Sunday Answer Steve: Buy (more) Old Economy Stocks (like Oils)

By Paul Sankey Published on February 8, 2026 at 7:39 PM

We sent you a note on Uranium this morning, and so will keep this brief. I said I would do return a favour to Hedge Fund guru Doug Garber and join him on a podcast, and now I am being thrown in as a Venezuela expert. Which is the old “tallest dwarf” joke, but here it is, Friday February 13th, don’t forget Valentine’s Day next Saturday: https://shorturl.at/hzIn7 ~ Our note on last Friday’s: “XOM for …

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Sunday BP’s Marguerites and Bumerangues

By Paul Sankey Published on December 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM

Season’s Greetings, As recently as November 11th, I wrote to you about having dinner in Midtown Manhattan with Meg O’Neill, then Woodside’s CEO. So as you can imagine, the announcement Friday that Meg will eventually be the new CEO of BP (she does not start until April 2026) caught my interest. It was a surprise announcement, at least to me. We cover that today. The argument in this note is that BP should consider doing …

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Sunday Heavyweights and Knife Fights

By Paul Sankey Published on November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM

Busy week ahead! ENI ringing the bell on the NYSE tomorrow with management comments meeting for analysts. I’m seeing if I can jump on CNBC while I am on the exchange floor. It is a TV set and bell ringing photo op these days. The traders nowadays are chips in data centers. Those guys on the floor are extras. Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill dinner on Tuesday. CVX post-Hess analyst meeting Wednesday November 12th. Happy Hours …

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