HAL News and Press, Halliburton Company From 07/06/22

Saxo Bank analyst Ole Hansen said Wednesday that supply remains constrained in the oil market, meaning that a fall in demand is necessary to hold crude prices at these levels. "You can almost argue now that we almost need a small recession in order to balance the oil market, thereby jus...

Schlumberger has not kept up with many of its peers so far this year, despite the company boasting strong performance. That strength is likely to continue for the foreseeable future and it could present investors with an opportunity to buy in on the cheap. In all, this business is...

My portfolio, built specifically for my retirement ~20+ years from now, makes a strong bet on a stock due for potential FDA approval in July. Making monthly contributions, even though they seem small at the time, makes all the difference in the world over time in helping create a valu...

Markets move in mysterious ways. On one hand, the equity market has sold off on fears that the higher interest rates required to fight inflation will excessively stifle the U.S. economy. Fair enough. But on the other hand, some of the highest-profile stocks in sectors benefiting from inflat...

Energy (NYSEARCA:XLE) was the easy winner in Monday's S&P sector standings, +2.9% compared to the broader S&P 500's -0.3% showing, as crude oil futures rebounded from their recent slide. WTI front-month futures (CL1:COM) settled +1.8% to $109.57/bbl and Brent crude (CO1:COM) closed +1...

Shares of energy companies fell sharply on Thursday, again sitting at the bottom of the S&P 500 leaderboard, as signs of slowing consumption sent oil prices sliding to six-week lows. The Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEARCA:XLE) closed -3.7%, slumping 25% from its peak in early June an...

Despite gradually decreasing its pay-out by almost 79 percent, GGN has recorded an average yield of almost 13 percent over the past 10 years. GGN’s investments are in commodities (gold, mining, energy), which tend to rise alongside inflation, and are considered safer bets durin...

The oil and gas sector was easily the stock market's worst performer on the S&P 500 on Wednesday, as crude oil prices fell to their lowest in more than a month on rising worries of a global economic slowdown that would hurt demand. The Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSEARCA:XLE) closed -...

The Energy sector ETF XLE holds a very small number of large-cap oil and gas-related stocks selected from the S&P 500, far fewer than its rivals. Its performance over the past decade has been inconsistent. An equal-weighted holding of just its two top stocks, XOM and CVS, has almo...

No sector is safe in bear markets and the current selling of winning stocks is typical of the later innings of market declines, MKM Partners says. "The high degree of correlation between Crude Oil (CL1:COM) (USO) (CO1:COM) (BNO) and Energy stocks (NYSEARCA:XLE) broke last week," MKM Chief Mar...