot of folks are treating the chatter like it is a foregone conclusion. What would need to happen for oil to go from $110 per barrel at the...
XOM: 93.82 (-0.55), CVX: 110.87 (-1.41), XLE: 80.28 (-0.97)
OPEC Decision Creates Oil Price Volatility - And Stock Buying Opportunities
Invesco US - Seeking Alpha - Thu Dec 04, 6:57AM CST
By Norman MacDonald The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) recently caused ripples in the market with its decision to maintain oil production targets at current levels and not cut its output in response to weakening oil...
VDE: 114.89 (-1.48), DDG: 25.75 (-0.03), OIH: 37.32 (-0.38), DIG: 55.54 (-1.34), XOP: 48.13 (-1.20), DUG: 53.68 (+1.19), PXJ: 17.90 (-0.28), IYE: 45.41 (-0.56), FENY: 23.12 (-0.28), PXE: 27.78 (-0.62), ERY: 21.44 (+0.75), FXN: 21.07 (-0.37), ERX: 63.29 (-2.47), RYE: 68.93 (-0.98), IEO: 71.76 (-1.35), XLE: 80.28 (-0.97)
Oil Glut Could Drag Prices to $45-$48, Stutland Volatility's Luke Rahbari Says
at The Street - Wed Dec 03, 3:39PM CST
The key OPEC meeting on Nov. 27 was the final nail in the coffin for crude levels. Now traders are thinking about 2015 and possible new lows.
USO: 24.96 (-0.38), UCO: 15.65 (-0.51), OIH: 37.32 (-0.38), XOP: 48.13 (-1.20), XLE: 80.28 (-0.97)
Stocks Close Higher, Helped by Continued Strength in Economy
at The Street - Wed Dec 03, 3:19PM CST
The S&P 500 inched to another record high Wednesday after the release of the Federal Reserve's Beige Book showed the economy is still gaining strength.
GIII: 96.27 (+0.17), HAL: 40.37 (-0.37), BOBE: 50.77 (+0.56), ILMN: 189.90 (-0.93), SLB: 87.16 (-0.27), SQNM: 3.77 (+0.10), JCP: 6.64 (-0.09), BP: 39.98 (-0.41), PBYI: 205.94 (+10.39), XLE: 80.28 (-0.97)
My Thoughts On The Black Friday Energy Sale From A Dividend Growth Perspective
Nicholas Ward - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 03, 2:58PM CST
KMI: 41.12 (-0.34), ARII: 56.31 (-0.77), NSC: 107.07 (-0.23), HAL: 40.37 (-0.37), XOM: 93.82 (-0.55), COP: 67.85 (-1.46), SDRL: 12.32 (-0.01), CSX: 36.95 (+0.41), SLB: 87.16 (-0.27), ESV: 31.07 (-0.39), BP: 39.98 (-0.41), CVX: 110.87 (-1.41), OXY: 81.48 (-1.06), UNP: 118.61 (-1.15), BHI: 57.02 (-0.59), XLE: 80.28 (-0.97)
S&P 500 in Range of Record Highs as Fed Says Consumers Spending More
at The Street - Wed Dec 03, 2:30PM CST
U.S. stocks are trading just shy of record highs on Wednesday as energy stocks lead gainers and shake off recent tumbling commodity prices.
SQNM: 3.77 (+0.10), JCP: 6.64 (-0.09), HAL: 40.37 (-0.37), GIII: 96.27 (+0.17), ILMN: 189.90 (-0.93), BP: 39.98 (-0.41), SLB: 87.16 (-0.27), XLE: 80.28 (-0.97)
Energy stocks march higher
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 03, 10:32AM CST
NBL: 50.59 (-0.99), GLOG: 17.80 (-0.69), DVN: 59.90 (+0.38), EXXI: 3.28 (-0.13), HES: 75.72 (-0.57), CNQ: 32.50 (-0.25), XOM: 93.82 (-0.55), COP: 67.85 (-1.46), SU: 31.31 (-0.26), CWEI: 55.71 (-1.50), RIGP: 18.88 (+1.04), PXD: 143.00 (-2.53), MUR: 48.92 (-0.27), EOG: 90.75 (-2.25), CVX: 110.87 (-1.41), OXY: 81.48 (-1.06), XLE: 80.28 (-0.97)
Hedge Funds Closing Likes It's 2009?
Leo Kolivakis - Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 03, 7:24AM CST
Katherine Burton of Bloomberg reports, Hedge Funds Shut as Managers Struggle in Year of Two Percent Returns : Hedge funds are shutting at a rate not seen since the financial crisis, as many managers post disappointing returns and an elite group of...
