Integrated Oil & Gas

Morgan Stanley is out with a research report on Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE: MUR) and it has an Overweight rating on shares. In a note to clients, Morgan Stanley writes, "MUR announced the sale of the second of its three refineries tonight with two important takeaways: (1) MUR is executing on its...

Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE: MUR) announced today that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement pursuant to which its wholly-owned subsidiary, Murphy Oil USA, Inc., will sell its refinery in Meraux, Louisiana and related assets.

Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bear 3x Shares(ETF) (NYSE: EDZ) lost 6.11% today, and it closed at $20.12. Banco Bradesco SA (ADR) (NYSE: BBD) is a component of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, and it gained 2.41%. Direxion Daily Developed Markets Bear 3x Shares(ETF) (NYSE: DPK) fell 5.21%, and...

Russian bailiffs today raided BP's (NYSE: BP) Moscow offices with regards to a lawsuit over the company's joint venture in Russia, through minority shareholders of TNK-BP. In Soviet Russia, nothing goes right. You're screwed. Carl Icahn yesterday saying his board nominees would try to sell...

Shares of Suncor Energy (NYSE: SU) are lower on the session by 0.35%, currently trading at $31.63. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the January...

Shares of PetroChina (NYSE: PTR) are higher on the session by 2.00%, currently trading at $128.77. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day moving average. Options traders are focusing on calls today. A short while ago the...

Equity market volatility has increased significantly since I last wrote about a covered call option strategy in July.  Using Born To Sell I have identified some potential covered call opportunities on dividend stocks that have been featured on Scott's Investments within the past month.   If you are...

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Americas Petrogas announced that it has, through its wholly-owned Argentina subsidiary, Americas Petrogas Argentina S.A., entered into a farm-out agreement with ExxonMobil Exploration Argentina S.R.L., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) for the exploration and...

CNBC Fast Money's Scott Nations said on the show that a recent negative options action in Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) makes him worried about the stock. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (GMCR) gained 0.82%, and closed at $98.71. Jon Najarian thinks that NetApp Inc. (...

Donaldson Co Inc (NYSE: DCI) reported better-than-expected quarterly results. Donaldson reported its quarterly earnings at $65.8 million, or $0.84 per share, up from $51.2 million, or $0.65 per share, in the year-ago period. Its revenue surged 21% to $625 million. Its engine product sales climbed...

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (NYSE: SNP), or Sinopec, reported a 12% rise in its first-half net profit. Sinopec's net profit for the period rose to CNY41.17 billion (US$6.44 billion), from CNY36.80 billion, in the year-ago period, according to international accounting standards. However,...

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Travelers Companies (NYSE: TRV) is the “cheapest stock in the Dow. I want to buy Travelers right here." For Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU), he said, "You don't want to own Micron. It's not a good tech stock and it's not the...

Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: SOXS) spiked 7.99% on Thursday, and closed at $97.31. In the semiconductor space, Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) fell 4.84%, and Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) lost 3.06%. Direxion Small Cap Bear 3X Shares (ETF) (NYSE: TZA)...

In 2002, the United States Geological Survey (USGS), America's authority on natural gas, (among other stuff you need to dig up, drill, mine or quarry), released a report saying that the Marcellus Shale of New York and Pennsylvania then had 2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Then in July of...