By Paul Sankey
Published on May 16, 2021 at 12:59 PM
Good day, The week ended with the guided announcement from Marathon Petroleum that its deal with Seven & i to sell the massive Speedway gasoline retail network had closed for $21bn cash, and upside guidance from Marathon Petroleum on an imminent Dutch Auction for $4bn of stock, within a $10bn open buyback authorization. It was uncertain how much debt would be paid down, but that was announced light at $2.5bn. MPLX, the 63% MPC-owned MLP, […]
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By Paul Sankey
Published on May 13, 2021 at 8:53 AM
In the famous TINA market – There Is No Alternative – the question for those who did not get destroyed on “YOLO” calls based on “stonks always go up” – is where to head to if tech is melting down, and cryptocurrencies are airdropping. Cash is likely a short-term move, but a terrible medium and long-term option. You hide in a rising yield on the T Bill, but that too feels like a very poor […]
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By Paul Sankey
Published on April 28, 2021 at 7:40 AM
We’ve talked about QuantumScape, we have raved about Li-Cycle, a client asked us about Stem Inc, which is coming public through Star Peak Energy Transition SPAC (STPK), to trade as $STEM, assuming deal completion. I have requested to speak with the company, the following are my first impressions. With hearings in Washington on SPACs, we think this is a great opportunity to buy some beaten down names. We don’t think there is any major problem […]
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