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What to Expect When Hess Reports Q3 Earnings
If you want to see a bellwether for the oil and gas industry, look no further than Hess (NYSE: HES). The independent oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) company, one of the largest in....
3 High-Yield Renewable Energy Stocks
Who says you can't get a high yield investment in the renewable energy business? Sure, the solar and wind power businesses are growing at breakneck paces and require loads of capital to be plowed....
3 Stocks With Salesforce-Like Return Potential
A decade ago, the term "software as a service" wasn't common in investing vernacular. Marc Benioff, founder and CEO of salesforce.com, was one of the first Silicon Valley leaders to bring it to....
3 Scenarios for SunPower Under Trade Tariffs
Just as SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) was starting to think it had a strategy built for the modern solar industry, President Trump may throw a wrench in the works. Sometime early in 2018, he will....
8point3 Energy Partners Posts Another Strong Quarter
8point3 Energy Partners (NASDAQ: CAFD) is in the midst of a strategic review by its sponsors First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) and SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWR) that could result in the sale of the entire....
Near a 12-Year Low, Is Hess a Buy?
We may have hit the turning point for the oil industry. Maybe. Some oil and gas stocks seem to be on the upswing after years of declines. Beleaguered giant BP (NYSE: BP), for example, is up 7.9%....
Military Leaders See Solar and Energy Storage as Differentiator
There might be a debate in the political world about the value of solar energy and energy storage for the grid, businesses, and homeowners. But there doesn't seem to be any disagreement in the....
ITC Recommends Solar Import Restrictions
In this segment of Industry Focus: Energy, show host Sarah Priestley and Motley Fool premium analyst Taylor Muckerman discuss the recent 4-0 vote from the International Trade Commission (ITC) to....
Solar Investors Will Be Closely Watching This Presidential Decision
The recommendation from the International Trade Commission (ITC) to impose import restrictions on solar panel imports to the U.S. will have far-reaching consequences for the solar industry.In this....
Solar Manufacturers Will See Windfall Ahead of Trump Tariff Decision
We now know that the International Trade Commission will recommend some kind of protective measures against solar module imports to President Trump in November. We don't know what those....
3 Top Stocks on Sale This Fall
Cue the pumpkin-spiced everything, because fall is officially here! Along with the coming of fall we've also witnessed a pretty steady stream of new highs for the stock market, with all three....
Better Buy: Alliance Resource Partners L.P. vs. Foresight Energy L.P.
There are some broad similarities between thermal coal miners Foresight Energy LP (NYSE: FELP) and Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: ARLP). But the differences couldn't be more stark,....
3 Growth Stocks to Buy and Hold for 25 Years
What if you bought stocks but couldn't sell them until the year 2042 at the earliest? What criteria would you look for before buying those stocks?We asked three Motley Fool investors these....
Forget Plug Power, Here's the Fuel Cell Stock to Buy
Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG) has been a hot stock on the market for nearly four years, but it has never quite lived up to investors' lofty expectations. Revenue growth has been easy to come by as big....
Why Ballard Power Systems Inc's Shares Popped 21% Today
Shares of fuel-cell company Ballard Power Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: BLDP) jumped as much as 20.8% in trading Wednesday after announcing a new fuel cell that doesn't use precious metals as a catalyst.....
Why Ballard Power Systems Inc's Shares Jumped in August
Shares of fuel cell company Ballard Power Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: BLDP) jumped 6.5% in August, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence, after earnings topped the market's....
5 Countries With the Highest Installed Solar Capacity (No. 2 May Surprise You)
Image source: First Solar.Solar energy is the fastest-growing new source of energy in the world, and it's still just scratching the surface of its potential. According to the International Energy....
Why This Coal Miner's Shares Jumped 14% in August
Shares of miner Teck Resources Ltd. (NYSE: TECK) rose 14% in August, a huge gain considering that other coal-focused companies such as Alliance Resource Partners (NASDAQ: ARLP) fell during the....
Why Efficiency Is Becoming Increasingly Important in Solar Energy
Solar energy has gotten really, really cheap in the last decade and it's causing some unusual changes in the industry. A commodity solar module costs about $0.35 per watt today, or around $100 for....
What Will Happen to Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. Midstream and Oil and Gas Businesses?
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: ARLP) is perhaps the best run thermal coal company in the United States. But coal is slowly losing its place in the electric grid. There's no immediate....
3 High-Yield Utility Stocks
Utilities are often great options for income investors. That's because these entities typically generate stable cash flow by providing recurring services to customers such as distributing....
What Hurricane Harvey Means for Oil Stocks
Unprecedented rains and flooding from deadly Hurricane Harvey, which hit a number of Texas cities including Houston and Corpus Christi over the weekend, are still occurring. The extent of the....
7 Things You Didn't Know About Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
Oil and natural gas drilling services provider Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (NYSE: HP) currently offers investors a robust dividend yield of around 6.4%. It backs that up with a 44-year streak of....
3 Key Takeaways from Anadarko Petroleum's Q2 2017 Earnings
If negative press coverage could kill a company, Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC) would be dead by now. The Colorado home explosion that was traced back to one of the oil and gas company's wells has....
What First Solar's Management Wants You to Know
First Solar's (NASDAQ: FSLR) second quarter earnings report was widely seen as a sign the solar company's future is getting brighter by the day. And in a lot of ways that's true. To give a little....