XLB: 49.77 (-0.04), CLR: 38.23 (-0.63), IEP: 100.57 (-1.77), GSG: 24.33 (-0.17), XLE: 80.28 (-0.97)
‘Fast Money’ Recap: Can Stocks Still Rally if Oil Prices Rebound?
at The Street - Wed Dec 03, 4:00AM CST
The trading panel discussed energy stocks, biotechs and Taser.
BIIB: 340.87 (-0.31), ABT: 45.30 (-0.19), VRTX: 117.95 (-0.76), F: 15.70 (-0.11), BMRN: 90.18 (+0.22), RRGB: 71.62 (-0.14), XOP: 48.13 (-1.20), BBRY: 10.68 (+0.21), IBB: 308.81 (+2.61), CP: 191.58 (-2.57), TASR: 24.82 (+0.67), XLE: 80.28 (-0.97), CELG: 114.13 (+0.50)
New U.S. oil and gas well permits plunge 40% in November
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Dec 03, 1:05AM CST
VDE: 114.89 (-1.48), DDG: 25.75 (-0.03), OIH: 37.32 (-0.38), DIG: 55.54 (-1.34), DUG: 53.68 (+1.19), PXJ: 17.90 (-0.28), IYE: 45.41 (-0.56), FENY: 23.12 (-0.28), ERY: 21.44 (+0.75), ERX: 63.29 (-2.47), FXN: 21.07 (-0.37), RYE: 68.93 (-0.98), XLE: 80.28 (-0.97)
Energy Stocks Shake Off Plunging Oil Prices to Push the Dow to New Highs
at The Street - Tue Dec 02, 3:30PM CST
Oil prices backtrack from Monday's bounce, but energy stocks shake it off. Instead, the sector gains more than 1% after several weeks of punishing losses.
CY: 13.02 (+0.54), BIIB: 340.87 (-0.31), AVNR: 16.99 (+0.03), XOM: 93.82 (-0.55), IBB: 308.81 (+2.61), FCAU: 13.61 (+0.39), CVX: 110.87 (-1.41), XLE: 80.28 (-0.97), CODE: 30.13 (+1.12)
I Wouldn't Get Used To $65 Oil
Richard Zeits - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 2:44PM CST
USO: 24.96 (-0.38), OIH: 37.32 (-0.38), OIL: 15.77 (-0.28), XLE: 80.28 (-0.97)
Energy stocks rebound to lead S&P 500
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 1:48PM CST
DVN: 59.90 (+0.38), VLO: 49.78 (-1.81), RIG: 18.72 (+0.04), MPC: 92.15 (-4.52), EOG: 90.75 (-2.25), XEC: 104.87 (-2.30), HAL: 40.37 (-0.37), WMB: 50.04 (-1.09), MRO: 29.23 (-0.61), APC: 79.07 (-0.31), XLE: 80.28 (-0.97)
BofA downgrades energy sector, Citi cautions that oil has not bottomed
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 9:33AM CST
GASL: 5.10 (-0.33), XES: 28.61 (-0.48), OIH: 37.32 (-0.38), XOP: 48.13 (-1.20), XOM: 93.82 (-0.55), DUG: 53.68 (+1.19), PXI: 44.75 (-0.92), PXJ: 17.90 (-0.28), ERY: 21.44 (+0.75), ERX: 63.29 (-2.47), FXN: 21.07 (-0.37), FCG: 11.64 (-0.21), WFT: 12.82 (-0.06), RYE: 68.93 (-0.98), XLE: 80.28 (-0.97), BHI: 57.02 (-0.59), VDE: 114.89 (-1.48), DDG: 25.75 (-0.03), DIG: 55.54 (-1.34), HAL: 40.37 (-0.37), IYE: 45.41 (-0.56), IEZ: 50.98 (-0.58), FENY: 23.12 (-0.28), PXE: 27.78 (-0.62), IEO: 71.76 (-1.35)
The Oil Trade
Ploutos - at Seeking Alpha - Tue Dec 02, 7:06AM CST
USO: 24.96 (-0.38), XLE: 80.28 (-0.97)
Sector Returns For November 2014
Brian Gilmartin, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Mon Dec 01, 3:58PM CST
Since so much of our earnings work is sector-related, here is a quick recap of sector returns for November ’14, both from the S&P 500 perspective and the SPDR perspective. Note: The first column is the S&P 500 sector return, per The...
XTL: 57.44 (+0.38), XLB: 49.77 (-0.04), XLP: 48.85 (+0.09), SPY: 208.00 (+0.34), XLY: 71.53 (+0.16), XLK: 42.12 (-0.05), XLI: 57.26 (+0.13), XLU: 45.87 (-0.36), XLF: 24.82 (+0.22), XLV: 70.79 (+0.56), XLE: 80.28 (-0.97)