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Daily Highlights: 11/11/09

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:29:44 GMT

Asian stocks, currencies rise on Japan, China economic data; gold advances.China's industrial production output grew 16.1% in October, its fastest pace in more than a year.Job openings in U.S. remain close to record-lowsOil prices fell $79 a barrel in Asia amid rising U.S. oil inventories and a weaker dollarSwiss rules to tie bonuses to profit will apply only to the nation’s 12 largest banksUnfilled positions climb to most since June as US companies delay hiring.USDA trimmed its production forecast and raised its price outlook for crops.Adobe to cut about 680 full-time positions or about 9% of its total work force.AIG’s CEO Robert Benmosche, after just 3 months, is ready to quit over pay constraintsArvinMeritor[More...]

Refiners As Proxy For Demand: Layoffs For First Time At Valero (VLO)

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:35:02 GMT

Refining margins have been absolutely decimated, especially for refiners of heavy, sour crude like Valero Energy (VLO) and Tesoro Petroleum (TSO).[More...]

Cheapest Stocks In The S&P 500 - High Value Score Stocks pt.3 - Stocks Include SPRINT NEXTEL (S) and PHILIP MORRIS INTL (PM)

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:58:35 GMT

Related: AES, APOL, AZO, CEPH, DNB, FIS, PM, s, TMO, TSO To identify potentially attractive investment ideas, The Applied Finance Group (AFG) uses a combination of proprietary variables including valuation, economic performance,[More...]

Two Big Reasons To Dump Your Oil Refinery

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:34:06 GMT

Quite simply, this is not a good time to be in the business of refining oil in the United States. The obvious reason for this is the continuing recession which has led to lower demand for gasoline and other refined products. With the summer driving season past the halfway point, having the word ’staycation’ become commonplace is not good news for the refiners. But that’s not all. And it goes well beyond simple economic downturn. There are other factors at[More...]

Weekly Market Outlook: Looking For More Weakness

Mon, 18 May 2009 17:09:54 GMT

Sulaman Chaudhry and Andy Cole send: Just a few charts for today: The S&P continues to be in a downtrend from last week. As we’ve stated in earlier posts, the fundamentals have not improved enough to sustain this rally. The jobs data last week came in worse than expected, and we feel that this is a number that can only rise in the near-term, primarily because Chrysler just closed 789 dealerships and General Motors (GM) is in the process of closing down another 1,100 dealerships. This will no doubt influence the jobs data signifigantly in the coming months and while we could have another upleg before[More...]

Can Financials And Refiners Lead The Market Higher?

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:11:06 GMT

Sulaman Chaudhry and Andy Cole send: As many of you may know, we have been very bearish on the market for some time. However, based upon last weeks action, we believe we may be in for a more substantial rally here: As long as we remain within the channel, the bullish sentiment will probably continue. The refiners are beginning to show some signs of life here. After breaking out of a descending wedge, [More...]

Tesoro Corporation: Stock of the Day

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:50:00 GMT

Tesoro Corporation (NYSE: TSO): Stock of the Day by Katharine Schildt, Assistant Editor, The Oxford Club While most oil companies continue to report less than desirable earnings results, one refiner recently reported improved refining margins, announcing a 51% increase from one year ago. Based in San Antonio, Tesero Corp. (NYSE: TSO), one of the[More...]

Tesoro a Buy Pre-Earnings - Analyst Blog

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:28:00 GMT

San Antonio, Texas-based Tesoro Corporation (TSO) is an independent refiner and marketer of refined petroleum products in the western U.S. The company operates in two segments: Refining (accounted for 85% of the company s total 2007 operating income) and Retail (15%). We are maintaining our Buy recommendation for Tesoro shares ahead of the company's 4th-quarter 2008 results. Given our continued positive view of the group's underlying fundamentals, we believe there is potential for significant upside for this well positioned refining name. We particularly like Tesoro for its West-Coast leverage and strong balance sheet with the ability to fund capex with operating cash flows. We have lowered our 2009 estimate ($1.40 vs. $1.52) to reflect the still challenging refining margin environment and[More...]

54 Stocks Returning 15%+ in January

Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:18:00 GMT

As we exit the worst January ever, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the best performers of the past month. Before we do, courtesy of Dshort.com this is a chart that has been passed around a lot in the investing community so I thought I'd share it. Two ways to read this - of the 4 great bear markets the past 100 years, 3 "ended" roughly where we are now... about a 50% loss in value from peak. That's the bullish view i.e. "can't get worse than this" and if we fall to S&P 750 (November lows) but never break through they will be correct. The bearish view is - the 4th bear market ended in a 90% drop, and if you plot the velocity of the decline, what happened to us in Sep - Nov caused us to be in lockstep with the worst of the 4. I'm not calling for a 90% drop[More...]

