10 Most Evil Companies in The US
It is surprising to learn that the 10 most evil companies in the US are some very well-known names that most of us interact with in our daily lives. It...
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Billionaire Lemann Bets Heavily On Canada, Energy, Railways
Jorge Paulo Lemann is one of the richest people in the world with a net worth of around $27 billion. He is the founder of investment fund giant 3G Capital...
Springbok Capital’s Top Picks: General Motors Company (GM) and Constellium NV (CSTM)
Springbok Capital is a long/short equity hedge fund that employs a fundamental-value strategy. It was founded in 2004 –headquarter in New York- by Gavin...
Druckenmiller’s 4Q13 Portfolio Changes
Stan Druckenmiller is a billionaire, and was the long-time manager of Duquesne Capital. Now, he oversees a family office, but his investing strategy is...
America’s Peak Oil Plan in Two Charts
It’s easy to talk about peak oil in a theoretical sense and ignore the real changes that are already happening. Not only is America producing more...
Halliburton Company (HAL), National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NOV), Weatherford International Ltd (WFT): Three Companies for Rapidly Rising Oil Capex
Falling production volumes from existing oil wells, coupled with high oil prices, have increased the incentive for big oil companies to invest more in...
Halliburton Company (HAL), V.F. Corporation (VFC), Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (MMP): Stocks Growing Their Dividends by 15% Per Year
Dividend investors would be wise to focus not just on a stock’s current yield, but also on the long-term growth potential of its dividends. That...
National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NOV), Halliburton Company (HAL), Baker Hughes Incorporated (BHI): 3 Stable Energy Investments
There are many ways to invest in the energy sector. You could buy shares of the companies that explore and extract oil and natural gas. You could also...
Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY), Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX), Chevron Corporation (CVX): 3 Companies Poised to Lead California’s Black Gold Rush
Photo credit: Flickr/David-O California’s Monterey shale is believed to hold 15 billion barrels of technically recoverable oil. To put that in perspective...
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK), Talisman Energy Inc. (USA) (TLM), Halliburton Company (HAL): New York and Its Moratorium
In the summer of 2008, David Patterson, who took over as New York governor following the ouster of Elliot Spitzer, imposed a two-year moratorium on fracking...
Envision Healthcare Holdings Inc (EVHC), Proto Labs Inc (PRLB), FleetMatics Group PLC (FLTX): 3 Stocks Near 52-Week Highs Worth Selling
The United States may be on the brink of war with Syria and, in the process, also irritating some of our trade allies, yet two-in-five stocks in the Motley...
Halliburton Company (HAL), Cameron International Corporation (CAM): Is Schlumberger Limited. (SLB) Destined for Greatness?
Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown. The best stocks offer sustainable...
Zep, Inc. (ZEP): Why Ecolab Inc. (ECL) Could Do More With Its Dividend
The Dividend Aristocrats is a list of stocks that have increased their dividends annually for at least 25 years. For dividend investors, it’s a...
Nuverra Environmental Solutions Inc (NES), W&T Offshore, Inc. (WTI), Halliburton Company (HAL): These Jobs Are Just Waiting to Be Filled
Photo credit: Flickr/photologue_np. This year, oil and gas companies operating in the Marcellus and Utica Shale plan to hire at least 4,000 new employees...
Oasis Petroleum Inc. (OAS), Halliburton Company (HAL): Is Nuverra Environmental Solutions Inc (NES) Really Going to Go Under?
“If you torture the data long enough, it will confess to anything.” – Robert Coase There is no greater fear for an investor than to lose...
Halliburton Company (HAL), Nuverra Environmental Solutions Inc (NES): Why Water Recycling is So Critical for Energy Companies
Photo Credit: Flickr/Laszlo Ilyes One of the big issues many have with fracking is the massive amount of fresh water required to frac each well. In some...
Seadrill Ltd (SDRL), Halliburton Company (HAL): Where’s the Best Place For Your Capital?
