UPS 2Q 17 earnings and ConocoPhillips 2Q 17 earnings were released before opening bell this morning. UPS reported earnings of $1.58 per share on $15.8 billion in revenue. Analysts had been expecting $1.47 per share in earnings on $15.5 billion […]
Tag: ConocoPhillips
Why Royal Dutch Shell Is Quitting Canada’s Oil Sands
Are Canada’s oil sands losing their luster? More than a decade ago, big multinational energy companies were flocking to the Western province of Alberta in droves, lured by a wealth of heavy crude in its bitumen-rich sands when oil was trading […]
ConocoPhillips – 4.7 Billion Barrels Of Oil Just Vanished In This Troubled Play
It’s reserves reporting season in the oil and gas business. And one of the world’s biggest plays saw some major casualties this week as new numbers hit the street. The Canadian oil sands. ConocoPhillips ConocoPhillips kicked off the carnage on […]
Sui Generis October 2016 Commentary – Shorts In Oil
Sui Generis commentary for the month of October 2016, on the subject of oil prices. Also see Q3 2016 hedge fund letters Q2 2016 hedge fund letters Friends and Investors, [drizzle]Those of you who have read this note […]
The 25 Most Battered Blue Chip Stocks
The 25 Most Battered Blue Chip Stocks by Ben Taylor, Find The Company The first month of 2016 trading brought some distinct highs and lows. Verizon stock climbed 11 percent after the company reported strong quarterly results. Macy’s — which […]
As Tide Goes Out, Effects Of Buybacks Exposed – The ConocoPhillips (COP) Poster Child
As Tide Goes Out, Effects Of Buybacks Exposed – The ConocoPhillips (COP) Poster Child by 720 Global Last week, ConocoPhillips (COP) unexpectedly slashed their dividend and further reduced capital spending plans. “As the Tide Goes Out, Effects of Buybacks are Exposed” contemplates the […]
ConocoPhillips (COP) Cuts its Dividend: How to Avoid These Riskier Stocks
ConocoPhillips (COP) is one of the biggest oil producers in the world and the newest case study regarding the dangers of chasing yield (the stock had a dividend yield of 7.7% as of yesterday evening). Despite its $45 billion market […]
![By USA White House [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.valuewalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Warren_Buffett_in_2010-270x200.jpg)
Does Buffett See A Bottom In Oil Prices
Does Buffett See A Bottom In Oil Prices by Rakesh Upadhyay, OilPrice.com Warren Buffett has been consistently wrong on oil, but many experts are calling a bottom on oil prices now that the investor extraordinaire has upped his ante […]
ConocoPhillips: ‘Somebody Intervened In Washington’
ConocoPhillips: ‘Somebody Intervened In Washington’ by Alec MacGillis ProPublica, Dec. 21, 2015, 5 a.m. This story was co-published with Politico Magazine. From his seat in the small plane flying over the largest remaining swath of American wilderness, Bruce Babbitt thought […]
Oil Export Ban To End As Part of 2016 Spending Bill
Oil export ban id dead – It took a compromise resulting from pressure to move forward with a “must pass” federal spending bill, but members of the U.S. Congress have apparently finally agreed to lift the four-decade-old ban on exports […]
Hard-Hit Alaska To Cut Oil Dividend, Subsidies To Oil Cos
Alaska is feeling the pinch from an extended slump in crude oil prices. The budget of the northernmost U.S. state has been dramatically impacted by the slump in crude from over $100 to around $40 a barrel in the last […]