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Kiplinger: Oil refiners not as profitable as we might think

Filed under: Forecasts, Consumer experience, Valero Energy (VLO), Economic data, Oil

Over the past year, we have been hearing a lot of news about soaring crude oil prices. The easiest thing that we could think about is investing our money into independent oil refiners. Companies such as Frontier Oil (NYSE: FTO), Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO), Tesoro (NYSE: TSO), Alon USA Energy (NYSE: ALJ) or Western Refining (NYSE: WNR) are among those potential stocks on the waiting list.

Though it may seem surprising, Kiplinger.com advises us of exactly the opposite. Kiplinger underlines the fact that refiners...
By  Eliza Popescu   (-23.67%  risk: moderate)  05/16/08 Comment


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By  Todd Sullivan   (-25.32%  risk: aggressive)  02/21/08 Comment


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RC2 (RCRC)- Wedbush Morgan Hold » Buy
Signature Bank (SBNY)- FTN Midwest Neutral » Buy
Premiere Glbl Svcs (PGI)- Stanford Research Hold » Buy
Holly (HOC)- BMO Capital Markets Market Perform » Outperform
Meritage (MTH)- UBS Neutral » Buy
Lukoil (LUKOY)- Citigroup Hold » Buy
Trico Marine Services (TRMA)- Lehman Brothers Equal-weight » Overweight

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Wal-Mart (WMT )- BMO Capital Markets Outperform » Market Perform
Thermage (THRM)- Leerink Swann Outperform » Mkt Perform
TradeStation (TRAD)- Fox Pitt Outperform » In Line
Verizon (VZ)-...
By  Todd Sullivan   (+0.00%)  02/21/08 Comment


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CoStar Group (CSGP)- Ferris Baker Watts Neutral » Buy
Peet's Coffee (PEET)- Wedbush Morgan Hold » Buy
Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO)- Barrington Research Mkt Perform » Outperform
Cognex (CGNX)- Needham & Co Buy » Strong Buy
Safeway (SWY)- Banc of America Sec Neutral » Buy
Canadian Solar (CSIQ)- Piper Jaffray Neutral » Buy
Alon USA Energy (ALJ)- Caris & Company Above Average » Buy
Sprint Nextel (S )- HSBC Securities Underweight » Neutral
Patterson-UTI (PTEN)- Deutsche Securities Sell » Hold
Aquila (ILA)- UBS Sell » Neutral
Senior Housing ...
By  Todd Sullivan   (-25.32%  risk: aggressive)  02/19/08 Comment


Tuesday's Upgrades and Downgrades
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CoStar Group (CSGP)- Ferris Baker Watts Neutral » Buy
Peet's Coffee (PEET)- Wedbush Morgan Hold » Buy
Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO)- Barrington Research Mkt Perform » Outperform
Cognex (CGNX)- Needham & Co Buy » Strong Buy
Safeway (SWY)- Banc of America Sec Neutral » Buy
Canadian Solar (CSIQ)- Piper Jaffray Neutral » Buy
Alon USA Energy (ALJ)- Caris & Company Above Average » Buy
Sprint Nextel (S )- HSBC Securities Underweight » Neutral
Patterson-UTI (PTEN)- Deutsche Securities Sell » Hold
Aquila (ILA)- UBS Sell » Neutral
Senior Housing ...
By  Todd Sullivan   (+0.00%)  02/19/08 Comment



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