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7 Energy Stocks To Sell Before They Fall Any Further

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For two centuries oil has been a key commodity around the world. But a major shift is underway. These 7 energy stocks to sell are fading fast.

3 Oil Stocks to Buy if Oil Prices Stay Above $40 Per Barrel

By Thomas Niel Dec 7, 2020

So, which oil stocks should you put on your watch list? These three names have started to recover, and could continue to head higher, in the coming year: EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG), Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO) and Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO).

The Best Sectors of 2020 (and the Worst)

By Louis Navellier, Editor, Growth Investor Nov 9, 2020

With 2020 coming to a close, now makes for a great time to talk about which sectors (and stocks) have outperformed and which have underperformed so far.

7 High-Yield Dividend Companies to Invest in During the Pandemic

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In volatile times, high dividend stocks are especially appealing. These are seven high quality, income-focused companies to invest in.

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By Louis Navellier, Editor, Growth Investor Nov 20, 2019

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Tuesday’s Vital Data: Disney, Valero and Nvidia

By Tyler Craig, Tales of a Technician Nov 19, 2019

Options trading was buzzing in Disney, Valero and Nvidia stock on Monday. Here are the metrics that matter moving forward.

3 Big Stock Charts for Wednesday: Twitter, Valero Energy and Synchrony Financial

By James Brumley, InvestorPlace Feature Writer Oct 2, 2019

The stock charts of TWTR, VLO and SYF are moving into the midpoint of the week in curious technical situations.

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By James Brumley, InvestorPlace Feature Writer Sep 18, 2019

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S&P 500 Analyst Moves: VLO

From Market News Video May 6, 2021

The latest tally of analyst opinions from the major brokerage houses shows that among the components of the S&P 500 index, Valero Energy is now the #55 analyst pick, moving up by 2 spots. This rank is formed by averaging the analyst opinions for each component from each broker, and then ranking the 500 components by those average opinion values.

