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Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) Fell Out Of Favor With Hedge Funds

September 11, 2020 admin Comments Off on Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) Fell Out Of Favor With Hedge Funds

At the end of February we announced the arrival of the first US recession since 2009 and we predicted that the market will decline by at least 20% in (see why hell is coming). We reversed our stance on March 25th after seeing unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus unleashed by the Fed and the Congress. […] …read more […]

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Venezuela Is Plucking Pieces Off Oil Pipelines to Sell as Scrap

September 11, 2020 admin Comments Off on Venezuela Is Plucking Pieces Off Oil Pipelines to Sell as Scrap

(Bloomberg) — Venezuela’s capacity to produce some much-needed gasoline and diesel of its own hinges on a single oil play. To tap it, the Nicolas Maduro regime is willing to cannibalize the country’s crumbling energy infrastructure to pay contractors with scrap metal.Unlike the tar-like crude from Venezuela’s Orinoco region, the light oil from Monagas state is the only kind that’s easy to process into fuel at the country’s aging refineries. It’s also the only area where production doesn’t require the help of sanction-wary partners.So, with the U.S. considering further steps to curb the country’s fuel imports, cash-strapped state producer Petroleos …read more […]

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3 Big Dividend Stocks Yielding Over 13%; RBC Says ‘Buy’

September 11, 2020 admin Comments Off on 3 Big Dividend Stocks Yielding Over 13%; RBC Says ‘Buy’

After a four-month run of steady gains, September brought sudden, sharp, losses across the board. The NASDAQ, which peaked over 12,000 on September, has slipped just below 11,000, a loss of 9.4%, while the S&P 500 is down 6.7% in the same period. These are the deepest market losses since the crash of February/March earlier this year.The losses raise questions for would-be investors, most importantly, is this the start of another bear market, or just a correction before another run of gains? Whether this is an opportunity or the start of a bear, investors would be wise to take it …read more […]

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Canadian Technology to Detect COVID-19 In The Air

September 11, 2020 admin Comments Off on Canadian Technology to Detect COVID-19 In The Air

BioCloud Wall Unit Game Changer In Fight To Manage PandemicTORONTO, Sept. 11, 2020 /CNW/ – Kontrol Energy Corporation, a Canadian public Company (CSE: KNR) (OTCQB: KNRLF), has launched BioCloud, an unobtrusive wall-mounted technology which detects the presence of COVID-19 in the air and triggers an alert system to provide real time notifications of the pathogen’s presence to facility managers, with the aim of allowing outbreaks to be contained before they occur. …read more […]

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Speculative Stocks: Is the Risk Worth the Reward?

September 11, 2020 admin Comments Off on Speculative Stocks: Is the Risk Worth the Reward?

There are two types of stocks. On the one hand you’ve got investment-grade stocks. On the other are speculative stocks. And there’s a big difference between an investor and a speculator.

In his foundational work on value investing, Security Analysis, Benjamin Graham wrote:
“An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis promises safety of principal and an adequate return.”
Anything not meeting this amounts to buying speculative stocks. Now, Graham knew a thing or two about investing. He’s the father of fundamental analysis. His disciples included the likes of Irving Kahn, Sir John Templeton and Warren Buffett. He also managed to make …read more […]