Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE) 78.65 $XLE Crud
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Crude Remains Volatile Following Inventory Report, Demand Should Increase
at The Street - 2 hrs 40 mins ago
Mike McPartland of McNamara Options says that oil prices remain range-bound between $48 and $55 despite volatility following the supply build revealed in this week’s inventory report.
USO: 19.01 (+0.52), UCO: 8.66 (+0.32), OIH: 34.97 (+0.06), XOP: 50.86 (+0.27), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11)
Financial Stocks Higher Ahead of Stress Test Results, Oil Prices Fall
at The Street - Wed Mar 04, 1:27PM CST
The CNBC 'Fast Money Halftime' trading panel looks at financial stocks, interest rates, European equities and energy stocks.
DVN: 61.86 (+0.61), EWG: 29.42 (-0.07), EXXI: 4.48 (-0.29), HES: 74.84 (+0.35), OIH: 34.97 (+0.06), XOP: 50.86 (+0.27), C: 53.67 (-0.06), EWQ: 26.16 (-0.11), XOM: 87.18 (-0.44), DB: 32.17 (-0.10), BAC: 15.84 (-0.20), TLT: 126.45 (+0.04), JNJ: 101.65 (-0.69), ESRX: 84.83 (+0.48), SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), JPM: 62.13 (+0.16), EWU: 18.86 (-0.09), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), EOG: 90.49 (+0.12), IWM: 122.36 (-0.38), XLF: 24.31 (-0.15), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11), APC: 83.35 (+0.57)
Dividend cuts could turn energy ETFs into "yield traps"
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Mar 04, 11:31AM CST
VDE: 110.64 (-0.29), DDG: 26.01 (+0.22), OIH: 34.97 (+0.06), DIG: 52.36 (-0.19), DUG: 52.53 (+0.20), PXJ: 16.94 (+0.03), IYE: 44.43 (-0.09), FENY: 22.62 (-0.05), ERY: 20.04 (+0.08), ERX: 57.13 (-0.21), FXN: 21.63 (-0.05), RYE: 67.57 (-0.11), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11)
Stocks Tumble as Crude Inventories Jump and Energy Sector Falls
at The Street - Wed Mar 04, 9:51AM CST
Stocks slip on Wednesday, their second straight session in the red.
ANF: 20.27 (-3.72), AEO: 15.96 (+1.14), TGT: 77.72 (-0.28), XOM: 87.18 (-0.44), BOBE: 46.36 (-13.28), CVX: 105.16 (unch), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11), SWHC: 14.34 (+1.29)
Stock Markets Take a Breather After Monday's Record Run
at The Street - Tue Mar 03, 3:11PM CST
Stocks took a break from smashing records and hitting multi-year highs on Tuesday.
BCS: 16.03 (+0.37), PSX: 77.96 (-0.13), F: 16.03 (-0.14), DKS: 55.98 (-0.02), PFE: 34.64 (+0.08), C: 53.67 (-0.06), MYL: 55.60 (+0.16), BBY: 39.79 (+0.61), COP: 64.25 (-0.53), LL: 35.64 (-5.14), XLV: 72.58 (+0.35), CELG: 119.57 (+1.10), AZO: 652.48 (+0.58), TOT: 52.82 (-0.27), GILD: 103.06 (+0.27), TGT: 77.72 (-0.28), LEAF: 49.91 (-0.32), GM: 37.57 (-0.23), BP: 41.53 (-0.21), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11), BABA: 85.49 (+3.91)
Protect Your Stock Portfolio Now While Volatility Is Low
at The Street - Tue Mar 03, 1:28PM CST
The CNBC ‘Fast Money Halftime’ trading panel looked at the market's current low volatility and how investors can use it to protect their long positions.
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), QQQ: 108.45 (-0.42), OIH: 34.97 (+0.06), XOP: 50.86 (+0.27), C: 53.67 (-0.06), DIA: 180.78 (-1.09), AAL: 48.95 (+0.18), BP: 41.53 (-0.21), IWM: 122.36 (-0.38), TLT: 126.45 (+0.04), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11)
What Did S&P 500 Earnings Look Like In 2014 At This Time?
Brian Gilmartin, CFA - Seeking Alpha - Tue Mar 03, 12:24PM CST
It is hard to forget the winter of 2014, at least in the Midwest. Boston is getting in 2015, in January and February what Chicago and the Midwest was hammered with last year. So last winter 2014, after the 32.5% run in the S&P 500 for calendar...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11)
Nasdaq Closes Above 5,000 as Dow and S&P Hit Fresh Records
at The Street - Mon Mar 02, 3:05PM CST
The Nasdaq closed above 5,000 for the first time in 15 years Monday, while the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average hit fresh records.