Pent-Up U.S. Travel Demand Poised to Trigger 30% Surge in Jet-Fuel Use

From Yahoo Finance May 5, 2021

(Bloomberg) -- It’s the postponed weddings and family reunions. It’s meeting newborn grandchildren and attending memorial services for loved ones lost to the pandemic. It’s the rebooked trips to Maui and adventures in new cities.All that travel demand has been piling up for more than a year, and now it’s about to burst out into one hot summer for U.S. domestic flights -- and the jet fuel producers hammered by 2020’s lockdowns.Jet fuel use is expected to jump 30% this summer from where it was in the first quarter, the government projects. The extra demand comes as airlines revamp routes to offer more nonstop flights and boost capacity to reach more leisure destinations like beaches in Florida and national parks in the West. Executives from Hawaiian Airlines, Boeing Co. and U.S. oil refiner Valero Energy Corp. are all looking at the explosion of pent-up demand as an “inflection point.” United Airlines is adding hundreds of flights, and in June will fly its largest schedule since the pandemic hit.With travelers switching on the spending, it’ll be a boon to reopening economies as money pours into restaurants, hotels, rental cars and attractions. But the big question is: What kind of staying power will the summer crescendo have? To truly get things moving again, the domestic leisure trips will need to turn into a recovery for business and international flights, the real money makers for airlines and the crude refiners who produce jet fuel.For many Americans, their first flights in the pandemic era will serve as a litmus test for future travel. If the summer trips go well -- and there’s no accompanying spike in Covid infections -- the real surprise could be that demand stays at elevated levels into the fall and beyond as consumers clamor for a return to normal life.Lindsay Crosby, a 36-year-old commercial banker and morning radio show host, is flying with his wife and two kids from Atlanta to Dallas in late June. It’ll be their first trip since the pandemic started, and he’s feeling confident because not only are he and his wife vaccinated, but so are the other family members he’ll be reuniting with in Texas.“It was $1,000 to fly four of us to Texas and back, but I have the money to spend. I didn’t take any vacations last year, so we have no problem spending the money so I don’t have to be behind the wheel for 12 hours,” he said.“Knowing that this is going to be a normal summer has been very, very much needed -- like for our mental health.”Airline passenger numbers in the U.S. have already grown steadily from the pandemic lows, with a fast acceleration in recent weeks. At first the demand rebound just meant that planes were filling up again, but now additional flights are being added to schedules. U.S. departures in March were being added at a rate of dozens of flights per day, including large gains in Denver and Las Vegas, according to the latest data compiled by BloombergNEF.The added travel means signs of life are appearing in the market for jet fuel, the corner of the oil market that’s so far had the slowest recovery. If jet fuel can come back to even close to normal levels, it will give crude prices more room to surge, further fanning global inflation prospects.Soybean Oil and Crude Lead Best-in-a-Decade Commodities ReboundIn the third quarter, jet fuel demand is projected to reach 1.47 million barrels a day, up from 1.13 million in the first quarter and more than 50% higher than a year earlier, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. U.S. airlines in March used 33% more fuel than in February, reaching the highest monthly consumption level since March 2020, U.S. Department of Transportation figures showed Wednesday. Jet fuel for pipeline loading outside Houston to serve major airports like Atlanta’s and New York’s has been trading about 20 cents a gallon below Nymex diesel futures since mid-April. A year ago, the discount was closer to 30 cents. Still, there’s a long road to a full recovery: In April 2019, the figure was about 8 cents.Even the small recovery for prices is helping to boost profits for the refiners who turn crude oil into fuel products. Jet fuel in April provided 7% of U.S. refinery margins, BloombergNEF data show. That’s up from 3% at the start of the pandemic, but still down from 10% in April 2019.“We’re getting to an inflection point where now they’re starting to add flights,” Valero Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer Gary Simmons told analysts in April. “You can see that in jet fuel nominations and also the fact that airlines are calling their pilots and their crews back.”The big wildcard for both the airlines and the fuel market: What happens after the Labor Day holiday? That’s when many U.S. schools reopen and airline traffic becomes much more dependent on business demand.While domestic leisure traffic is nearly back to 2019 levels for many airlines, U.S. business traffic remains nearly 80% below pre-pandemic levels, holding back a broader rebound. At United Airlines Holdings Inc., for example, even with the added flights for June, the company will still be at just 67% of its domestic schedule compared with June 2019.Airlines could get squeezed if that trend continues. Leisure-goers usually pay for cheaper seats, while business travelers are the big-money ticket buyers. Accelerating vacation demand would likely mean a continued recovery for jet fuel, raising airline costs without margins getting beefed up from the higher fares.Already, the average gallon of jet fuel has increased 23% since late January to $1.79 a gallon on April 28, according to the Argus U.S. Jet Fuel Index.A lack of “higher-quality traffic,” as Airlines for America, the carriers’ trade group puts it, will cause the industry’s financial recovery to lag as average fares remain 29% below pre-pandemic levels. The group predicts that total passenger volumes won’t return to those of 2019 until 2023.Energy industry consultant FGE has a similar outlook for jet fuel demand, forecasting that it won’t return to 2019 levels until 2024. That estimate is also factoring in that airlines are replacing old jets with fuel-efficient models, said Krista Kuhl, a Houston-based oil consultant with FGE.Other thorns for the industry: Jet fuel inventories have built up in the past year, and global travel isn’t recovering at the same pace as U.S. domestic demand.That will make it hard for the Gulf Coast refining industry “to export as much jet as it did in the past,” said Robert Campbell, head of oil products research at Energy Aspects.But the U.S. jet fuel market is about 80% dependent on domestic demand, Simmons of Valero estimates. So even if exports lag for some time, the industry can see a healthy recovery as long as Americans keep flying.And there’s at least some anecdotal evidence that if travelers feel comfortable on their first flights back, they’ll keep taking more.Crosby, the commercial banker who’s flying to Dallas, said he expects he’ll feel safe at the airport and on the plane, but he’ll also be on alert: “Because you always see horror stories about people flying right now who don’t want to wear their mask or refuse to leave it on,” he said. Still, he’s already thinking about more flights, including a fall trip to see his sister in Washington D.C., and his wife has her sights on a vacation in Mexico in September.“I’m actually making plans to travel and go somewhere. I can go buy concert tickets. I bought sporting event tickets, and it’s like ‘Okay, we’re getting back to life now,’” he said.(Adds March fuel use in 12th paragraph)For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2021 Bloomberg L.P.

