Tag: energy stocks

November 10, 2022

Today we consider energy and oil and gas stocks once again. While oil and gas prices have done a great deal over the last six months – up a bit, down a bit, then sideways – the associated companies have […]

October 27, 2022

Surging oil prices charged energy stocks through 2022 and could keep supporting the sector despite a looming recession and stubbornly hot inflation squeezing consumers. The sector’s 50% gain is a standout in the S&P 500 this year while every other […]

April 18, 2022

The first quarter was quite eventful for Wall Street, but the war in Eastern Europe was clearly a standout. Geopolitical tensions rattled financial markets, weighed on equities, and sparked a commodity price shock after the United States and its allies […]

October 28, 2021

Energy prices are soaring in 2021 and oil and gas stocks are the clear winners, but the losers might just turn out to be businesses and consumers. The energy sector has far outpaced the broader market in 2021. The S&P […]

May 5, 2021

European markets closed higher on Wednesday, reacting positively to some upbeat earnings reports and encouraging economic data that indicate a fairly strong global economic rebound. Mining stocks moved higher as copper prices rose past a key psychological level of $10,000 […]

April 2, 2020

Energy stocks propelled the broader stock market higher Thursday, driven by a surge in crude prices on hopes that Saudi Arabia and Russia could step back from their price war. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 300 points, a day […]

May 9, 2018

Oil is now trading at over $70 a barrel, pushing up shares of energy companies. A look at total returns for shares of large oil companies highlights a pattern that may make it easier to make money in the sector. […]

May 7, 2018

Energy stocks are leading U.S. indexes higher in early trading as the price of crude oil climbs. Exxon Mobil added 1.2 percent early Monday, and Schlumberger rose 1.2 percent. The gains came as the price of U.S. crude oil traded […]

September 29, 2017

Business Insider executive editor Sara Silverstein talks to Sarah Hunt, a portfolio manager at $4 billion firm Alpine Funds, about why she’s bullish on energy stocks. Hunt says there’s been a change in discussions around oil, and says she expects […]

February 27, 2017

The Dow Jones Industrial Average eeked out another all-time-high on Friday — its 11th record close in a row. The S&P 500 also notched a new high and its longest winning streak in nearly a year. But not all areas […]