Previous articles on this site have detailed how Big Oil stocks like ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY), and Chevron (NYSE: CVX) are ideal candidates for writing covered call options. Add Sherwin Williams (NYSE: SHW) to that list. Sherwin Williams makes paints, coatings, and other products related to housing and other sectors.  Like other […]

Many previous articles on this site have focused on the appeal of Big Oil stocks such as BP (NYSE: BP), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), and Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY).  When many concerns about the future of the market, it could be time to start writing covered call options on Occidental, ExxonMobil, Occidental Petroleum and other oil […]

SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD), the exchange traded fund for gold, is up nearly 2.50 percent for the last week of market action.  United States Oil (NYSE: USO), the exchange traded fund for oil, is up nearly 3 percent for the last week of trading (chart below).  Chaos around the world has investors heading for […]

Of the many appealing features of Big Oil, offering access to growth around the world is one.  A report from McKinsey Global Institute, “Who Will Win the $30 Trillion Decathlon,” projected that 69 percent of the increase in consumption around the world will be in emerging market countries in Asia, Latin America, and other areas. […]

When major oil companies such as Royal Dutch Shell (RDS-B) and Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) are selling off assets in troubled areas according to an article in the Financial Times, investors are naturally placing a premium on stability.  The crisis in the Ukraine is making that even more important.  That is why more are turning […]

There have been many previous articles on this site that have been bullish about oil and natural gas stocks.  The attractive companies in this sector range in size from “Big Oil” like Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) to promising small caps, such as Mondial Ventures (OTN: MNVND). Speaker of the House John […]

Many “Big Oil” firms such as Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS-B), the second largest in the world, Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY), and BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Europe’s second largest, have been selling assets. That would seem to imply that there is a bearish future for the sector.  But it is the opposite for oil and […]

As with so many others, Big Oil stocks such as Chevron (NYSE: CVX), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Royal Dutch Shell (RDS-B), and others are starting to give up some of the gains of 2013. That should ring out a loud, clear buy signal for long term investors! Many other articles on this site have detailed the […]

Many articles on this site have detailed for the investors the long term value of oil and natural stocks operating in North America of all sizes, ranging from in scale from Exxon Mobil (NYSE: OXY) and ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) to Octagon 88 (OTC: OCTX) and Americas Petrogas (OTC: APEOF). Marathon Oil (NYSE: MRO) just proved […]

Oil is rising in price in anticipation of the results of the annual meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna.  It appears as if there will be a concerted effort to keep the price of a barrel of crude oil in the $100.00 range by the members of OPEC.  That is […]