Noteworthy Monday Option Activity: VLO, TTWO, MCD

From Market News Video May 3, 2021

Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Valero Energy Corp (VLO), where a total volume of 18,991 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 1.9 million underlying shares (given that every 1 contract represents 100 underlying shares). That number works out to 53.9% of VLO's average daily trading volume over the past month, of 3.5 million shares..

Cars Make a Covid Comeback, and That Means Burning More Oil

From Yahoo Finance Apr 29, 2021

(Bloomberg) -- It’s starting to feel as commonplace as handwashing: To protect against Covid, people across the globe are skipping trains and buses. Instead, they’re part of the great car comeback that’s sending vehicle sales soaring and fueling a demand surge for oil and metals.Julie Murataj is a reluctant part of the shift. Two of her three kids are now getting dropped off at school instead of taking public transit. Then she drives her Volvo SUV to work, where she helps London schoolchildren cross the road by halting traffic with a bright, red and yellow stop sign that Brits call a “lollipop.” It’s a front-row seat to the world’s changing travel habits.“There are many, many more cars,” Murataj said. “I’m seeing the roads busier now than they used to be pre-Covid.”After being stuck in their homes for so long, people are itching to get out again. It’s a boon to newly reopening economies, with consumers ready to start spending more at gas stations, convenience stores, restaurants, hotels and attractions. Daimler AG, BMW AG and Toyota Motor Corp. all started the year with sales at records, and things are so hot that used car prices in the U.S. are soaring to all-time highs.The jump in vehicle sales is a strong sign that this is more than just a passing fad. Like the ubiquitous face mask, the car renaissance could be the latest example of how Covid-19 makes a lasting impact on our lives. The change could usher in an era of heavier traffic jams and longer commutes. All the extra driving will send gasoline consumption soaring, but with that also comes a rise in pollution. The increase in gasoline use that the International Energy Agency projects for this year alone would add as much as 1.5 billion pounds of carbon emissions per day.Traffic in Hong Kong is already twice as congested as in 2019. The streets of Tel-Aviv, Moscow and Bucharest are all busier now than they were before the pandemic, according to TomTom NV. In the U.S., driving miles on highways are starting to top 2019 levels, and in the U.K., fuel sales are already at similar levels to last summer’s peak.“People have a lot of cash in their pockets, and as lockdowns ease places will open up and allow those kind of leisure trips that may have been blocked,” said Richard Bronze, co-founder of London-based consultant Energy Aspects.Gasoline is the big winner.Profits from making the fuel are near seasonal five-year highs and are expected to stay strong as the Northern Hemisphere heads into summer driving season. U.S. refiner Valero Energy Corp. says gasoline sales are nearly at pre-pandemic levels, and the biggest bulls are predicting demand could hit a record. The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects summer fuel prices to be the highest since 2018 this year.The picture extends across the globe. BP Plc said this week that oil demand in China is back above pre-pandemic levels. In Europe, gauges of road congestion compiled by Bloomberg and covering 15 nations just posted their strongest reading in 10 weeks as the region emerges from another wave of the virus.U.S. Truck Boom Shows Why Oil’s Demand Comeback Is Here to StayIn Japan, an explosion for drivers-license applications signals a lasting shift to car travel. Applications processed in Shizuoka Prefecture, south of Tokyo, rose 8.7% in 2020, according to prefectural police. It’s the first significant rise in the past decade. The bulk of applications came from people in their 20s, a marked change from pre-Covid times when younger generations were increasingly choosing to forgo car ownership.