A major reason to invest in Big Oil stocks like Statoil ASA (NYSE: STO), the Norwegian energy firm, is the answer to a simple question: When was the last time a Big Oil entity went bankrupt? Big oil stocks like BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), and others have fallen in […]

Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX), Big Oil from California, is down for the last month and quarter of market action.  Like other Big Oil stocks such as Royal Shell (NYSE: RDS-B), BP PLC (NYSE: BP) and ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) that have fallen, investors should look upon this as an opportunity to develop long term holdings at […]

Suncor Energy (NYSE: SU) is Big Oil and a Warren Buffett holding, which is a bullish combination. Along with ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) and ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Suncor Energy is an oil and natural gas holding of legendary investor Warren Buffett.  There is much about Suncor Energy that is superior to ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips.  That is […]

Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-A) is the second biggest oil and natural gas company in the world, behind only ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM).  However, in a manner unlike Big Oil entities such as ExxonMobil and Chevron (NYSE: CVX), Royal Dutch Shell is getting smaller.  It is selling off assets to focus on its most profitable operations. […]

Like Big Oil, Big Pharma stocks like GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) can provide Big Dividends to shareholders. GlaxoSmithKline is superior to Big Oil Stocks like Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) in that it has a robust profit margin.  For GlaxoSmithKline, the profit margin is 27.60 percent.  That is far superior to the 8.10 percent […]

ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), BP PLC (NYSE: BP), and Chevron (NYSE: CVX), are some of the Big Oil stocks that have been mentioned on this site. Investors who have bought BP PLC, Chevron, and other BIg Oil Stocks have done well.  ENi Spa (NYSE: E) is an Italian oil economy that is up nearly 18 percent […]

There is no denying the investment appeal of Big Oil stocks such as BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), and ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), among others. Many previous articles on this site have made that point. Big Oil stocks are starting to falling in recent market action.  ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil and natural gas […]

Royal Dutch Shell (RDS-A), the second largest oil and natural gas company in the world behind only ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), is selling off assets, most recently a natural gas field in Qatar. Wall Street approves as the stock price is up nearly 18 percent for 2014. Investors are putting a premium on oil and natural […]

There is a reason that legendary investor Warren Buffett owns shares of major oil firms such as ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP), and Suncor Energy (NYSE: SU) (chart  below), among others. That was shown in the strong employment numbers just released by the United States Department of Labor. The United States just added 288,000 […]

Crude oil is at a nine-month high due to the hostilities in Iraq. Securities in the sector such as United States Oil (NYSE: USO), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), and BP PLC (NYSE: BP) are surging.  While the short term performance by Big Oil stocks has been bullish, so is the long term outlook.  Many previous articles […]