ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) closed yesterday at $52.56. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $34.12 and 52-week high of $57.44. ConocoPhillips stock has been showing support around 51.85 and resistance in the 53.65 range. Technical indicators for the stock are Bullish and S&P gives COP a very positive 5 STAR ...(Click the story link or go to http://www.marketintelligencecenter.com for the full story)

ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) closed yesterday at $52.56. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $34.12 and 52-week high of $57.44. The proprietary Key Risk Ranking for C...(Click the story link or go to http://www.marketintelligencecenter.com for the full story)

ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) closed yesterday at $52.56. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $34.12 and 52-week high of $57.44. The proprietary Key Risk Ranking fo...(Click the story link or go to http://www.marketintelligencecenter.com for the full story)

Devon Energy decided to sell assets and get smaller so it can grow faster. This highlights the attractiveness of the domestic shale plays in North America.

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U.S. stocks tumbled Thursday as concerns about a subdued economic recovery played in the minds of investors.  Safer bets like dollar strengthened and oil prices slumped.  As investors turned to safe havens, Treasury prices rose, sending corresponding yields lower.  Yields on three-month bills, considered one of the safest bets, turned negative for the first time since December.  A Bank of America Merrill Lynch downgrade of semiconductor industry also added to the downward pressure.     

The spike in bond prices came even as the Treasury announced plans to auction a record $118 billion in new notes next week – an auction schedule of $44 billion 2-year notes on Monday, $42 billion 5-year notes Tuesday, and $32 billion 7-year notes on Wednesday.

The Dow, which had plunged as much as 170 points during the session, ended down 93.87 points, or 0.9%, to 10,332.44.  The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 14.90 points, or 1.3%, to 1,094.90, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index dropped 36.32 points, or 1.7%, to 2,156.82.  Wall Street’s fear gauge, the CBOE Vix, jumped more than 4%.  Crude prices dropped $1.93 to $77.46. Gold prices rose to their fifth straight record close, up 70 cents to $1141.90.

As glimmers of a full-blown economic recovery fade, investors have increasingly become intolerant, locking in profits at every opportunity.  Also, a lack of conviction on part of the market to push beyond the current rally has been a dampener and concerns of an asset bubble build-up due to accommodative monetary policies have diminished risk appetites, sending daily average volume to levels of only about 1 billion.   

Nevertheless, to show not all is bad, the OECD raised its growth estimates for its 30-country members to 1.9% in 2010 from June's estimate of a 0.7% growth, and to a 2.5% GDP expansion in 2011.

Tech shares, already up 54.3% year-to-date, fell 1.7% Thursday, after Merrill's analyst slashed 2010 global growth targets, and downgraded ten companies in the semiconductor sector.  Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) shares fell 4.1%, and Texas Instruments (NYSE:TXN) retreated 3.4% after the downgrade.  Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) shares plunged 6.1% in premarket trading, after the company reported earnings that missed analysts’ projections.

Among the S&P 500 industry groups, energy producers, off 2.1%, were the biggest decliners.  ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) fell 1.9% and Chevron Corp. (NYSE:CVX) dropped 2% as crude prices fell for the first time in four days. Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE:SLB) shares fell 3.3%.

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Having gone “all in” on a U.S. economic recovery with his $44 billion acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (NYSE: BNI), Warren Buffett showed a less aggressive stance in Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B) Nov. 16 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).[More...]

One thing is for economic recovery the same as ever. Demand for energy during growth simply must grow. And for those who believe in recovery here are some of energy stocks.

Chesapeake Energy (CHK) mines natural gas. While the price of gas is pushed down by the economic downturn and new technologies which allow to isolate the material from clay. But the recovery will come only with the end of the recession, but at the expense of coal, which generates more pollution. Estimated profit for 2010 is over U.S. $ 2.4 per share. So it is possible to buy those shares for about 12 multiples of expected profits.

Devon Energy (OK) is one of the producers of natural gas and oil (which constitute 86 percent of its sales). At estimated profit of USD 6.2 shares are very attractive to buy that provides 11 multiples of expected profits.

Oil giant ConocoPhillips (COP), among other things, owns 20 percent of Russia's Lukoil. From their lows around 35 USD has bounced up to $52, but still have long way to highs (just slightly below $100). ConocoPhillips is at around 9 multiples earnings per share which is currently one of the cheapest stocks in energy sector.

