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Apr29
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Today will be the final installment in the mini-series I started last week that I have called "The top sectors to own through a recession." The point of this series is to let investors know what kind of stocks work in the economic downturn that we are in now, and in similar recessions in the future. Without further ado, its time to unveil the top five energy stocks to own through a recession.  Top 5 Energy Stocks to own through a recession - ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) I'm a big fan of how ConocoPhillips is being run right now. It is a huge integrated oil company, but it is also allowing itself to profit from higher oil prices more than many of its competitors. The yield of 2.2% helps provide a little bit of a buffer on the shares as well.
- Transocean (NYSE:RIG) If this were just a list of my favorite energy stocks in general, this one would be number one. It gets eeked out by COP because of COP's size and power, but this company is a great way to play oil. RIG is the undisputed market leader in deepwater drilling and the deepwater drilling market is absolutely on fire. The merger with GlobalSantaFe is proving to be a great strategic move.
- Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) Chesapeake is a market leader in the natural gas area. Natural gas has lagged behind crude oil significantly until lately, when it has started to catch up slightly. It is likely that over the long run natural gas will also do quite well.
- Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) SLB provides the necessary oilfield technology services that so many different companies need. SLB is in a strong position because they have services that are difficult to duplicate, and they have a near monopoly in many of their areas.
- Ultra Petroleum (NYSE:UPL) This is by far the smallest company on this list, but it is also the best pure growth play on the price of oil and natural gas. If you believe oil and natural gas could continue to move higher through future recessions, this is a stock for you.
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Apr29
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Today I have a terrific guest post from Dan Hung, of The Curious Investor. Dan was gracious enough to provide GrowYourFunds readers with a guest blog regarding the current state of the market. As someone who has read quite a...
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Apr28
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The tax rebate checks that many Americans have been talking about for months and looking forward to are on their way out a little earlier than expected. The first direct deposits have already been made, with about 800,000 Americans receiving...
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Today I have a special guest blogger, Doug Greene from Tomorrows Newspaper. I have personally read a lot of Doug's posts over at his blog, and I can tell you that the information he provides is very helpful. In fact...
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Apr27
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The coming week will be one of the busiest for earnings releases as earnings season hits full stride. The last couple of weeks has shown us just how much individual corporate earnings reports mean to the direction of the market...
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Apr24
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Tonight, in continuing with the top five stocks to own in the top five sectors to own during a recession I will visit the industrial metal and mineral stocks. These kind of companies are sometimes seen as a hedge to...
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Apr23
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In continuing with the mini-series from last week where I looked at the top stock sectors to own during a recession, today it is time to look at the consumer non-cyclicals. This is a group that does well regardless of...
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Apr22
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It's like a broken record day after day in the news we hear "crude oil prices struck a new high." Indeed again today crude oil jumped, nearly touching $120 a barrel before settling at $119.37. Think about that for a...
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Because this week is a huge one for earnings that are moving the market, and tomorrow through Friday will have some major reports, I wanted to preview some of those earnings reports. Already this week the stock market has moved...
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Apr20
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Today I have a very special post for readers. Jeremy from TheDividendGuyBlog agreed to put together a post regarding the power of dividends in a tough market like the one we are currently in. Jeremy runs a great blog that...
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Apr17
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In continuing with the series that I started a few days ago regarding the best stocks to own through a recession tonight I will look at utility stocks. Utility stocks will never make anyone a quick fortune, but they are a...
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Apr16
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Just a couple of days ago I posted about the top five sectors to own in a recessionary downturn like the one it appears we are in right now. These sectors and the stocks inside them should outperform the overall...
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Apr15
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Yes indeed it is that time again, today marks the tax deadline for 2007 taxes to be filed. As you might have guessed, google and yahoo are both showing search keywords related to taxes and irs forms as their hottest...
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Apr14
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The reality of the situation we are in right now is that a recession of some kind is very likely. I am trying to provide readers with content that will help them stand their ground in the recession environment. Today...
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Apr13
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It's that time again: yes it's time for around the investment blogging world. This is where I visit some of the best investment and personal finance blogs around the web and try to pick out some recent posts that I...
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As the status of our countries economy and our countries stock market seemingly hang in the balance, each piece of economic data takes on increased importance. This is why I wanted to take a look at some of the key...
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Apr10
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Today was the day for retailers to report their same-store sales numbers from March and the news wasn't good at all for most retailers. Which retailer stood out with the single worst performance of all in March? That would most...
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Apr 9
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In recent days there has been quite a scene in the credit crunch blame game. It always comes to this, people want answers and want someone to hold accountable. The question on a lot of people's lips in recent weeks...
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Apr 8
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Yesterday I introduced brief mini-series of the top 5 reasons the market either a) has plenty more to go on the downside, or b) is in for a turnaround and has better days in the near future. Yesterday I looked...
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Apr 7
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Today's environment is almost unheard of as far as the level of uncertainty regarding the state of the current economic state and the state of the major U.S. stock market indices. Because there are so many different viewpoints on where...
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Apr 6
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On Friday morning at 8:30 am the bad news was put out by the BLS, our economy had lost 80,000 jobs in the month of March. The unemployment rate jumped from 4.8% to 5.1%, the highest since September of 2005....
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Emerging markets have undoubtedly provided some amazing returns over the past few years, and investors are taking notice. Some of the most popular mutual funds now are the emerging market mutual funds. The astronomical returns are bringing new money in...
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Apr 2
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I rarely post on something that is only loosely investing related, but this will be one of those days. In the general sense, RSS Feeds are investing related since if you are here reading this post you are likely trying to...
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Apr 1
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Today was a great way to start out the second quarter for the stock market. The major market averages all gained more than 3% on the day. The much maligned financial sector was the leader today, which is certainly encouraging...
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