While it has been a bull market for stocks, it has bearish for energy stocks such as BP (NYSE: BP), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), and many others. The main exchange traded fund for oil, United States Oil (NYSE: USO), is down more than 50 percent for the last six months of market action […]

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 […]

Many previous articles on this site have detailed why energy stocks, particularly Big Oil such as ExxxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) and BP (NYSE: BP), the biggest oil and natural gas stock in the world and the second largest in Europe, are solid buys for the long term. Recent market action has proven that to be correct. […]

The gross domestic product for the United States was just restated so that it actually fell by 2.9 percent.  It may seem odd to tout oil and natural gas stocks such as ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), BP (NYSE: BP), and others in that group, but that is exactly what is needed in the […]

Trouble in Irag has Big Oil securities such as United States Oil (NYSE: USO) and ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) surging up to higher price levels.  Many previous articles have detailed the appeal of Big Oil stocks such as Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and BP (NYSE: BP).  The strife in Iraq has oil securities rising, with United States […]

It certainly does not look that way based on how well the exchanged traded for oil, United States Oil (NYSE: USO) is doing! For 2014, United States Oil has jumped by more than 4.4 percent.  It is up for the last week, month, quarter, and year of market action (chart below). Making the case for […]

A recent article on this site reviewed why the just out “BP Energy Outlook” is so bullish for Big Oil firms such as ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Chevron (NYSE: CVX), and BP (NYSE: BP).  While that article by John Murphy, “BP Report Bullish for Big Oil,” provided excellent investment advice, there are many small cap oil […]

The long term outlook for oil and natural gas stocks is bullish.  Many other articles on this site have reviewed how well these assets have performed.  At present, however, major oil firms such as BP (NYSE: BP), Total SA (NYSE: TOT), and Hess (NYSE: HES) are off in recent market action. But small cap oil and […]

Due to the polar vortex, natural gas prices are at an all time high.  Investors who have followed the many articles on this site that were bullish have done very well in stocks such as Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), BP (NYSE: BP), and United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG), the exchange traded fund for the […]

With bond yields around 3 percent, many investors seeking income are buying debt rather than equities.  That is a move that should not be made as stocks with high dividend yields are far superior to bonds.  Many of these are well known, such as Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), BP (NYSE: BP), and BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP). […]