70.61 (-0.36), DUK: 77.08 (-0.43), ARUN: 24.40 (-0.01), XOM: 87.18 (-0.44), LL: 35.64 (-5.14), INTC: 34.12 (+0.02), V: 273.75 (-1.55), COST: 147.17 (-0.20), XLK: 42.97 (-0.17), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11), GPRO: 43.01 (+2.71), AXP: 80.63 (-1.28), EXC: 32.62 (-0.40), BRCM: 45.20 (-0.23), NXPI: 99.47 (+0.74), XLU: 44.38 (-0.25), HPQ: 34.19 (-0.38), SO: 44.83 (-0.32), RDS.A: 62.92 (-0.38), TOT: 52.82 (-0.27), TXN: 58.32 (-0.25), FSL: 40.36 (-0.14), CVX: 105.16 (unch), AVGO: 129.40 (+1.18)
Stock Markets Snag New Records in Late-Day Technology Rally
at The Street - Mon Mar 02, 2:43PM CST
Stocks are higher on the first trading day of March.
70.61 (-0.36), ARUN: 24.40 (-0.01), XOM: 87.18 (-0.44), LL: 35.64 (-5.14), INTC: 34.12 (+0.02), V: 273.75 (-1.55), SSYS: 61.87 (+0.11), COST: 147.17 (-0.20), XLK: 42.97 (-0.17), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11), GPRO: 43.01 (+2.71), AXP: 80.63 (-1.28), EXC: 32.62 (-0.40), BRCM: 45.20 (-0.23), NXPI: 99.47 (+0.74), XLU: 44.38 (-0.25), HPQ: 34.19 (-0.38), SO: 44.83 (-0.32), JKS: 22.65 (+0.55), RDS.A: 62.92 (-0.38), TOT: 52.82 (-0.27), TXN: 58.32 (-0.25), FSL: 40.36 (-0.14), CVX: 105.16 (unch), AVGO: 129.40 (+1.18)
Oil: Refining Is King - It's More Than The Strike
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 02, 5:21AM CST
USO: 19.01 (+0.52), UCO: 8.66 (+0.32), OLO: 7.43 (-0.08), DTO: 88.70 (-5.15), BNO: 22.69 (-0.25), UWTI: 3.29 (+0.26), SCO: 72.07 (-2.84), VLO: 59.08 (-1.00), SZO: 64.52 (+0.98), MPC: 102.01 (-0.76), DNO: 55.53 (-1.61), DBO: 14.55 (-0.13), OIL: 11.53 (+0.35), OLEM: 24.39 (-0.07), DWTI: 100.08 (-9.03), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11), USL: 26.14 (-0.02)
Gasoline: A Bull Market And It's Not Even Driving Season
Andrew Hecht - at Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 02, 5:06AM CST
USO: 19.01 (+0.52), UCO: 8.66 (+0.32), OLO: 7.43 (-0.08), DTO: 88.70 (-5.15), BNO: 22.69 (-0.25), UWTI: 3.29 (+0.26), UGA: 37.83 (-0.62), SCO: 72.07 (-2.84), SZO: 64.52 (+0.98), DNO: 55.53 (-1.61), DBO: 14.55 (-0.13), OIL: 11.53 (+0.35), OLEM: 24.39 (-0.07), DWTI: 100.08 (-9.03), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11), USL: 26.14 (-0.02)
Energy Industry Weekly Update - Is U.S. Crude Oil Production Related To Rotary Rig Count?
Adrian Wong - Seeking Alpha - Mon Mar 02, 3:28AM CST
It would seem reasonable to assume that fewer rotary rigs drilling would equate to lower crude oil production. The first chart below shows U.S. production versus rotary rig count. At first glance, the loose correlation of 43.80% between rotary rig...
OLO: 7.43 (-0.08), OIH: 34.97 (+0.06), BNO: 22.69 (-0.25), DUG: 52.53 (+0.20), PXJ: 16.94 (+0.03), ERY: 20.04 (+0.08), ERX: 57.13 (-0.21), FXN: 21.63 (-0.05), DNO: 55.53 (-1.61), OIL: 11.53 (+0.35), OLEM: 24.39 (-0.07), RYE: 67.57 (-0.11), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11), VDE: 110.64 (-0.29), USO: 19.01 (+0.52), UCO: 8.66 (+0.32), DDG: 26.01 (+0.22), DIG: 52.36 (-0.19), DTO: 88.70 (-5.15), UWTI: 3.29 (+0.26), SCO: 72.07 (-2.84), IYE: 44.43 (-0.09), FENY: 22.62 (-0.05), SZO: 64.52 (+0.98), DBO: 14.55 (-0.13), DWTI: 100.08 (-9.03), USL: 26.14 (-0.02)
Germany's Outlook Is Terrible, Gold Could Be Playing Possum, And Multiple False Trends Look Good
Mercenary Trader - Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 01, 7:50AM CST
Think about how nutty markets are right now. Meaning we are really Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs here. We do not say this as a form of sour grapes: We did quite well in 2014 and are in the black for 2015 as of this writing. But objectively speaking, the...
