Investors should always look for a combination of alluring factors in a stock such as those offered by Conoco Phillips (NYSE: COP), a major oil firm based in Houston. First of all, it is a major oil company.  The demand for oil and natural gas will only increase.  That makes top performers in the sector […]

ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), the world’s largest oil and natural gas company, is falling in price at the same time that the exchanged traded funds for oil, United States Oil (NYSE: USO), and natural gas, United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG), are falling. That is an unusual situation that long term investors should use to their […]

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 […]

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 […]

Recent activity demonstrates the appeal of natural resource companies operating in North America ranging in size from blue chips such as Suncor Energy (NYSE: SU) and Goldcorp (NYSE: GG) to promising small caps such as Mondial Ventures (OTC: MNVN) and Premier Exploration (OTC: PMMEF).  Suncor Energy and Goldcorp are Canadian companies in oil and natural […]

Apparently the Chinese have been reading the many articles on this site detailing the appeal of investing in the North American energy sector, especially those in the small cap sector. A Chinese energy firm, Yanchang Petroleum, recently purchased Novus Energy in Canada.  There will likely be more ahead as Zhang Kaiyong, chairman of Yanchang Petroleum […]

Many pieces on this site have been bullish about the benefits of investing in energy stocks, especially oil and natural gas. That was proven to be accurate as natural gas performed the best of all commodities in 2013, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal.  Natural gas futures were up 26% for the […]

A $2 billion bet has been placed on the North American energy sector by Formosa Plastics Group, a bullish sign for oil and natural gas companies in North America such as Chevron (NYSE: CVX), ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP), Octagon 88 (NASDAQ: OCTX), and Suncor Energy (NYSE: SU). Formosa Plastics Group has filed for an application to […]

As has been detailed on many other articles on this site, Big Oil has a bullish future. The recent purchase of 40 million shares of Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) shares by Warren Buffett certainly proves that point.  Buffett is a major shareholder of two other oil companies, Suncor Energy (NYSE: SU) and ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP). […]

For a wide range of factors, companies operating in the Canadian energy sector are very appealing to investors in today’s market.  That has been detailed in many previous articles on this site.  Proof was witnessed yesterday with Octagon 88 soaring due to news about production at its holdings in Canada. Octagon 88 is a Swiss […]