Integrated Oil & Gas

The markets are fading off the highs as a master level at $137.10 - $137.15 was hit on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY). This looks like it may be a short term top in the markets. Stocks helping support the markets and keep them positive are International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) and...

Silver Standard Resources Inc (NASDAQ: SSRI) dipped 5.67% to $32.77 in the pre-market session. SSRI is scheduled to report its Q1 results on May 10. Pan American Silver Corp (NASDAQ: PAAS) fell 3.25% to $34.91 in the pre-market session. PAAS is all set to report its Q1 results on May 18. Sify...

Oppenheimer is reiterating its Outperform rating on Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) “and are raising our price target for the stock to $125 from $105 to reflect improved earnings outlook on higher crude oil prices than our previous assumptions, as well as higher oil production growth...

Benchmark Capital has a Sell rating and a $74 price target on shares of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM). In a note to investors, Benchmark writes, "We expect to lower our full year 2011 earnings forecast driven by a roughly 2%-3% reduction (excluding Iraqi related volumes) in estimated...

UGI Corporation (UGI) - UGI is a distributor and marketer of energy products and services. Through subsidiaries, UGI operates natural gas and electric utilities in Pennsylvania, distributes propane both domestically and internationally, manages midstream energy and electric generation assets in...

Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR)- Up 1.81% to $49.38. Altera Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets programmable logic devices and associated development tools. The Company's products, include a variety of programmable logic devices and hardcopy application-specific integrated circuits....

Oppenheimer has raised the price target on Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) from $105 to $125 and maintains its Outperform rating.

Direxion Daily Energy Bear 3X Shares(ETF) (NYSE: ERY) lost 5.05% on Friday, and closed at $12.60. In the energy space, Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) gained 8.71%, and closed at $114.29. PowerShares DB Gold Double Short ETN (NYSE: DZZ) dropped 3.93% as gold traded higher. DZZ closed...

UBS E-TRACS Long Platinum UBS Bloomberg CMCI Platinum Total Return ETN (NYSE: PTM) gained 6.06% on Friday as platinum futures traded higher. This was the seventh consecutive trading session that PTM closed higher. iPath Dow Jones-UBS Cotton Subindex Total Return ETN (NYSE: BAL) traded higher on...

Cusick's Corner Some of you might have caught the subject line Married Put(z), this should not be confused with a Royal Put(z). That's enough of the Royals and wedding humor. At this stage the market it is getting a little harder to play the upside, at least buying outright stock with the market...

An investment has made you a pile of cash and you can't even remember why you bought it in the first place. You're wondering what to do, going back and forth between selling it and holding on to it. Sell it pal, because you didn't deserve all that money. You can't flash a smile like Cam Newton....

Cusick's Corner Equity markets continue to grind higher and the Big Caps are leading the way. Traders are watching the metals closely, more specifically Gold, GLD, and the strength in this trend is under some pressure. Now this does not mean that we won't get a headline that pops the metal, but...

Shares of SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWRA) have been selling off ever since the open, which is discouraging, especially since the stock is still up 35%. Yesterday after the bell, French oil giant Total (NYSE: TOT) announced it would be buying 60% of the company at $23.25 per share, a 45%...

The law firms of SeegerWeiss LLP and Lee Tran & Liang, APLC announce that they jointly filed a class action lawsuit today in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of owners of BP and ARCO gas station franchises and am/pm convenience store franchises...

Oil giant Chevron (NYSE: CVX) reported strong earnings today, but missed on the top line, as all of the oil majors have done this year, but shares are higher today. Could there be more upside in shares? Chevron, which is the second-largest U.S. oil company behind Exxon, reported earnings of $3....