FeedPosted Jan 26th 2010 3:30PM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: Stocks to Buy, Marathon Oil (MRO)

We're still waiting for the tide to come back in with Marathon Oil (
MRO), and it's a close call but I'm reiterating my buy rating for the company's shares, first recommended
on April 20, 2009 at a price of $28.55.
In 2010, Marathon's annual oil/natural gas production should increase at an adequate rate in, but the key remains what happens to currently low refining margins: some improvement in margins should start by mid-2010. If it doesn't, MRO's stock will underperform and this position will be closed.
Continue reading Marathon Oil Continues to Meander
Posted May 11th 2009 2:10PM by Sheldon Liber (RSS feed)
Filed under: Rants and Raves, Market Matters, Anadarko Petroleum (APC), Wells Fargo (WFC), Politics, Recession, Financial Crisis, Williams Companies (WMB), Marathon Oil (MRO)

After a nine-week stock market rally it is time to tally up the winners and losers. In a market where almost everything gained, there must eventually be separation between those that went with the flow and those that had something to show.
The financial stocks, with the help of the government, were able to show some positive earnings. The banks do raise the suspicion that this is a case of "managing the numbers".
The government has helped them along by "reshaping" some accounting rules and giving them advance warning (and leaking to the public) of the results of its stress testing. Until now, they have gone with the flow as the hardest hit stocks and rallied the most.
Continue reading After the rally comes the tally