IXC News and Press, iShares Global Energy From 04/04/20

Of all the sectors that have disappointed investors, energy has to come near the top. Energy producers collapsed in 2008 and have never been able to catch a break since. Whenever performance improves as in 2013 and 2018, a new whirlwind of bad news arrives bringing oil prices to new lows. As...

Originally published on March 20, 2020 While COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the world, the number of active infections within China has been declining since mid-February. In fact, yesterday marked the first day since the outbreak began that China reported no new locally transmi...

CNBC's Jim Cramer was recently quoted as saying " this should be the beginning of the end for sector ETFs ". While I agree with Todd Rosenbluth's initial response on Twitter , I felt it important to lay out a few facts and lists of sector ETFs highlighting why their importance to investors wi...

Carbon emissions from energy flattened last year following two years of increases, even as the world economy expanded by 2.9%, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency . More news on: The United States Oil ETF, LP, The United States Natural Gas ETF, LP, Energy Sele...

The BlackRock Resources & Commodities Trust (NYSE: BCX ) with $880 million in assets under management is a closed-end fund that invests in companies with exposure to commodities. What's interesting here is that beyond simply energy producers and miners, BCX also holds stocks from other...

Stepping up their fight against climate change, EU leaders have agreed to cut the bloc's greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050. More news on: Invesco Solar Portfolio ETF, VanEck Vectors Coal ETF, iShares S&P Global Clean Energy Index ETF, Top stock market news, Energy stocks n...

Energy Fuels Inc. ( UUUU ), and its subsidiaries extract, recover, explore for, and sell uranium in the United States. The company owns and operates the Nichols Ranch uranium recovery facility in Wyoming, the Alta Mesa Project in Texas, and the White Mesa Mill in Utah. Energy Fuels produces ur...

Cutting €2B of yearly investments, the European Union will stop funding oil, natural gas and coal projects at the end of 2021 as it aims to become the first climate-neutral continent. More news on: iShares S&P Global Clean Energy Index ETF, VanEck Vectors Low Carbon Energy ETF...

The Energy sector ranks fourth out of the 11 sectors as detailed in our Q4'19 Sector Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. Last quarter , the Energy sector ranked eighth. It gets our Neutral rating, which is based on an aggregation of ratings of the 184 stocks in the Energy sector. Se...

Saudi Arabia's oilfields and processing are attacked. 5-6% of the world oil supply is brought offline. Oil prices are up 10%+. Oil and gas stock indexes are up 10%+. And recommendations are flying: "sell the news" "fade the rally" "short xyz oil stock". Usually it is a good idea to "sell the n...