American Electric Power (AEP) generates electricity. 73 percent of production is from coal-fired power plants, which is not in vogue, but the shares are still nearly 40 percent cheaper than that at its peak in 2007.

One thing is for economic recovery the same as ever. Demand for energy during growth simply must grow. And for those who believe in recovery here are some of energy stocks.

Chesapeake Energy (CHK) mines natural gas. While the price of gas is pushed down by the economic downturn and new technologies which allow to isolate the material from clay. But the recovery will come only with the end of the recession, but at the expense of coal, which generates more pollution. Estimated profit for 2010 is over U.S. $ 2.4 per share. So it is possible to buy those shares for about 12 multiples of expected profits.

Devon Energy (OK) is one of the producers of natural gas and oil (which constitute 86 percent of its sales). At estimated profit of USD 6.2 shares are very attractive to buy that provides 11 multiples of expected profits.

Oil giant ConocoPhillips (COP), among other things, owns 20 percent of Russia's Lukoil. From their lows around 35 USD has bounced up to $52, but still have long way to highs (just slightly below $100). ConocoPhillips is at around 9 multiples earnings per share which is currently one of the cheapest stocks in energy sector.

American Electric Power (AEP) generates electricity. 73 percent of production is from coal-fired power plants, which is not in vogue, but the shares are still nearly 40 percent cheaper than that at its peak in 2007.

One thing is for economic recovery the same as ever. Demand for energy during growth simply must grow. And for those who believe in recovery here are some of energy stocks.[More...]

Companies featured in this segment: RWE AG (OTC:RWEOY), E.ON AG (OTC:EONGY), Areva SA (EPA:CEI), Electricite de France SA (EPA:EDF), Scottish And Southern Energy plc (OTC:SSEZY), Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated’s (NYSE:WMT), Enterprise Products Partners LP (NYSE:EPD), Shell (NYSE:RDS.A), Exxon Mobile (NYSE:XOM), Valero’s (NYSE:VLO), ConocoPhillips’ (NYSE:COP), Alabama Power Company’s (NYSE:ALM), DuPont’s (NYSE:DD), Gulf Power Company’s (NYSE:GUL), Mississippi Power Company’s (NYSE:MPJ)

Companies featured in this segment: Tata Power Company Limited (BSE:500400), Honeywell International Incorporated (NYSE:HON), Holly Corporation (NYSE:HOC), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP)

Companies featured in this segment: Electricite de France SA (EPA:EDF), Constellation Energy Group Incorporated (NYSE:CEG), Centrica plc (OTC:CPYYY), Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE:DB), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), National Grid plc (NYSE:NGG), Suncor Energy Incorporated (NYSE:SU), Husky Energy Incorporated (OTC:HUSKF), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited (TYO:7011), Mitsubishi Corporation (OTC:MSBHY) (Tokyo), Kajima Corporation (TYO:1812) (Tokyo), Obayashi Corporation (TYO:1802), Sojitz Corporation (TYO:2768), Invensys plc (OTC:IVNYY), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE:BTU), Tyson Foods Incorporated (NYSE:TSN)

Companies featured in this segment: Honeywell International Incorporated (NYSE:HON), E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE: DD), Total SA (NYSE:TOT), ConocoPhilips (NYSE:COP), BASF SE (OTC:BASFY), ENI SpA (NYSE:E), E.ON AG (OTC:EONGY), Scottish and Southern Energy plc (OTC:SSEZY), Drax Group plc (LSE:DRX), Al Ezz Steel Rebars SAE (CAI:ESRS), Al Ezz Dekheila Steel SAE (CAI:IRAX)

Companies featured in this segment: ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (NYSE:PEG), Sanderson Farms Incorporated (NASDAQ:SAFM), Suntech Power Holdings Company Limited (NYSE:STP), Yingli Green Energy Holding Company (NYSE:YGE), LDK Solar Company Limited (NYSE:LDK), Sharp Corporation (OTC:SHCAY), Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (BSE:532898), NTPC Limited (BSE:532555), Origin Energy Limited (ASX:ORG)