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lj: VLO
Speaking of dividends, they announced a rise in the dividend. That is the good news. The bad news is that their earnings were not good, imo: https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/valero-vlo-beats-q4-earnings-161900789.html
I'm thinking it is time for this investor to consider selling the stock. The dividend yield is okay, not spectacular.
lj: Well, the refiners aren't pricing petrol as though they are going to need to move the product.
lj: Speaking of contracts, VTLE's are still making management look smart. I bought AMD, and it was a disaster stock this week, after they suspended the CFO. Not a good scene. However, the stock pays a decent dividend, so waiting for a recovery in price, even if takes a year or more, isn't too unpalatable. VTLE, on the other hand. . . . (You have to admit, I haven't aired that gripe in a while!)
lj: Now that I think about it, I have cut back on my grocery purchases this month. And, I returned something I bought from a TV shopping channel. As long as people cannot afford the minimum payment on their credit cards, the economy will muddle along.
lj: Lower oil prices hurt Iran and Russia. Yeah! They help world economies, and they make us money if we buy the right double reverse ETF at the right time. Easier said than done.
lj: Trump saw a a $7T rise in the debt (a) because his Administration had to rebuilding the run-down military; and (2) the Government had to spend a ton of money to prevent COVID from collapsing the U.S. economy. Your girl wants to raise the SS retirement age to 70. Even if she wins in S.C., which I doubt that she will, she will be toast after "Super Tuesday".
littlejohn: If ngas goes to $2 mcf, it won't make my blood BOIL because it should have a beneficial effect on my home heating bill down the road. The lower the better.
lj: Netflix reported a good number because they cracked down on passcode sharing.
lj: I hope they stay the court on interest rates. The lower it goes, the better Biden's odds in November.
al44: If it looks as though more than 10 percent of the black vote would go to Trump, they will spring her on everyone at the convention. What to do about Biden? Spread the false rumor to Hillary that he hated the Barbie movie!
al44: Another great one from BB!
al44: The Dems are rolling out the abortion issue. Biden plans to make it a big topic at the State of the Union in March. He has invited a Texas woman who was carrying a baby with a horrific chromosome defect. She got an abortion in another State. This kind of thing is going to lose the election for Republicans if they don't come up with a plan. Banning all abortions is not going to fly with the general electorate. I believe the vast majority of people in the U.S. do NOT want all abortions banned.
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lj: BOIL
Didn't check the market this afternoon. BOIL popped over $2. If it drops in the $23's again, I am going to load up the truck (a small-bed pickup!, not an 18-wheeler!)
lj: Hope things work out with ERX. If they are fracking as usual in Tejas, not good for ngas and BOIL, I guess.
I notice that XOM didn't hit $95. Got stuck between $96 and $97. Might get another opportunity.
Gmenfan: I give it a perfect 10!
lj: OT
Trump v. Haley
MAGA versus country-club Republicans
It is a war for control of the party.
Today's news: The head of the Arizona Republican Party allegedly offered Kari Lake a bribe if she would pull out of the Arizona U.S. Senate race. He has resigned, claiming he was set up. Set up or not, if he offered her a bribe, he is the poster boy for what MAGA is fighting, and is up against.
If whoever the Dems run in November wins, and they take Congress, too, there will be no oil industry. Finis.
If pro-illegal immigration one-world order Nikki were President, same result.
lj: The fix was in. Independents registered as Republicans to defeat Trump. Well, it didn't work, did it.
lj: You greatly underestimate the MAGA movement. Nikki Haley is toast.
lj: The weather has turned mild, so, for now, ngas demand will decrease. Driving should be about the same as it was last year at this time. Heard on TV that airline bookings are excellent. That is bullish for oil. Peak cruise season. People don't peddle their bikes to the point of embarkation. They fly. Lots of people will be driving to M&T Stadium in downtown Baltimore on Sunday to see Taylor Swift, errr, I mean Lamar Jackson and the Ravens.
lj: Birdbrain won the vote at midnight in Hickory Dickory Dock, or Grinder's Hollow, or whatever it is call in far north N.H. I heard on TV that there were only 6 votes. The place is in the back of beyond. Means nothing.
