I've been following the election closely for two years. For the most part, politics is a hobby of mine, but in this year's election my interest went much deeper.
I recognized very early that the 2008 vote would be monumental on so many levels and investment opportunities would abound. I even outlined the impact of the policies of each candidate on the market in an election gallery.
Now that the results are in with the Democrats taking significant control of the executive and legislative branches, I want to drill d
The accompanying table presents a 20-stock defensive growth portfolio which I believe will outperform the overall market as measured by the S&P 500 Index as the current panic trade comes to an end and investors stop selling stocks regardless of their fundamentals. The average PEG ratio for this group of stocks is below one and the average dividend yield of 4.4% is nearly two times the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) yield of 2.4%. All of the stocks have a market cap over $1B with an average of just under $75B and the indust
The attacks on T. Boone Pickens' plans -- everything from his integrity and self-interest to his quixotic nature -- as Jim Cramer says, "just makes no sense whatsoever. They hold no water at all.
They are just wrong and misguided. The people against him, the ones that call him a dreamer, are the ones who have done no homework and are deeply cynical. And if they don't keep their mouths shut, we will forever be addicted to foreign oil."
We believe recent discoveries have shifted DVN's focus to organic production growth, from restructuring of historical acquisitions.We estimate that the successful production test of the deepwater Jack #2 well (DVN has a 25% working interest) in the Gulf of Mexico's Lower Tertiary Trend in 2006, and its Miocene-age discovery on the Mission Deep prospect (50%) in the Gulf of Mexico, have raised the company's production growth prospects through 2015, while its Chief Holdings acquisition has increased its presence and production outlook in the Barnett Shale.
Devon Energy Corporation and its subsidiaries primarily engage in oil and gas exploration, development, and production; the transportation of oil, gas, and natural gas liquids; and the processing of natural gas. The company owns oil and gas properties principally in the Permian Basin within Texas and New Mexico; the Mid-Continent area of the central and southern United States; the Rocky Mountains area of the United States; the offshore areas of the Gulf of Mexico; and the onshore areas of the Gulf Coast, principally in south Texas and south Louisiana. It also owns oil and gas properties in ...
TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says forget calling a financial bottom -- everything you need is right in front of you.
Do you think this week will finally end the oil inventory nonsense? Do you think this week could be the breakout where oil doesn't trade on the slight build or the "heavier than expected" c...
TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says as crude goes higher, it makes more and more sense to go for other energy options.
Every day that oil goes up, there is a new set of technologies that had formerly been priced out of the market that comes back to life. Let's take wind. Wind, in itself, just seems so stupid. It needs, well, wind. Much of our country doesn't have enough wind to make this economic. There are only certain regions that can really benefit.
We are in the midst of a pullback in commodities
and their related stocks. Is this the end of the bull market in
commodities? I think not.<!--more-->
The commodity bull run is a multivariate
model. One variable was the foreign exchange factor. As the dollar
weakened, the price of commodities in dollar terms rose. This past week the
dollar strengthened after the market interpreted the most recent FOMC
statement as sending a signal that the monetary body is likely to end
its most recent cycle of interest rate cuts.
*Crude oil surprised today rising the most after two weeks after the Energy Department showed that crude oil supplies plunged 4.85 million barrels to 324.2 million barrels, 5.8 percent above the five-year average. Gasoline inventories dropped 3.75 million barrels to 216.4 million, 0.6 percent above the five-year average, the report showed. Crude Oil trading up $1.13 or 1.9% to settle at $61.82
DVN is sitting firmly on it's uptrend line as i type this. It broke out of a shorter term down trending channel so i am set that we'll see DVN back in the 74 area. this is also confirmed by rising oil prices. Buying on any weakness is advised. again, i highly emphasize obeying your TA!
I'm expecting a correction in energy to be soon. DVN is one of my favorite energy/oil companies because of it's higher volatility. I would suggest buying DVN on it's way down. as i've said in my other reviews concerning oil and the markets, if oil rises, i'm expecting money to diversify OUT of many other equities and into base/precious metals, oil/energy etc. this is because the "street" will be screaming bloody murder if the markets continue to correct.
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