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ThinkstockEach of the independent refiners to report second-quarter earnings so far have shown year-over-year declines, reflective of a sluggish demand…
July 23, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning, but only the DJIA was able to stay in positive…
ThinkstockBy now, anyone paying any attention to gasoline prices has run into the term “blend wall,” which is the point…
ThinkstockValero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) reported second-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The oil refiner posted diluted earnings…
July 22, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning with the DJIA dipping on a poor earnings report from McDonald’s…
ThinkstockFor much of the past year and through the first quarter of 2013, the refinery sector was on fire. The…
ThinkstockCrude oil refiners have taken some heavy hits in the past couple of months. Because the cost of crude contributes…
ThinkstockCrude oil refiner Marathon Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: MPC) announced a cut to its second-quarter earnings estimates well after markets closed…
ThinkstockWe have been on the price of ethanol credits since they rocketed to $1.00 earlier this year. Today, the price…
ThinkstockThe shrinking differential between the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude gets the lion’s share of the…
July 1, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning after a blast of economic data from both Asia and…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Monday, July 1, 2013.…
Investors and traders seem to be constantly looking for fresh research ideas that will lead to higher income or more…
ThinkstockOver the past 12 months, the best performing oil refining stock has been Tesoro Corp. (NYSE: TSO), which has doubled,…
ThinkstockThe new American energy boom is underway as U.S. oil and gas production has taken off. The equity and quant…
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