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Exxon beats Wall Street profit targets with help from higher production, refining- oil and gas 360

Exxon beats Wall Street profit targets with help from higher production, refining

(BOE Report) – Exxon Mobil beat Wall Street targets in fourth-quarter earnings reported on Friday, with higher oil production in profitable Permian Basin and Guyana assets helping to boost the No. 1 U.S. oil producer’s results. Adjusted earnings for the October to December quarter were $1.71 per share, beating a consensus estimate of $1.68 per share from analyst data compiled by

How long can Wall Street shrug off Trump’s ‘visible hand’?: McGeever- oil and gas

How long can Wall Street shrug off Trump’s ‘visible hand’?: McGeever

(BOE Report) – If record-high U.S. stock prices accurately reflect investors’ assessment of the first year of Trump 2.0, then it’s a glowing scorecard for the most interventionist government in decades. It’s yet another example of the topsy-turvy economic world where the global norms and orthodoxies of the last 40 years are being questioned and sometimes discarded by the U.S.

Big oil warns about a looming LNG supply glut- oil and gas 360

Big oil warns about a looming LNG supply glut

(Oil Price)– Lately, Wall Street has been warning that oil markets could soon face a surplus, putting more pressure on already depressed oil prices. To wit, Goldman Sachs has predicted that oil markets could be oversupplied by 1.9 million b/d in 2026 amid OPEC+ unwinding production cuts and production in the Americas rising. Wall Street now sees oil prices sinking to the $50s

BlackRock Continues Wall Street exodus from net zero alliances- oil and gas 360

BlackRock continues Wall Street exodus from net zero alliances

(Oil Price) – BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is quitting the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative in the latest exit of a major financial institution from a climate finance alliance since Donald Trump was elected U.S. President in November. BlackRock has decided to leave the voluntary Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, which launched in December 2020 and aims to “support the

Stock market’s short-term focus threatens energy transition goals- oil and gas 360

Stock market’s short-term focus threatens energy transition goals

Oil Price The energy transition would need a major change in the mentality of stock market investors to succeed. Investors’ focus on relatively fast returns and immediate financial performance right now makes them reluctant to invest in transition companies. And this could become the death knell of that transition. “Public markets are probably the cheapest cost of capital,” KKR partner

Hedge fund Elliott chases oil and gas deals, bucking Wall Street- oil and gas 360

Hedge fund Elliott chases oil and gas deals, bucking Wall Street

Nasdaq Energy bankers who lost one client after another when poor returns pushed many investment firms out of the U.S. oil patch got a welcome email earlier this year. Elliott Management, a hedge fund founded and co-led by billionaire Paul Singer and best known for its activist investing, wrote to the bankers in January inviting them to pitch opportunities to acquire U.S. oil

Chevron's profit nearly quadruples, Wall Street underwhelmed- oil and gas 360

Chevron’s profit nearly quadruples, Wall Street underwhelmed

Reuters HOUSTON – Chevron Corp’s first-quarter profit leapt from the same period a year ago to its highest in 10 years, benefiting from the surge in oil and gas prices in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The second-largest U.S. oil producer on Friday posted adjusted earnings of $6.5 billion or $3.36 per share, from $1.7 billion, or 90

Wall Street projects a “higher for longer” era for oil prices- oil and gas 360

Wall Street projects a “higher for longer” era for oil prices

World Oil (Bloomberg) –Could the era of cheap oil supply be gone for good? That’s the conclusion of some of the biggest commodities desks on Wall Street, where banks have been lifting their long-term price forecasts, often by $10 or more. While the U.S. shale boom brought about a “lower-for-longer” mantra, the market is now fixated on climate change and

Fidelity adds 4.1 million new clients in the first quarter of 2021- oil and gas 360

Fidelity adds 4.1 million new clients in the first quarter of 2021

CNBC Retail investors aren’t just flocking to Robinhood. Fidelity gathered millions of new clients – including millennials – during the first three months of the year. Fidelity Investments added 4.1 million new accounts in the first quarter of 2021, up nearly 160% from the first quarter of 2020. The firm also raked in members of a new generation of retail

There’s no hotter area on Wall Street than ESG with sustainability-focused funds nearing $2 trillion- oil and gas 360

There’s no hotter area on Wall Street than ESG with sustainability-focused funds nearing $2 trillion

CNBC EDITOR’S NOTE:  In 2020, Wall Street asset funds promoting investments in “sustainability” are as hot as the Wham-O toy company’s Hula-Hoop, despite the SEC recently reporting that some ESG funds aren’t really Green, and according to Morningstar, when analyzed, perform on par with traditional funds. Nonetheless, growing public expectations around Corporate Social Responsibility has increased the emphasis by investors

Wall Street turns positive on Exxon after a brutal year. But some experts warn it could get much worse- oil and gas 360

Wall Street turns positive on Exxon after a brutal year. But some experts warn it could get much worse

CNBC U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil endured a dreadful year by virtually every measure in 2020. The Irving, Texas-based company reported four consecutive quarters of losses, incurred the biggest write-down in its modern history, laid off thousands of employees, saw its market value plunge more than 40% and was dropped from the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average. CEO Darren Woods has since said the last 12 months “presented