ExxonMobil (XOM)

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Stocks to Fund Retirement: ExxonMobil (XOM)

I should be clear that I don’t expect ExxonMobil stock to do much over the next few months. Exxon is down about 20% from its 52-week highs set before last year’s oil-price collapse, and I expect it to recover nicely … eventually.

But for that to happen, the price of energy needs to stabilize, and that may very well take a while.

In the meantime, investors would be wise to average in to Exxon on any large dips. Exxon is one of the safest dividend payers in existence, having raised its dividend for 32 consecutive years and counting.

Exxon even managed to continue growing its dividend during the dark days of the 1980s and 1990s, when energy prices slumped into a two-decade bear market.

At today’s prices, Exxon yields about 3.5%. And over the past decade, Exxon has raised its dividend at a 10% annual clip.

Is that kind of growth realistic with oil priced where it is today? Probably not. But even if dividend growth comes in at half that rate over the next decade, that’s still pretty solid and more than enough to ensure a happy retirement.

Source: Investor Place

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Iconic Large Caps to Sell: Exxon Mobil (XOM)

7 Iconic Large Caps to Sell as the Markets Decline Deepens

The energy-sector crunch continues as crude oil prices returned to their March lows near $44 a barrel after Goldman Sachs released a report concerned about rapidly diminishing tank capacity.

The market is oversupplied as Saudi Arabia keeps the heat on shale oil producers, who in turn are refocusing on their most productive wells and actually increased their U.S. drilling rig count.

The approach of the end of the summer driving season means we’re likely to see oil prices break into the $30s.

Despite Exxon Mobil’s (XOM) return to levels last seen in 2012, there is more downside in store as onshore oil storage tops out.

Source: Investor Place

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2 Reasons to Hold Exxon Mobil (XOM) Stock Forever

Low oil prices are a short-term concern, and XOM stock is a long-term winner

By Lawrence Meyers

Source: Investor Place

http://investorplace.com/2015/11/xom-st ... kQjurcrKM8

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Dow Jones Stocks to Buy: Exxon Mobil (XOM)

Finally, you are crazy if you don’t hold a big energy company like Exxon Mobil (XOM). I’ve said it before but it bears repeating: fossil fuels are part of human life. Every single thing we do, every aspect of the economy, every thing we purchase, is dependent on oil.

You could buy any of the big oil producers, but Exxon is probably the best positioned. It already has a massive worldwide operation. It is also going to move big into Russia. The company struck a deal over there and is just waiting for sanctions to be lifted to get moving on it.

Even with horrible oil prices, Exxon still has generated $4.5 billion in free cash flow in the TTM. Unlike many other energy stocks, it has more net cash and investments than long-term debt — $38.6 billion vs. $25.6 billion, respectively. It pays a dividend.

XOM isn’t going anywhere … except with you, to the grave.

Source: Investor Place

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Blue Chips With Big Cash: #6, Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM)

Cash & Marketable Securities: ~$38 billion

If I were an oil company with $38 billion in cash and part of the blue chip cash parade, I would stride up to Capitol Hill and spend even more money to beat the next president into submission.

Give him so much that he can’t refuse to lift all bans on drilling in the U.S. Then give him more money to lift sanctions against Russia, so Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) can start exploiting the massive real estate deal it made with Russia to drill over there.

Then start drilling. Forget about oil prices. It will work out in the end.

Then, while Exxon is at it, start building more refineries out west so Californians aren’t paying the outrageous gasoline prices that we are stuck with now.

Source: Investor Place

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Exxon Mobil Corporation: Is the Worst Over for XOM?

XOM stock remains in fine shape, and probably represents a good buy at this time

By Lawrence Meyers

Source: Investor Place

http://investorplace.com/2016/05/exxon- ... zvdNZF96M8

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Oil giant ExxonMobil touches a fresh 52-week high… up nearly 10% in the past six weeks.

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Stocks to Sell: Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM)

Exxon Mobil (XOM) is a well diversified large oil & gas company. It is definitely the largest and one of the most efficient. Even during the big slide in oil prices, XOM has remained profitable, albeit slightly.

Still, net income during XOM’s last quarter totaled just $1.4 billion, down from $4.9 billion in the year prior. By the time this year is over, Exxon’s revenue of roughly $230 billion will be a near 50% reduction from the revenue it created just two years ago. Those are major changes for XOM, and any reasonable person would conclude that this Exxon is not the old Exxon.

Yet, shares currently trade right at 52-week highs, with investors quick to ignore just how much XOM has changed. That said, XOM stock may hover right around its current levels for some to come, but don’t expect XOM to have much more upside from this point forward.

Fact is there are far better options in this space, and sooner or later the market will realize this fact.

Source: Investor Place

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XOM Stock: Why Analysts Are Warming Up to Exxon Mobil Corporation

Major price target hikes could signal the bottom is in with Exxon

By John Divine

Source: Investor Place

http://investorplace.com/2016/06/xom-st ... 2Cgdfl96M8

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Exxon Mobil Corporation: XOM Is THE Energy Stock to Own

XOM stock is one of the top energy stocks for several reasons

Source: Johnson Research Group

http://investorplace.com/2016/06/exxon- ... 2icyrh96M8