The bear-market mauling of crude oil prices continued on Tuesday, with oil falling another 7% on the day, which pushed the U.S. oil benchmark price, WTI, to around $53 per barrel. That sell-off in the oil market weighed on oil stocks, sending most down sharply. Among the biggest de...
It relates the decision of Paris, France-based International Energy Agency (IEA) to start releasing oil from its emergency reserves. It states that British businessman Richard Branson's Virgin Group Ltd. nor Blackstone Group LP seems the right buyer for Northern Rock PLC, which the U.S. ...
OPEC announced yesterday that it and its allies have agreed tokeep production cuts in place through April. That means the higher price for oil is here to stay for a little longer and that news is pushing certain oil stocks higher. Oil companies today that are getting a boost from the ...
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Still, stocks of companies whose profits are most closely tied to the economy’s strength took heavy losses on the fears about a slowdown. The small companies in the Russell 2000 index dropped 4.4%, further dousing what had been a revival for it and other beaten-down areas of the market....
Oil stocks have seen a heavy sell-off in the past couple of weeks as oil prices plunged on fears of a recession, a brawny dollar, and a hawkish Fed. Natural gas stocks, on the other hand, have continued to soar as the global shortage brought about by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine s...
weeks that the central bank will cut rates by the end of the summer. Still, I continue to believe the Fed may very well lower rates starting in June. Moreover, I think the continued strength of the U.S. economy is likely to lift stocks even if companies’ interest costs are no...
ETFs generally have lower expense ratios than mutual funds, though fees have fallen significantly for both in the last two decades and are far closer in cost than previously. Like stocks, many online brokers now offer commission-free ETFs, even for investors with small accounts. This can ...
First, there are multiple changes to the business right now. Among them are associated gas production going up; oil wells not necessarily producing as much or being deemphasized in this price environment, taking additional associated gas off the market; and the rise in additional dry gas on the...
Other asset classes like real estate, stocks, and other countries' treasuries are far riskier compared to U.S. debt. Forex reserve money is not spare cash to be gambled away in risky securities for want of higher returns. Another option for China is to use the dollars elsewhere. For examp...