Published: Nov 25, 2025 9:26 a.m. ET Staying on the right side of the market isn’t simple, but it’s not impossible either. Over the past two months, we witnessed a short-term market top, a plunge and washout bottom and now another violent “V”-shaped rally to new highs. Predicting this turn of events was virtually impossible, […]

Oil registers steepest one-month decline, 18%, since 2008 Reuters There’s ‘no target price,’ for oil, OPEC Secretary-General Abdullah al-Badri said Thursday. By CLAUDIAASSIS / ENERGY REPORTER SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) —Oil futures on Friday settled at their lowest in five years as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ decision to keep crude production the same heightened […]

Retailers rise as holiday shopping season gets under way Reuters By WILLIAMWATTS & SARASJOLIN NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks posted a mixed finish in a holiday-shortened session Friday as energy shares got slammed a day after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries did nothing to alleviate a global supply glut. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.25% ended the day […]

Travel stocks gain as oil prices march lower Reuters By CARLAMOZEE MARKETS REPORTER LONDON (MarketWatch) — Oil- and gas-related stocks traded in London extended losses Friday after an Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries decision not to reduce oil production. The oil and gas group slid 2.8%, though it pared the decline by the end of […]

Eurozone inflation falls in November By CARLAMOZEE BP LONDON (MarketWatch) — Oil stocks on Europe suffered Friday following a decision by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries not to cut its 30-million-barrel-a-day production target for oil. The Stoxx Europe 600 oil and gas group was pushed 3.5% lower, and fell 9.5% for the week, […]

U.S. crude oil prices break below $75/bbl for the first time in more than three years, brushing aside an IEA report showing a surprise 1.735M barrelinventory drawdown as well as remarks by the Saudi oil minister dismissing talk of an oil price war among producers. West Texas crude settled today at $74.21/bbl, -3.9% and breaking below an important support level; during the […]

<h2>With crude oil prices in a funk, you may not get such an opportunity in years</h2> Goldman Sachs says these stocks are a ‘buy’: Schlumberger, Halliburton and Baker Hughes. Crude oil prices are hovering around $80 a barrel, the lowest level since summer 2012. Cheap oil affects a lot of things in the global economy, […]

Crude-oil prices hit multi-year lows on Tuesday, as the market struggled in the aftermath of Saudi Arabia’s decision to alter oil prices sold to U.S. and Asian buyers amid a weak forecast for European growth. Saudi Arabia’s move to keep itself competitive amid tanking oil prices, sees the oil-producing country cutting oil prices sold to […]