JHME News and Press, John Hancock Multifactor Energy From 06/23/22

Oil and gas midstream stocks are not E&Ps, though they're trading as if they were. Oil macro conditions will remain positive for midstream above $70 per barrel. With shareholder value remaining stable or growing, midstream stocks are likely to see a swift recovery. For f...

U.S. President Joe Biden has criticized oil majors for not stepping up to help combat record-high gasoline prices at the pump. Looking at Refinitiv Datastream, we observe U.S. oil production to see if oil companies have been increasing production since the pandemic. In reality, oi...

The Energy sector bounced along with the overall market on Tuesday, but last week, it was that sector’s turn to get taken to the woodshed. Last week marked just the sixth period in the last 30+ years that the Energy sector underperformed the S&P 500 by more than ten percent...

The dividend coverage remains tight (or worse). The financial leverage is very low. Capital expenditures will decline, so the dividend coverage will increase. Excess capacity should allow free cash flow to rise considerably in the future. This midstream is run very conserv...

Russia has diverted a large share of exports to India and China, while European buyers have increased purchases from West Africa and Latin America. Greece, Malta, and Cyprus raised objections to a ban on the transporting of Russian cargoes by European-flagged vessels. The impendin...

The combination of high and rising global inflation and the Russia-Ukraine war has been driving commodities higher. Continued supply constraints from the Russia-Ukraine war and a resurgence in China’s economy will most likely support commodity prices for the rest of this year a...

In order to extend the rally in the stock market, we needed good news on the inflation front, and we needed the bond market to remain well-behaved. The resulting declines late Thursday and early Friday came quickly, putting us back in a situation where a retest of the May lows seems l...

A new high in headline inflation sends interest rates soaring. The major market averages are testing their May lows. Wednesday's Fed decision and Chairman Powell's press conference will likely dictate the direction of the market from here. Oil prices remain the lynchpin to con...

The year-over-year change in core CPI peaked in March and is coming down, albeit slower than we’d all like to see. The economy is slowing in some areas and inflation is still high but probably peaking. Bond yields are starting to look pretty attractive relative to stock div...

2.3% dividend yield is expected to surge in 2023, estimated Fair Value of $96. Significant geo-diversified tier-one profile of assets, making it one of the largest producers of raw hydrocarbon fuels in North America. Mounting a stunning efficiency campaign that has seen a 50% redu...