Yahoo Finance • 14 hours ago

Morgan Stanley Sees a New High for ConocoPhillips (COP). Should Investors Buy?

ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) is a leading hydrocarbon exploration and production company with operations and activities in 13 countries. The stock has surged by almost 39% since the beginning of 2026 and is currently nearing its all-time high... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 14 hours ago

Morgan Stanley Sees ExxonMobil (XOM) Breaking its Record High. Can the Oil Giant Deliver?

ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation (NYSE:XOM) is the largest oil company in the United States, and one of the largest integrated energy companies in the world. The stock hit an all-time high earlier in March and has gained more than 34% this... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 16 hours ago

Big Oil Is Betting Billions On Nuclear Fusion

After decades confined largely to laboratories, nuclear fusion is beginning to attract the kind of money and industrial planning normally reserved for technologies expected to make it onto the grid. Global private investment in fusion hit... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 16 hours ago

Talen Energy (TLN) is Down 23% This Year. But Mizuho Expects a Rebound

On August 24, Talen Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:TLN) was initiated by Mizuho with an 'Outperform' rating and a price target of $405, implying an upside of over 32% from the current levels. The positive outlook by Mizuho's Anthony Crowdell r... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 20 hours ago

Chevron Falls as Oil Surrenders the Iran Premium

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Chevron (NYSE:CVX), the oil-and-gas cash machine, fell approximately 0.7% to $201.56 Tuesday morning. Brent crude sank toward $89 as traders decided tougher sanctions on Iran would not knock enoug... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 20 hours ago

Home Depot (HD) Beat Q2 Estimates. What Did the $685M Tariff Refund Change?

The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) reported a stronger-than-expected fiscal second quarter, although the results did not establish a broad home-improvement recovery. Sales increased 5.7% to $47.86 billion, above the $47.27 billion consensus es... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 22 hours ago

Alphabet (GOOGL) Raised $3.9B After Free Cash Flow Turned Negative. Is AI Spending Becoming a Risk?

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) raised A$5.5 billion, or approximately $3.9 billion, through its inaugural Australian-dollar bond offering on August 19. The deal included three-, five-, 10-, and 20-year maturities, with a 6.9% coupon on the l... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 24 hours ago

Levi Strauss & Co., Ford, ExxonMobil, PSEG, eBay Named Among Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Companies 2026

Newsweek Second annual ranking recognizes 650 U.S. companies demonstrating excellence across financial performance, workforce strength, innovation and environmental sustainability NEW YORK, Aug. 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Newsweek toda... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 24 hours ago

Newmont (NEM) Faces Gold Above $4,500. Will Rising Costs Dilute the Windfall?

Newmont Corporation (NYSE:NEM) shares climbed 7.9% to close at $125.08 on August 19 as gold gained more than 2% and traded near $4,516 per ounce. The gold rally coincided with Treasury bond buybacks, lower yields and a weaker dollar. Wheth... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 24 hours ago

ET Stock Rallies Past Industry in a Month: Should You Buy or Hold?

Units of Energy Transfer LP ET have rallied 5.9% in the past month compared with the Zacks Oil and Gas - Production Pipeline - MLB industry's growth of 3.1%, the Zacks Oil-Energy sector's rally of 5.8% and the Zacks S&P 500 composite's ris... Full story

Yahoo Finance • 24 hours ago

Ultragenyx (RARE) Jumped 7.5% on FDA Approval. Can a $2.7 Million Gene Therapy Become a Commercial Success?

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ:RARE) was up 7.5% in after-hours trading as of approximately 5:33 p.m. ET Wednesday after the FDA approved Genglycos for glycogen storage disease type Ia, or GSDIa. The one-time gene therapy is the fi... Full story

Yahoo Finance • yesterday

Morgan Stanley sends clear signal on stock market, oil prices

Oil has been one of the stranger stories in markets this year. Crude topped $114 a barrel in April when the Iran conflict was at its worst, then retreated sharply once diplomacy moved in. It has been climbing again since early July, up ro... Full story

Yahoo Finance • yesterday

Affirm (AFRM) Slipped After Klarna Cut Guidance. Category Warning or Share-Gain Opportunity?

Shares of Affirm Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFRM) fell 1.3% on August 18 as Klarna plunged more than 22% after reducing its 2026 volume and revenue forecasts. Klarna now expects full-year gross merchandise volume of $149 billion-$151 billion,... Full story

Yahoo Finance • yesterday

Merck (MRK) Surges on a Melanoma Win. Can Intismeran Extend Keytruda’s Growth Runway?

Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) jumped 12.6% to a record $152.20 on August 19 after a pivotal melanoma trial validated intismeran autogene, the individualized mRNA cancer therapy developed with Moderna. In the 1,137-patient Phase 3 INTerpath-... Full story

Yahoo Finance • yesterday

Coinbase (COIN) Gains as Bitcoin Reclaimed $68,000. Can Washington Turn Sentiment Into Earnings?

Coinbase Global, Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) jumped 10% on August 19 as Bitcoin gained approximately 6% as of writing and traded at its highest level since early June. The rally followed a White House meeting where President Donald Trump urged Cong... Full story

Yahoo Finance • yesterday

SK hynix (SKHY) Announces a $28.6 Billion Buyback. Capital-Return Breakthrough or AI-Cycle Warning?

SK hynix Inc. (NASDAQ:SKHY) announced a 40 trillion won, or approximately $28.6 billion, program to repurchase and cancel as many as 24.07 million common shares between August 20 and November 19. The shares represent approximately 3.3% of... Full story

Yahoo Finance • yesterday

Coty (COTY) Shares Came Under Pressure. Is the “Transition Year” Hiding a Deeper Portfolio Problem?

Coty Inc. (NYSE:COTY) traded about 7% lower shortly after its earnings release, with the after-hours decline later approaching 8.5%, as a fourth-quarter revenue beat was accompanied by a wider-than-expected adjusted loss and weaker near-te... Full story

Yahoo Finance • yesterday

Opera (OPRA) Moved Its Earnings Forward. Can AI Browser Growth Produce Another Guidance Increase?

Opera Limited (NASDAQ:OPRA) moved its second-quarter earnings release from August 25 to August 19, focusing attention on whether another guidance increase is coming. First-quarter revenue rose 23% to $175.8 million, while adjusted EBITDA i... Full story

Yahoo Finance • yesterday

3 International E&P Stocks Offering Bright Spots for Investors

The Zacks Oil and Gas - Exploration and Production - International industry is navigating a mixed operating environment. Firm crude and European gas prices are supporting producer cash flows as geopolitical tensions and tight regional supp... Full story

Yahoo Finance • yesterday

3 Energy Stocks Positioned to Benefit From Iraq's Oil Ambitions

Iraq's oil business has always been in the shadow of fellow OPEC member Saudi Arabia, an organization it helped co-found at the Baghdad Conference in 1960. It now wants to come out of the shadows. Iraq recently sent a delegation to Saudi A... Full story