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Income investors aren't known for their risk-on attitude or speculative natures, but that doesn't mean there aren't speculations in the income-investment universe. A simple speculation is on

The market has been swept by a sea of red month-do-date (MTD), with the overall market, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) down over 3% MTD. Apart from one sector, most sectors and industries have

The energy sector has rotated back into leadership, with big S&P 500 components such as Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM), Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) and Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB) trading to the

A combination of factors, including the supply/demand imbalance, OPEC+ production cuts, and the oil charts, suggest this is a golden time to buy oil and oil stocks. Regarding the oil price

An interesting shift in allocation and performance has occurred over the last month, with the energy sector catching up to the overall market. Over the last month, the Energy Select Sector SPDR

Oil prices (NYSEARCA: USO) are on the rise and likely heading higher. The Saudis and Russia are working together with voluntary production cuts to keep the supply/demand balance tilted firmly in

You won’t be hearing any complaints about “windfall profits” after the latest earnings report from Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX). The company delivered a mixed earnings report with the headline

The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA: XLE) was trading higher for the fifth session in a row on July 24, extending that streak with a gap up at the open. 

However, some analysts are

There are no losers in the oil field super cycle, only winners, but winning is relative. While the signs are good that the spending in upstream, natural gas, and efficiency will continue, 1

As is often the case with equity markets, stocks that perform well one year lag the market the following year. That’s been the case with energy stocks, and in particular oil stocks, which are

The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE: XLE) is setting up on a higher time frame for a potential breakout. YTD, the sector ETF is down almost 7%. However, as the uptrend remains intact and the

It’s sometimes said that markets can turn on a dime. That seemed to have happened with the energy sector, which was the huge 2022 winner, but the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA: XLE) is

Cactus (NYSE: WHD) expected the acquisition of Flexsteel to be accretive in the first year, and the execs were more than right. The Q1 results were good enough but came with solid guidance for Q2

The price-to-earnings ratio, or P/E ratio, is one of the most commonly used metrics in fundamental stock analysis. The division of share price by earnings per share (typically over the last 12

The words ‘Nasdaq’ and ‘dividend’ don’t typically go hand in hand. 

It makes sense. The tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 consists largely of cyclical companies that prefer to reinvest profits in growth

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B) is continuing to shop in the Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: OXY) aisle, adding 3.46 million shares to his position. The new purchases

Shares of Magellan Midstream Partners (NYSE: MMP) rose by as much as 16% during the opening of Monday's trading session, while the stock's price action retreated to close the day up by 12.99%; the

Warren Buffet has said he and Berkshire Hathaway would not take a controlling interest in Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY), and that’s smart. Oxy has a capable CEO who has the company on the right