Two Custom Screens Yield Picks From The Oil Patch

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:15:00 GMT

This post looks at the results of combining several of the stock screens that we ran this weekend at TradeRadar. We executed the usual weekend Alert HQ process (read about this weeks results) and generated several lists of stocks based on our special screens including: Bollinger Band Breakouts, Trend Leaders and Cash Flow Kings (you can download these lists at the Trend Leaders page). Trend Leaders represents a collection of stocks in strong up-trends. These stocks are registering strong signals using Aroon analysis, DMI and MACD. They are also above their 50-day exponential moving average. To obtain the list of Cash Flow Kings we calculate the free cash flow yield of all the stocks we scan and pick the ones whose yield is 50% or greater.[More...]

Despite limitations, Pittsburg looks into climate plan

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:47:00 GMT

Dec. 5--In Pittsburg, it's not easy being green, but the city is giving it a shot.
Despite having no control of more than 90 percent of the greenhouse gases emitted within city limits, the East Contra Costa County city is looking to create a long-term strategic plan to reduce local emissions.
A greenhouse gas emissions inventory based on 2005 data found that 90.7 percent of the roughly 4.4 million metric tons of emissions in Pittsburg come from industrial processes.

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Daily Highlights: 11/11/09

Refiners As Proxy For Demand: Layoffs For First Time At Valero (VLO)

Cheapest Stocks In The S&P 500 - High Value Score Stocks pt.3 - Stocks Include SPRINT NEXTEL (S) and PHILIP MORRIS INTL (PM)

Two Big Reasons To Dump Your Oil Refinery

Weekly Market Outlook: Looking For More Weakness

Can Financials And Refiners Lead The Market Higher?

Tesoro Corporation: Stock of the Day

Tesoro a Buy Pre-Earnings - Analyst Blog

54 Stocks Returning 15%+ in January

Two Custom Screens Yield Picks From The Oil Patch

Despite limitations, Pittsburg looks into climate plan

MEFA, banks will join forces: A college tuition savings plan will be initiated to serve as a state pilot program.

MEFA, banks will join forces

Launching rockets with vegetable oil

New loss for Western Refining

10 homes damaged in blast at nearby Utah refinery

10 homes damaged in blast at nearby Utah refinery

Citizens' Bank Deposits Surge -- but How?: KeyCorp Displaced As Market-Share King, but Explanation Isn't Clear

Flying J to Sell Its Utah Refinery

Safety board to investigate Tesoro refinery fire

RidgewaterEquity.com Free Fundamental Sector & Market Research on SAH, WR, RTP, YSI, TSO and XOMA

Servidyne to Enhance the Energy Efficiency of Langley Air Force Base

Tesoro Announces First Oil Movement Through Reversed Panama Pipeline

PTP Announces First Oil Shipment Through Its Reversed Pipeline

StreetInvesting.Com Free Research on MAR, TSO, WR, MOT, USO and X

Tesoro Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results

Tesoro Corporation To Release Second Quarter Earnings

Tesoro Announces Pricing of $300 Million 9.75% Senior Notes

Tesoro Announces Intention to Offer $300 Million in Senior Notes

Grubb & Ellis Company Reports 2009 First Quarter Results - May 28 2009 2:52PM

Form 4 SMITH BRUCE A For: Nov 05 (10K)

Form 4 SMITH BRUCE A For: Oct 29 (10K)

Form 4 TESORO CORP /NEW/ For: Oct 22 Filed by: SMITH BRUCE A (10K)

Form 4 SMITH BRUCE A For: Oct 15 (10K)

Form 4 SMITH BRUCE A For: Oct 08 (10K)

Form 4 SMITH BRUCE A For: Oct 01 (10K)

Form 4/A TESORO CORP /NEW/ For: Oct 02 Filed by: WILEY MICHAEL E (10K)

Form 4 GRAPSTEIN STEVEN H For: Sep 30 (10K)

Form 4/A GRAPSTEIN STEVEN H For: Oct 02 (10K)

Form 4/A TESORO CORP /NEW/ For: Oct 02 Filed by: GOLDMAN ROBERT W (10K)