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• Why Does Silver Point Capital Love This ‘Fab Five’?

  By Meena Krishnamsetty - September 29, 2012 | Tickers: AIG, C, DAN, DLPH, SUN

  Silver Point Capital LP, founded in 2002 by Goldman Sachs alums Edward A. Mule and Robert J. O’Shea, is a Connecticut-based distressed debt and credit-focused private investment firm.

  Prior to forming Silver Point Capital both of the founders had an impressive career track at Goldman Sachs that started in the early nineties. Mule and O’Shea pride themselves on investing in highly complex situations that generally require deep analytical more »

• Energy For Your Portfolio

  By Piyush Arora - September 20, 2012 | Tickers: ETP, SXL, SUN

  Natural gas prices have dipped significantly and so have the prices of coal, primarily due to the macroeconomic concerns about Europe. These concerns have forced investors to reduce and unload almost all of their holdings directly or indirectly related to Europe. The world is not ending; trust me it’s not, and contrarian investors have the opportunity to make money in this market by carefully investing in companies that have more »

• Oil & Gas Stocks to Buy, 1 to NOT Buy

  By David Gould - September 15, 2012 | Tickers: CHK, CVX, MRO, SUN, VLO

  As the economy moves towards full employment, investors should be eying oil & gas. In my view, Valero (NYSE: VLO) is undervalued and well positioned to outperform broader indices. Sunoco (NYSE: SUN), on the other hand, is just the opposite. Here's why:

  Valero is fairly cheap at a respective 11.1x and 7.2x past and forward earnings. Although volatility is fairly high at 50% above average, debt is fairly more »

• Sizing Up the Merchant Customer Exchange

  By Eric Novinson - August 22, 2012 | Tickers: DRI, LOW, MA, SUN, WMT

  The Merchant Customer Exchange made the headlines recently as several large retailers decided to set up their own mobile payment network, which demonstrated that companies from many sectors want a piece of the mobile payment market. The challenge for investors is determining how big the mobile payment market will be in a few years, and what kind of impact it could have on these companies' revenue and sales figures. The more »

• Is this Deal Another Waste of Shareholder Capital?

  By Matthew DiLallo - August 20, 2012 | Tickers: BRK-B, BP, PSX, SUN, TSO, TLLP

  Do you ever wonder if companies really have a plan when they are flipping assets amongst each other?  Whenever I read about an asset sale I’m reminded of something Warren Buffet said in his owner’s manual to shareholders,

  “You should be fully aware of one attitude Charlie and I share that hurts our financial performance: Regardless of price, we have no interest at all in selling any good more »

• A Refined Industry Outlook

  By Matthew DiLallo - July 6, 2012 | Tickers: DAL, ETP, PSX, SXL, SUN

  Sunoco (NYSE: SUN) recently announced that they were entering a joint venture with the Carlyle Group which will be called Philadelphia Energy Solutions.  The venture was established to run the 330,000 barrels of oil per day Philadelphia refinery that Sunoco had been looking to either idle or sell.  This deal marks the second east coast refinery deal this year and continues on an interesting trend in the refining industry more »

• Shale Oil Boom Boosting US Refiners

  By Tony Daltorio - June 27, 2012 | Tickers: ENB, PSX, SUN, TSO, VLO |

  The shale oil and gas boom in the United States continues to reshape a wide variety of American industries. For some industries, it's a blessing (petrochemicals) while for other industries (such as coal), it's a curse.  

  Another sector being affected greatly by the shale boom is the US oil refining industry. The good news here is that the effect looks to be a positive one. Many US refineries more »

• Refining Stocks Make Sweet Crude Profits

  By Streetwise Reports - May 17, 2012 | Tickers: BCEI, CIE, HES, HFC, KMP, SUN

  By George S. Mack of The Energy Report

  Focus on earnings achievability.

  It's not often that a guy gets around his industry to the extent that recent The Energy Report interviewee Evan Calio has. He's an honors grad attorney who served as special counsel for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance focusing on the energy group. He then went to JP more »

• Can Adding Some Sun(oco) Transfer More Energy into Your Portfolio?

  By Matthew DiLallo - May 1, 2012 | Tickers: ETP, EPD, SXL, SUN, VLO

  When I saw the alert on Monday morning that Energy Transfer Partners (NYSE: ETP) was buying Sunoco (NYSE: SUN) I thought they couldn't be talking about the same Sunoco branded retail business I pass by on a daily basis.  The first question that popped into my mind was what would a natural gas pipeline company want with a low margin gas station business?  However, as I looked into the more »

• A Refined Oil Play in Royal Dutch Shell?

  By Michael Mistaleski - April 15, 2012 | Tickers: XOM, RDSA, SUN

  Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS.A) was not what I was searching for when I stumbled upon it. I was trying to find out why gasoline was so expensive and if refineries aren't making any money, why are they still in business? According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the U.S. has gone from more than 300 operating refineries in the early 1980's to 149 today more »

• Wrap-Up: The Integrated Oil Playing Field

  By Maxwell Kirchhoff - February 9, 2012 | Tickers: SNP, HES, SUN

  Integrated oil stocks underperformed the S&P 500 index -0.09% to +0.15% today.  Industry leaders included Hess Corp. (NYSE: HES) and Husky Energy Inc, both of which reported earnings.  These stocks rose 4.61% and 1.78% on volumes of 4.11M and 3.13K, respectively.  Industry laggards included China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (NYSE: SNP) and Sunoco Inc. (NYSE: SUN).  These securities fell 1.82% and 0.72 more »

• Friday Integrated Wrap-Up: Questionable HES Call; SUN Loses CEO Pre-Earnings

  By Maxwell Kirchhoff - February 3, 2012 | Tickers: HES, SUN

  Integrated oil stocks underperformed the S&P 500 index +0.87% to +1.46% in today's session.  Industry leaders included Hess Corp. (NYSE: HES) and Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY).  These stocks rose 4.43% and 4.21% on volumes of 6.00M and 3.65M, respectively.  Industry laggards included Sunoco Inc. (NYSE: SUN), which is about to report earnings, and Petroleo Brasileiro (NYSE: PBR).  These securities wavered +0.58 more »

• Price The Market Part 29

  By Glen Bradford - January 5, 2012 | Tickers: MUR, SWN, SE, SUN, VG

  Vonage looks like a quick double from these prices. While you look at Vonage, come take a look at some other companies I'm pricing as I price the market.

• Utilizing Bollinger Bands as Timers to Mitigate Downside

  By Maxwell Kirchhoff - December 21, 2011 | Tickers: HES, MUR, SUN

  Investors seeking wide appreciation potential often analyze the beta value of a security. Essentially, the beta is a measure of a security's return in relation to the market as a whole. If the beta of a security is 2.0 and the market yields a return of 2.5% then the security should yield a return of 5.0%.

  Currently, the petroleum industry offers unparralelled stability and appreciation on more »