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Sunoco: Modest progress amid tepid gasoline sales SUN

-16.81%
in 29 days

Filed under: Stocks to Buy

I'm Reiterating my Buy rating for Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE: SUN), first recommended on April 20, 2009 at a price of $26.58, but there are qualifiers, so close attention is warranted. If you bought SUN in April, you're up about 19%.

Sunoco has been hurt by the high oil price/low gasoline demand condition pervasive in the giant U.S. market that's squeezed margins. Further, Sunoco's primarily sweet crude oil refining operation prevents it from capitalizing on larger-margin sour crude refining. However, the sweet focus has enabled SUN to produce larger amounts of higher-grad...

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By Joseph Lazzaro (+1.98% risk: moderate) 11/04/09

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Sunoco is about as cheap as an empty shoe box SUN

+14.61%
in 197 days
(closed on 11/04/09)

Filed under: Stocks to Buy

The world is awash in oil. For now. Gasoline prices are at moderate levels. For now. And analysts say slack demand will keep a lid on gasoline prices this summer. Well, as the singer Meatloaf would say, two out of three ain't bad.

Given the continuing U.S. recession (which has taken many drivers off the road), all signs point to moderate gasoline prices for the duration of the summer, unless the unexpected occurs, such as a refinery outage or a damaging hurricane season. At that point gasoline prices could spike and begin to trend higher -- as they so often do in t...

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By Joseph Lazzaro (+1.98% risk: moderate) 04/21/09

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Benefiting from the Oil Correction SUN

-32.29%
in 499 days

We advised caution in the oil markets on July 2nd, 2008. We are seeing the correction now. For targets I have $80-$100 as the low. The correction should continue through the end of this year.

When we originally wrote this article, my partner Sergey got a lot of negative commentary on some boards, which made us pretty confident about our analysis. The majority of the public is always wrong near the peaks and valleys. The public sentiment is probably one of the best trading indicators around.

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By Calvin Oh (-31.00% risk: conservative) 07/21/08

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Bullish on SUN ... SUN

-44.15%
in 576 days

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By Michael Michaud (-3.95% risk: moderate) 05/05/08

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