EEM: 39.93 (-0.44), GLD: 115.11 (-0.36), FCG: 11.26 (+0.05), FXY: 81.22 (+0.01), XLU: 44.38 (-0.25), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11)
S&P 500 Weekly Earnings Update: 2015 EPS Expectations Are Simply Too Low
Brian Gilmartin, CFA - at Seeking Alpha - Sun Mar 01, 6:10AM CST
With 439 of the S&P 500 having reported Q4 '14 earnings per Thomson Reuters, basically 2014 EPS numbers are in the books. One interesting stat that caught my eye, which might give regular readers a glimpse as to how the numbers track over the...
SPY: 210.23 (-0.89), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11)
Stocks Have Best Month in More Than 3 Years Thanks to Rally in Oil
at The Street - Fri Feb 27, 3:15PM CST
Stocks closes February with gains thanks to early-month rallies tied to a rebound in oil prices.
SPLS: 16.59 (-0.22), BID: 41.75 (-0.74), MNST: 139.54 (-1.15), BBY: 39.79 (+0.61), BAC: 15.84 (-0.20), WB: 13.85 (+0.19), RDS.A: 62.92 (-0.38), TOT: 52.82 (-0.27), ANF: 20.27 (-3.72), JCP: 7.88 (unch), COST: 147.17 (-0.20), BP: 41.53 (-0.21), FL: 57.49 (+1.05), PTR: 110.82 (-2.56), BIG: 47.41 (-0.28), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11), PETM: 82.93 (unch)
Stocks Lower but Oil Closes With First Monthly Gain Since June
at The Street - Fri Feb 27, 2:44PM CST
Stocks are slightly lower and the S&P 500 is trading just under its flatline as the energy sector receives a boost from higher oil prices.
FDX: 174.62 (-1.53), HLF: 31.45 (+0.21), MNST: 139.54 (-1.15), BAC: 15.84 (-0.20), RDS.A: 62.92 (-0.38), TOT: 52.82 (-0.27), JCP: 7.88 (unch), BP: 41.53 (-0.21), GPS: 42.03 (+0.05), PTR: 110.82 (-2.56), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11)
Stocks Hug the Flatline as Energy Sector and Oil Recover
at The Street - Fri Feb 27, 9:59AM CST
Stocks trade flat as the energy sector recovers on Friday.
FDX: 174.62 (-1.53), HLF: 31.45 (+0.21), BAC: 15.84 (-0.20), RDS.A: 62.92 (-0.38), TOT: 52.82 (-0.27), JCP: 7.88 (unch), BP: 41.53 (-0.21), GPS: 42.03 (+0.05), PTR: 110.82 (-2.56), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11)
3 Strategies To Capitalize On The Impending Rally In Crude Oil While Avoiding Contango
Force Majeure - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Feb 26, 6:00PM CST
USO: 19.01 (+0.52), ERY: 20.04 (+0.08), ERX: 57.13 (-0.21), UWTI: 3.29 (+0.26), DWTI: 100.08 (-9.03), USL: 26.14 (-0.02), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11)
Crude Oil Selloff Fails to Scare Stocks From Record Highs
at The Street - Thu Feb 26, 3:20PM CST
The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average slip from record highs on Thursday, but not by much in another day characterized by trading in a narrow bracket.
KSS: 74.30 (-0.20), CHTR: 185.74 (-1.22), XOM: 87.18 (-0.44), SHLD: 38.86 (+0.74), MS: 35.09 (-0.73), T: 34.00 (-0.41), RDS.A: 62.92 (-0.38), IBM: 159.42 (-1.61), SCTY: 50.05 (-0.21), BP: 41.53 (-0.21), GOOGL: 578.33 (-0.46), TWC: 157.49 (+0.75), CVX: 105.16 (unch), VZ: 49.07 (-0.48), CMCSA: 60.43 (+0.47), AVGO: 129.40 (+1.18), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11), CRM: 64.88 (-2.07)
Hungry for a Safe Contrarian Oil Bet? Buy Dril-Quip Ahead of Earnings
at The Street - Thu Feb 26, 1:30PM CST
That it has no debt burdens and a clean balance sheet minimizes its risk, making it a safe contrarian play on weak oil prices.
DRQ: 75.25 (+1.76), XLE: 78.65 (-0.11)