National Oilwell Varco

Three petroleum giants are on deck to share their latest earnings results this week. Consensus forecasts indicate that analysts' expectations for all three are low. Net losses are predicted for many others in the oil patch as well. Among the many earnings reports due this week, highlights will...

What does Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX)'s surprise net loss portent for ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) and Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM)? Analysts expectations are pretty low for earnings from Conoco and Exxon. Many other oil companies are expected to post earnings declines or net losses....

The earnings crunch continues this week. Among the highlights will be scheduled quarterly reports from Exxon Mobil and Chevron, from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Merck, from Time Warner and Viacom, and also from Twitter. Early Thursday, Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) is expected to say that it had earnings...

A research report this past week from Credit Suisse analysts featured financials Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) and KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), as well as energy plays Cameron International (NYSE: CAM) and Tesoro (NYSE: TSO), as picks for the remainder of 2014. The momentous rise in the stock...

Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com Amazon.com: Post-earning hangover Last night, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) reported a miss on both EPS and revenue despite North American sales rising 25.9 percent year over year to $15.3 billion and International sales rose 12.8 percent to...

The earnings crunch is on this week. Highlights will include reports from Amazon.com, Apple, Boeing, Comcast, Facebook, Google and Yahoo! All of them are expected to report year-over-year growth in per-share earnings. But analysts are looking for declining profits from the likes of Caterpillar,...

This weekend in Barron's online: a look at an unusual mutual fund firm, and the prospects for National Oilwell Varco, Plum Creek Timber, Invesco and more. Cover Story "A Different Dimension" by Beverly Goodman. This week's cover story in Barron's takes a look at how Dimensional Fund Advisors...

Lots of quarterly reports are on deck this week, to go along with all the delayed economic data expected to be released. Analysts and investors should have plenty to mull over. Earnings highlights will include reports from AT&T, McDonald's, Microsoft and Netflix, which are all expected to post...

A decline in oil output since 2004 has prompted recent energy reforms in Mexico. Analysts at Merrill Lynch feel Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI), Ensco (NYSE: ESV), National Oilwell Varco (NYSE: NOV) and Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB) are among the big oil services companies positioned to benefit from...

The oil and gas industry will be well represented on this week's earnings stage, with reports due from supermajors Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX), and many others in the field. Viacom (NYSE: VIAB) and Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) will be the highlights among the various media companies...

This weekend in Barron's online: the annual Barron's 500 ranking, a look at some bargain stocks from that list, the prospects for Linn Energy and Atlas Air, and alternatives to REITs. Cover Story "The Barron's 500" by Jacqueline Doherty. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have struggled of late, but it...

This weekend in Barron's online: the move toward a cashless society, the fiscal cliff, investing strategies for January and Barron's 12th annual forecasting challenge. Cover Story "The End of Cash?" by Alexander Eule. While the amount of cash in circulation is on the rise -- a record three...

Early Wednesday, Barclays (NYSE: BCS) analysts commented on oil service stocks in a note: We remain bullish on the oil-services, equipment and drilling companies and expect the group to significantly outpeform the broader equity market over the next several years. The analyst has Overweight...

This past weekend in Barron's online: who benefits as the PC era wanes, the prospects for Annie's, Texas Industries and National Oilwell Varco, as well as four rising dividend plays. Cover Story "Bye-Bye PCs" by Tiernan Ray. As the personal computer era wanes, this week's cover story says, Dell...