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Oppenheimer Issues Massive Upgrade To Refining Sector
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 8:33am | 313Analysts at Oppenheimer said in a new research note that the more than five year outperformance of refining stocks will continue. The analysts upgraded HollyFrontier Corp (NYSE: HFC), Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE: MPC), Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) and Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO) to...
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RBC Upgrades HollyFrontier, Notes Improving Operational Execution
Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 11:32am | 353In a report published Thursday, RBC Capital Markets analyst Brad Heffern upgraded shares of HollyFrontier Corp (NYSE: HFC) to Outperform from Sector Perform with a price target raised to $49 from a previous $40 given improving operation execution, a new drop strategy and a large new buyback...
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Barron's Recap: The ETF Roundtable
Sunday, May 11, 2014 - 4:29pm | 820This weekend in Barron's online: the Barron's ETF Roundtable, picks and pans from the Sohn Investment Conference, as well as the prospects for China Mobile, Flowserve, Brink's, Big 5 Sporting Goods and more. Cover Story "The New, Improved ETFs" by Beverly Goodman. Exchange traded funds (ETFs)...
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Two Energy And Two Financial Stocks For The Rest Of 2014
Sunday, March 23, 2014 - 11:05am | 868A research report this past week from Credit Suisse analysts featured financials Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) and KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), as well as energy plays Cameron International (NYSE: CAM) and Tesoro (NYSE: TSO), as picks for the remainder of 2014. The momentous rise in the stock...
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Barron's Recap: Fannie and Freddie Will Fade
Sunday, July 28, 2013 - 1:58pm | 863This weekend in Barron's online: a discouraging outlook for the future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a special report on exchange traded funds (ETFs) and the prospects for Restoration Hardware, Dover and HollyFrontier. Cover Story "Fannie, Freddie: On Borrowed Time" by Jonathan R. Laing. Barron...
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CVR Energy, Warner Chilcott and Other Top Performers in May
Sunday, June 2, 2013 - 9:35am | 1020Two oil and gas companies -- CVR Energy (NYSE: CVI) and W&T Offshore (NYSE: WTI) -- were among the top performing dividend-paying stocks in May. So were drug maker Warner Chilcott (NASDAQ: WCRX) and semiconductor company Himax Technologies (NASDAQ: HIMX). Below we take a glance at how these...
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Three 'Elite' Oil and Gas Stocks (HAL, PSX, TSO)
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:04pm | 778A new research report from UBS featured an "elite eight" momentum stocks that, despite outperforming the markets, the analyst believes still have plenty of room to run in the near term. Three oil and gas stocks made the list: Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) and Tesoro (NYSE: TSO...
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Seagate Technologies and Other Alternatives to Apple
Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 3:29pm | 825Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is widely expected to unveil its new iPhone 5 Wednesday in San Francisco. Rumored features include a thinner body, longer touch screen, better resolution, better camera, faster processor, longer battery life, 4G LTE support and a mobile payment component. Sales of the next-...
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Hewlett-Packard, Yahoo! and Other Stocks Insiders Are Buying
Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - 7:01am | 1093Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...
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Barron's Recap (3/31/12): What a Power Shift in Congress Would Mean for Investors
Sunday, April 1, 2012 - 9:48am | 896This weekend in Barron's online: what a shift in power in Congress would mean for investors, the prospects for Franklin Resources and for independent refiners in the Midwest, and an interview with America's preeminent forensic accountant. Cover Story “Power Shift” by Jim McTague. Whether or not...
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Seven Stocks Insiders Are Buying
Friday, November 11, 2011 - 12:39pm | 811Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons. But there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...
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Twelve Oil & Gas Plays Worth a Look Now
Monday, August 22, 2011 - 6:59am | 940Despite controversy over the process known as fracking, and despite pullbacks resulting from the recent market volatility, shares of the following seven oil and gas companies are trading more than twice where they were a year ago. These are all dividend payers as well. Apco Oil & Gas (NASDAQ:...
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Deutsche Bank Updates 7/5
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 8:44am | 701Deutsche Bank made a number of updates in a research report published today. HollyFrontier (NYSE: HFC) had its coverage initiated with a Buy rating and a price target of $95. Goldcorp (NYSE: GG) had its rating downgraded from Buy to Hold. At the same time, its price target was reduced to $56...
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UPDATE: Deutsche Bank Initiates Holly Frontier at Buy
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 7:40am | 136Deutsche Bank is out with its coverage today on HollyFrontier (NYSE: HFC), initiating HFC at Buy. In a note to clients, Deutsche Bank writes, "We begin coverage of HollyFrontier, now merged, ticker HFC. We rate it BUY as a key play on our bull case on MidCon (& Rockies) refining strength - see...
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Deutsche Bank Initiates HollyFrontier At Buy, $95 PT
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 5:55am | 24Deutsche Bank has initiated coverage on HollyFrontier (NYSE: HFC) with a Buy rating and $95 price target.