Sunday Non-Plussed, OPEC+ and Rubber Chicken

By Paul Sankey Published on May 5, 2024 at 6:51 PM

Well personally, I feel like I got run over by Fed Chair Jay Powell last week, because I expected him to be hawkish, but he was dovish, simple as that. Guess there’s enough evidence of economic slowdown, for him to think that interest cuts are coming. CNBC May 1st 2024: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said it was unlikely that the central bank’s next move will be a rate hike. The comment spurred a rally …

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US Oil Civitas: Pay to Play

By Paul Sankey Published on May 4, 2024 at 2:03 PM

The best E&P earnings performance at the 2/3 mark through reporting season gets a deep dive. Source: Bloomberg, Sankey Research Civitas is the company that sparked our Heavyweights thematic note of 2023. A living, breathing case study in our Heavyweight thesis that bigger is better in energy today. We debated timing a note on CIVI – publish in front of the earnings print last week (so before CIVI reported after the market Thursday) or publish …

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Sunday Disty, Luxury, and Sarkozy

By Paul Sankey Published on April 28, 2024 at 6:23 PM

Hello, Distracted by the Knicks WIN, this afternoon. Hard fought to 3-1 in the series vs Philadelphia. A quick run around on distillate today, we skip over a rabbit hole with luxury goods stocks, and brace you for a massive week of earnings for E&P, unless like the average investor, you own “XOM, or CVX, or COP, Valero, a midstream, and one other, let’s do FANG”. “Pitching OVV to portfolio managers is hard, however rational …

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