Baker Hughes

After Alcoa (NYSE: AA) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) kicked off the second-quarter earnings season last week, things ramp up this week with reports from many of the big banks, some tech giants and other blue-chips. Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) and J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) get...

The new earnings season kicks into high gear this shortened week. Highlights will include quarterly reports from Bank of America, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, from Intel and IBM, and from Coca-Cola, which are all expected to post earnings declines, as well as from Google and Johnson & Johnson...

Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), the world's second largest oil field services firm and the world's largest provider of pressure pumping services used for fracking shale gas and oil wells, is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 results Tuesday, January 21, before the markets open....

As markets completed its final trading day of 2013, investors and traders can look back at what turned out to be a spectacular year for equities. U.S. stocks had its best year in over a decade fueled by an improving economy and the Fed's easy money policies. Commodities on the other hand have...

This weekend in Barron's online: Paul Theroux discusses why the philanthropy of Bill Gates, Bill Clinton and Bono in Africa largely fails. Also the prospects for Capital One, how to profit from activist investors and more. Cover Story "Africa's Aid Mess" by Paul Theroux. "Telescopic philanthropy...

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but conventional wisdom says that insiders really only buy shares of a company for one reason -- they believe the stock price will rise and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have...

A decline in oil output since 2004 has prompted recent energy reforms in Mexico. Analysts at Merrill Lynch feel Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI), Ensco (NYSE: ESV), National Oilwell Varco (NYSE: NOV) and Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB) are among the big oil services companies positioned to benefit from...

In the wake of the first-quarter earnings season, analysts at Sterne Agee have issued a research report on the energy and industrials sectors. Their energy stock recommendations include CONSOL Energy (NYSE: CNX), Superior Energy Services (NYSE: SPN) and Whiting Petroleum (NYSE: WLL). Below is a...

Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), the world's second largest oil field services firm and the world's largest provider of pressure pumping services used for fracking shale gas and oil wells, is scheduled to report its first-quarter 2013 results Monday, April 22, before the markets open. Investors will be...

The analysts at Jefferies (NYSE: JEF) have updated their Global Conviction List. Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), Ingersoll-Rand (NYSE: IR), JDS Uniphase (NASDAQ: JDSU) and TRW Automotive Holdings (NYSE: TRW) have been added to the list. The analysts' focus for its most recent review of the list was on...

A new research report from UBS (NYSE: UBS) features a list of stocks that the analysts not only recommending buying, but which they feel have at least 25 percent potential upside from current levels, despite the markets being near all-time highs. Three energy-related stocks made the list: Arch...

A new research report from UBS featured an "elite eight" momentum stocks that, despite outperforming the markets, the analyst believes still have plenty of room to run in the near term. Three oil and gas stocks made the list: Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) and Tesoro (NYSE: TSO...

The focus was on the big banks last week, with Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) reporting strong results, but Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) and Citigroup (NYSE: C) not so much. The spotlight is on tech earnings this week. Analysts anticipate lower per-...

Early Wednesday, Barclays (NYSE: BCS) analysts commented on oil service stocks in a note: We remain bullish on the oil-services, equipment and drilling companies and expect the group to significantly outpeform the broader equity market over the next several years. The analyst has Overweight...