National Oilwell Varco Making The Grade?

National Oilwell Varco Future

Photo Credit.   Predicting oil stock futures are all speculation, there is not way to solidify the outcome of a company. However, there are a number of checks and balances to go through in order to better predict where a company is going. According to Seth Jayson, National Oilwell Varco raises questions when you dig … Read more

What is Fueling Recent Energy Mergers? Shale Gas, Silly!


Photo Credit. There has been a lot of activity within the merger and acquisition arena, especially withing the oil and gas markets. What has sparked all this major activity? Seems to be shale gas is the reason. The U.S. has seen major shale plays in the focus of the energy idustry, which as a result, … Read more

Transocean: Cheap with High Yields

Transocean High Yield

Photo Credit.   Have you been considering investing into a large cap oil company? Usually these are big investments, and if it were me, I would take my time deciding and researching. Luckily, Transocean has seen a drop in price, but is still providing great yields to their investors. Sounds like a pretty perfect situation. … Read more

Peabody’s Wild Ride

Peabody Energy Wild Stock

Photo Credit.   Peabody Energy has been all over the charts in the last couple months. This probably has some investors worried and confused. What causes this type of reaction, and why Peabody? Travis Hoium fills us in on what exactly happened to Peabody Energy and what cause this wild ride.   What: Shares of Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU ) fell as … Read more

Middle Energy Market Players Get Lost In M&A Wrath

Midtream Oil Companies Suffer

Photo Credit.   There have been some major mergers and acquisitions occurring in the last month. This is good news for the companies involved, and those in the upstream business. However, what about those in the middle? The middle market players aren’t so excited.  Jennifer Leigh Parker explains why.    …The general middle market reaction to the M&A news, … Read more