“We’re pretty bullish on gasoline going forward,” Gary Simmons, chief commercial officer at Valero, said on a call last week.Other commodity markets are also getting a boost. Copper, aluminum, palladium and platinum, used in car parts, are seeing strong demand. And consumption is robust for corn and sugar, used to make ethanol, as well as soybean oil, used in biodiesel. With more crops going into fuels, it’s likely to exacerbate the food inflation that’s already crimping consumer wallets.Meanwhile, largely empty rail and metro carriages are ferrying just a handful of commuters in some of the western world’s largest cities. That’s putting a hole in the finances of mass transit systems like New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, German state railway Deutsche Bahn and Transport for London, which operates the U.K. capital’s tube network.The move away from mass transit helps explain why the world’s carbon emissions are coming back fast after last year’s historic drop.Earlier this month on London’s Marylebone Road, which runs alongside one of the U.K. capital’s royal parks, nitrogen-dioxide levels hit the highest since before the country’s first coronavirus lockdown, according to Imperial College London. The pollutant is mainly produced by diesel traffic, according to Simon Birkett, founder of not-for-profit Clean Air in London.London crossing guard Murataj is an asthmatic and can easily tell you about the change.“Through the first lockdown, when literally nobody was going anywhere, my breathing improved so much,” she said. “It was like being in the country or by the sea. I didn’t need to use my inhaler.”But now?“It’s probably worse now than it was” before Covid, Murataj said.China, further along than most of the world in its coronavirus rebound, offers some insight on how long the car mania will last.When lockdowns first started to ease last year, commuters in Beijing abandoned the city’s crowded metro and began commuting by car. But with the world’s second-largest economy staving off subsequent Covid waves and traffic jams in Beijing almost as bad as 2019, metro passenger volumes hit a post-Covid high this month.The big difference, though, is the world outside of China has struggled to keep cases in check, especially in light of new virus variants. Parts of Europe have been in and out of lockdowns to deal with infection spikes, the Philippines’ case count breached 1 million this week and Japan has declared a new state of emergency in Tokyo, Osaka and two other prefectures.Of course, the biggest virus threat is now in India, which is battling the world’s largest surge in Covid-19.Vinkesh Gulati owns dealerships of both new and used cars in Faridabad, outside of Delhi. Demand is so strong that some of his customers are on a six-month waiting list, depending on what model they’re interested in. The congested city streets mean that in years past many buyers opted to travel by two-wheeled scooter or motorcycle. But now, the open-aired vehicles are being shunned.Customers “often tell me that they are buying cars to move around to overcome the boredom and frustration of staying at home all the time,” said Gulati, who’s also president of the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations, which represents 90% of dealers in the country.“They can leave on a weekend morning, drive for 200 miles and come back in the evening. It’s a good family outing.”Driving Roars Back in U.S., Setting Up Gasoline for 7-Year HighThat desire for travel is expected to surge in the coming months, when the Northern Hemisphere basks in summer weather. Office workers have a store of vacation days to enjoy and kids will be out of school, so many families will be loading up their cars and hitting the road.Some people are already making the move.Saad Rahim is the Geneva-based chief economist at Trafigura Group, one of the world’s top independent commodity trading houses. He’s driving at least twice as much as he was before the pandemic began, mostly on family road trips around Switzerland.Being in a car is like being in “your own bubble,” he said. “People are taking advantage of that.”(Updates with U.K. fuel sales in sixth paragraph.)For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2021 Bloomberg L.P.

Is Higher Gasoline Demand Bullish for Valero?

From StockNews.com Apr 27, 2021

The demand for gasoline is increasing. That demand is likely to increase even more as people get vaccinated and hit the road this summer. What does this gasoline demand mean for a company like Valero Energy Corporation (VLO) and its stock price? Read more to find out.