If Trump loses, it will be meaningless. An estimated 5K people have switched their party affiliation, and I think many of them will vote for icky Nikki. Liberals have flocked to southeast N.H. from Massachusetts.
IMO, the big showdown will be South Carolina. Newly engaged Tim Scott has endorsed Trump.
There are a lot of MAGA people in S.C. It should be interesting.
What I find extremely interesting is Biden not being on the ballot. Are the same rotten apples who sabotaged Bernie doing the same to Old White Joe? The idea that Biden would run again is sick.
al44: Good message, al44. All true.
al44: At least Johnson said they are going back to their home countries. However, he is a weak sister. He should have told the Biden criminals point blank that the Government will be shut down and there will zero appropriated for the Dept. of Homeland Security until the border is closed.
Mike Gaetz would have kicked Biden's rearend.
Speaker Johnson is talking to people who are doing this deliberately. If he cannot go evil on them, he should resign his speakership and let someone who can get the job done be Speaker.
If would NEVER happen, but would I ever love having MJG as Speaker.
al44: And you are behind Mike Lindell 100 percent! Thank you.
lj: "Birdbrain" is toast, even if she wins N.H. She cannot get the white male vote.
DD: More low IQ stuff.
DD: Calling the mourning Biden family "The Addams Family" is low, even for you.
DD: Taylor Swift will be coming to Baltimore next weekend to see her main squeeze's derriere get kicked by the Ravens!
I believe if Taylor Swift ran for President this year, she could win, given her HUGE fan base.
al44: American Superpatriot Mike Lindell has exposed this years ago. He is working hard to get counties to go to paper-only ballots in the fall. Unless and until we return to paper ballots, no election is safe. As things stand now, it is downright sad.
lj: LOL! EOM
lj: Agree. Something stinks. XOM clued me in this morning. Smart move, imo.
lj: BOIL might be a good opportunity at the current level. It appears to be at or near a 10-year low.
Everything U need to know about D.C. in one story:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12988373/Ted-Leonsis-Washington-Capitals-Wizards-Virginia-loud-rapping-angry-neighbors.html
arizona1: He has no dementia. If U think Trump has dementia, you are confused. U are confusing Trump with Biden.
Campaign over, Nikki. According to the Daily Mail, U DID cheat twice on your husband when campaigning in 2010. Bad girl, bad girl. Whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when the Daily Mail comes for you! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12970377/Nikki-Haley-cheated-affair-husband-affidavits-witnesses.html
Bad girl, bad girl.
r59: BHVN
This neuroscience pharma company is mind-blowing, no pun intended. They developed a blockbuster drug, Nurtec?, that Pfizer bought for a ton of money, that BHVN can use to develop other drugs. No earnings, no dividend.
I believe that whenever they report good news from a phase I, II or III trial, the stock will bounce a little.
Their weight-loss drug (early days), would be superior to Ozempic and the other drug because it will maintain muscle mass.
This company's research and development is extremely exciting, imo. I am jazzed!
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/biohaven-highlights-progress-across-innovative-123000745.html
lj: F They are buying 600? 800? dealers who won't sell EV's.
Ford is in trouble, as I predicted.
The American public does not want EV's forced on them.
Box Car Willie used to get across country faster than someone who drives an EV.
lj: DVN
I think DVN's dividend is variable in that they pay an "irregular" and a regular dividend. I own shares in my Roth, and didn't realize that when I purchased the stock. I bought DVN at $52. Not as bad as VTLE at $65, but bad, nonetheless.
Last dividend:
nnounced Dividend Frequency Announcement Date Ex-Dividend Date Record Date Pay Date Dividend Type
$0.2000 Quarterly 11/07/2023 12/14/2023 12/15/2023 12/29/2023 Regular
Announced Dividend
$0.5700 Irregular 11/07/2023 12/14/2023 12/15/2023 12/29/2023 Extra
lj: I wonder whether Lindsay Grahamnesty is over in Pakistan egging them on to do just that.
As Sen. McCain once sang, "Bomb, bomb, bomb,
bomb, bomb Iran".