By Paul Sankey
Published on February 19, 2026 at 9:21 AM
DINO: well, I have seen some bizarre quarterly earnings beats, some bizarre management changes, but HF Sinclair DINO’s results yesterday were extraordinary. With the Street estimating 45c of Q4 earnings, the company reported a huge beat, underlying $1.20 of EPS, the abrupt exit of the CEO, an audit review whereby the results were un-auditable as of now, and then the Chairman came on the call, and said “I’m the CEO now, we can’t audit our …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on February 15, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Dear Client, It is not a joking matter, but it turns out that I am in the Epstein files. My friend’s (London-based) son in High School is doing a little intern work for me, on the weekly DOE data. He took the initiative, shall we say, to search the Epstein email dump for “Paul Sankey”. And there I am, mentioned in passing. In 2013, Epstein was invited as a client by Deutsche Bank wealth management …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on February 3, 2026 at 10:35 AM
The end game here is less US oil companies producing less US oil (& gas) for higher pricing and margins. That is exciting. While casual observers might see yesterday’s Devon for Coterra take-under as obviously disappointing – both stocks fell on the day, for the dreaded damp squib double decline, in reality, this a step in a process, not an end game. Devon announces bid for Coterra but “this is far from over”. Next step, …
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