Mexico has a problem. Its oil exports are falling, and the government needs to boost production. In the current, postmodern age, governments like Mexico...
Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM), Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (APC) Among The 10 Most Popular Energy Stocks Among Hedge Funds
Several weeks after the end of each quarter, hedge funds and other major investors file 13Fs with the SEC to disclose many of their long equity positions...
Continental Resources, Inc. (CLR), Halliburton Company (HAL), Ultra Petroleum Corp. (UPL): The “New Normal” for the American Oil Industry
When someone talks about “the new normal,” we assume that it denotes a new permanence that will dictate things for the rest of time. But we...
Chevron Corporation (CVX), Royal Dutch Shell plc (ADR) (RDS.A), Linn Energy LLC (LINE): How Solar Power is Saving Middle East Oil
Photo credit: Glass Point Solar It’s not easy being green, just ask Kermit the Frog. This certainly is the case for an oil company, which would...
SandRidge Energy Inc. (SD), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC (VNR): American Energy Independence Needs You
Photo Credit: Flickr/Don Hankins The price tag for American energy independence is well over $2 trillion. Energy companies just don’t have that...
Nuverra Environmental Solutions Inc (NES), Oasis Petroleum Inc. (OAS), Magnum Hunter Resources Corp (MHR): The Weather Continues to Plague This Industry
Photo credit: Flickr/photofarmer It’s been a rough year for oil and gas producers due to the cold and wet weather that has lingered longer than...
Halliburton Company (HAL), Baker Hughes Incorporated (BHI), Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK): Oil and Gas Companies Hope for Padded Revenues
Photo Credit: Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) The move to multi-well pad drilling has been saving oil and gas producers big bucks. Companies...
Baker Hughes Incorporated (BHI), Schlumberger Limited. (SLB), Halliburton Company (HAL): Should You Consider Investing in This Courtroom-Bound Oilfield Trio?
The hydraulic fracturing industry in the U.S. is booming. Roughly 90% of all U.S. onshore wells now require some degree of hydraulic fracturing, in which...
National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NOV), Schlumberger Limited. (SLB): Temporary Issues For This Energy Stock
For two quarters in a row National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE:NOV) has reported a decline in earnings coupled with an increase in revenue. In the second...
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK), Devon Energy Corp (DVN): China Ready to Reap Billions From U.S. Shale Gas Technology
Photo Credit: Flickr/Tomas Roggero China has spent billions of dollars in the U.S. to snap up joint venture deals with the pioneers of the shale gas revolution...
Halliburton Company (HAL), Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK): Why I’m Pouring More Money Into the Company That Cleans up Frack Water
Photo Credit: Flickr/Laszlo Ilyes The combination of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling has unlocked more oil and gas than ever dreamed. It...
Schlumberger Limited. (SLB), Halliburton Company (HAL): Is This Oilfield Services Company a Good Stock to Buy?
Schlumberger Limited. (NYSE:SLB), the largest publicly traded U.S. oilfield services company by market capitalization (at $110 billion), recently reported...
A Closer Look at Weatherford International Ltd (WFT)’s Choppy Quarter
Weatherford International Ltd (NYSE:WFT) investors have endured quite the storm over the past year. While the company is not completely in the clear,...
National-Oilwell Varco, Inc. (NYSE:NOV), Halliburton Company (HAL): Drilling Remains Strong in the USA
The oil and gas equipment and service industry has historically experienced significant volatility due to lower oil and gas prices. Demand for oil and...
Is Halliburton Company (HAL) a Buy?
In the midst of global concerns for future energy, the abundance of shale oil and gas reserves has been a revelation. The U.S. has been at the fore of...
Nuverra Environmental Solutions Inc (NES) Can’t Catch a Break
Nuverra Environmental Solutions Inc (NYSE:NES) decided it was best not to wait until its scheduled earnings release on Aug. 8 to deliver the bad news....
Can Weatherford International Ltd (WFT) Storm Back and Beat Estimates?
