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U.S. stock gains picked up steam in afternoon trading as the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed over the 15000 level, notching another landmark on the market's record run.The blue-chip Dow industrials advanced 77 points, or 0.5%, to 15045 in Tuesday afternoon trading. It first breached the 15000 level in intraday trading last Friday. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, meantime, added eight points, or 0.5%, to 1625, extending its string of all-time highs, while the Nasdaq Composite added four points, or 0.1%, to 3397.The Dow's push above 15000 comes as investors' confidence in the economic recovery grows. While earnings reports have been lackluster in recent weeks, a strong report on U.S. hiring last Friday helped dispel worries about a slowdown in the economic recovery like the ones the U.S. has suffered in recent spring seasons."Investors have played the worry game, and those that have sat on the sidelines in cash are starting to question that, because this has been a pretty res...
Apache Corp. (APA) said Thursday it plans to trim its portfolio with $2 billion in asset sales this year, bringing an end to a three-year buying spree that expanded ...
Apache Corp.'s (APA) fourth-quarter earnings fell 44% as property write downs and lower prices offset the benefits of increased production.The Houston-based company ...
EOG Resources Inc. shares advanced 2.5% on Thursday, among the top 10 gainers in the S&P 500 as the energy company late Wednesday reported fourth-quarter adjusted ea...
EOG Resources Inc. (EOG) swung to a fourth-quarter loss as the natural-gas-and-oil producer posted significantly higher impairment charges, offsetting stronger reven...
Few sectors could match the lethargy and mediocrity offered by the energy sector in 2012. Using ETFs as the measuring the stick, the only select sector SPDR that per...
Chevron Corp said on Monday it will enter the Canadian liquefied natural gas business with the acquisition of the 50 percent stake in the Kitimat LNG project held by...
EOG Resources Inc. is the "big winner" in the shale-gas deal between Chevron Corp. and Apache Corp. announced Monday, UBS said in a note to clients. EOG will realize...
Energy giant Chevron (NYSE:CVX) unveiled plans on Monday to acquire a stake in shale gas fields in Western Canada and a proposed Pacific pipeline in an effort to exp...
The oil patch is aflutter today on news that the U.S. could become the world's largest oil producer by 2020. That factoid comes courtesy of the International Energy ...
EOG Resources Inc. shares rose 5.3% on Tuesday as the company late Monday reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings. The stock was among the top five gain...
Maybe equity-based oil ETFs are rallying today because oil futures are surging. Or maybe these funds are just joining in on an Election Day rally for the broader mar...
EOG Resources Inc.'s (EOG) third-quarter profit fell 34% as the natural-gas-and-oil producer posted a rise in expenses that overshadowed stronger revenue.Results mar...
The Dow industrials rose back up above 15000 and the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index pushed deeper into record territory, following strong economic data in Germany...
EOG Resources Inc.'s (EOG) first-quarter profit rose 53% as revenue at the natural-gas-and-oil producer strengthened, led by its largest crude oil and condensate seg...
In a previous examination of some ETFs and their relationship to simple moving averages, we looked at a group of funds that were either below or vulnerable to giving...
ZaZa Energy Corp. (ZAZA) has agreed to sell its Moulton assets for $52.5 million and also signed a joint exploration and development agreement with EOG Resources Inc...
With all due credit to Beyonce's husband Jay Z, the ETF Professor is unveiling a new weekly feature where the ongoing battle between mutual funds and ETFs will be ex...
Some of the oil industry's smaller players could be poised to reap the most rewards from increasing U.S. crude oil production.Monthly production is expected to surpa...
Broadly speaking, energy stocks and the corresponding ETFs have performed well through the first two months of 2013.As just one example, the Energy Select Sector SPD...