The past 12 months have been quite turbulent for oil-field service and equipment provider Weatherford International Ltd (NYSE:WFT). The company’...
Halliburton Company (HAL), Schlumberger Limited. (SLB): Should Investors Buy These Big Buybacks?
Along with announcing earnings, both Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) and Schlumberger Limited. (NYSE:SLB) announced multi-billion-dollar stock buybacks...
Is CARBO Ceramics Inc. (CRR) Destined for Greatness?
Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown. The best stocks offer sustainable...
Is Halliburton Company (HAL)’s Stock a Screaming Buy?
It’s been a busy week for Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL). And at the end, the second largest oil services company seems to have come out trumps...
Nabors Industries Ltd. (NBR), Halliburton Company (HAL): Oil Services Have Caught the Pressure-Pumping Plague
Oil services companies have gotten good at hydraulic fracturing, perhaps too good at it. According to , fracs per day have increased by 50% in the Haynesville...
Schlumberger Limited. (SLB), Halliburton Company (HAL): Which Energy Service Giant Is Best For Your Portfolio?
Historically, the energy service industry has been dominated by two companies: Schlumberger Limited. (NYSE:SLB) and Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL). The...
Gannett Co., Inc. (GCI), PetMed Express Inc (PETS), McDonald’s Corporation (MCD): Are These Stocks a Buy Post Earnings?
Monday morning was quiet on the earnings front, but there were still several big-name companies to report quarterly results. In this piece, I am looking...
Halliburton Company (HAL), Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK) – OK, New York: It’s Time to Lift the Fracking Ban
Source: Chesapeake Energy. While the New York state legislature still considers extending the statewide moratorium on fracking for another two years,...
Halliburton Company (HAL), Baker Hughes Incorporated (BHI): Another Fishing Expedition on Fracking
If the EPA won’t stop fracking, then maybe the Justice Department will step in and do the job for them. Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI) and...
Halliburton Company (HAL), Nuverra Environmental Solutions Inc (NES): 2 Huge Recent Developments for Oil and Natural Gas
All too often in our 24-hour news-cycle society, it’s easy to miss important news because it’s being drowned out by the noise of the next...
Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN)’s Story of Cash Value and Naivete
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) shares took a brief dip, then resumed their upward trajectory, after a quarter that disappointed analysts. The results...
Is Schlumberger Limited. (SLB) a Good Stock to Buy?
Schlumberger Limited. (NYSE:SLB), the largest publicly traded U.S. oilfield services company by market capitalization (at $110 billion), recently reported...
Schlumberger Limited. (SLB), Halliburton Company (HAL), Weatherford International Ltd (WFT): This Oil & Gas Service Company Might Deliver a High Yield to Investors
Schlumberger Limited. (NYSE:SLB) has appreciated significantly since the end of June, from around $71.60 per share to nearly $83.80 per share. With that...
Things Are Better at Baker Hughes Incorporated (BHI) Than You Might Think
If you’ve looked at Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI)‘ recent results, you may be convinced that the company is struggling somewhat. But...
Baker Hughes Incorporated (BHI), Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS): Which Oil Service Name to Buy Among Polarized Views From the Street?
There have been a wide variety of comments coming out regarding the outlook for the oil services industry. The other day, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE...
Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI), Halliburton Company (HAL), Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS): Three Big Value Stocks From Delaware Dividend Income Fund
Large cap value has been an increasing focus at Delaware Dividend Income Fund (DDIAX) according to portfolio manager Bob Zenouzi. He highlights Johnson...
Schlumberger Limited. (SLB), Halliburton Company (HAL), Baker Hughes Incorporated (BHI): Which Oil Services Company Is Right for You?
Now that earnings season is underway, you may notice that oftentimes similar companies will report around the same time. For example, you may notice that...
Halliburton Company (HAL) Earnings: The Key to Future Growth
Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) will release its quarterly report next Monday, and judging from the stock’s gains over the past year, investors are...
