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☆ Elon Musk spent hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to unseat a Texas prosecutor, report says. It didn't work.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Elon Musk spent heavily in a failed attempt to unseat a Texas prosecutor, per a report. The Wall Street Journal said the Tesla CEO funneled money to a PAC to oppose José Garza in Texas. Musk channeled hundreds of thousands to the PAC, it said. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementElon Musk channeled hundreds of thousands of dollars to a Texas PAC he primarily funds to try to unseat a Texas prosecutor earlier this year, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with his involvement, as well as Federal Communications Commission filings and corporate documents.

Persons: Elon Musk, José Garza, It's, he's, —, Elon Organizations: Street Journal, Service, Texas PAC, Federal Communications, Democratic, Business Locations: Texas, Travis County

☆ Stock splits can be rocket fuel for a company's shares. Here's who could be next.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

MicroStrategy is the latest company to announce a 10-for-1 stock split as its shares hit $1,340. AdvertisementIt's been a big year for stock splits. According to Bank of America, stock splits can be rocket fuel for prices. Shares of Chipotle have dropped 12% since its shares split 50-for-1 in late June. It represented one of the largest stock splits in the history of the New York Stock Exchange.

Persons: MicroStrategy, —, It's, managements, Steve Sosnick, Eli Lilly, Sosnick Organizations: Service, Nvidia, Walmart, Broadcom, Chipotle, Sony, Lam Research, Texas Pacific, Interactive Brokers, Business, KLA Corp, Netflix, Intuit, Adobe, Bank of America, New York Stock Exchange Locations: Williams, Sonoma, Cintas

☆ Stock splits are back in fashion. Here's why, and which companies could be next
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Stock splits, long out of favor, are making a comeback. Notable stock splits in 2024(when distributed)Walmart 3-1 2/23/24Cooper Companies 4-1 2/16/24Texas Pacific Land 3-1 3/27/24Old Dominion Freight Line 2-1 3/27/24Nvidia 10-1 6/7/24Amphenol 2-1 6/11/24Chipotle Mexican Grill 50-1 6/25/24Broadcom 10-1 7/12/24Williams-Sonoma 2-1 7/8/24Cintas 4-1 9/11/24Sony Group 5-1 10/8/24Lam Research 10-1 10/3/24Why the comeback in stock splits? Stock splits are far less common now than 20 or 30 years ago. During the tech and internet bubble of the late 1990s, stock splits were common. By the mid-2000s, roughly 5% of the Russell 1000 members split their stock each year, and after the great financial crisis from 2008-2009, stock splits practically ceased.

Persons: Williams, David Kostin, Goldman Sachs, Russell, Chipotle Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, Stock, Walmart, Sonoma, Broadcom, Cooper, Pacific, Dominion Freight, Sony, Institutional, Nvidia, Risk, Financial Management, Lam Research, Booking Holdings, Costco, Micro, Spotify Locations: Williams, Sonoma

WHO IS HARLAN CROW? Crow, 74, is the chairman and former CEO of Crow Holdings, a Texas-based family real estate firm established to manage the capital of the Trammell Crow family. While his net worth is unclear, Crow Holdings had $19.6 billion in assets under management in 2020. Harlan Crow was pivotal in restructuring the company’s debt in the 1980s, saving it from bankruptcy, according to media reports. HARLAN CROW'S POLITICAL LEANINGSCrow has a history of donating to conservative causes.

☆ James Davolos' stock fund has been one of the world's best for two decades. He told us how he has consistently beaten the market, and why he's comfortable betting half his money on a single company.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Marley Jay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Co-manager James Davolos told Insider about the fund's approach to identifying market mistakes. Half the fund's money is in one stock, and Davolos explained why he's not hurrying to change that. Davolos and his team then investigate those areas and try to identify any mistakes the market has made about the quality of an investment. "Nobody at the firm follows a sector per se, or a geography, or a capitalization," Davolos told Insider in a recent interview. Texas Pacific doesn't have to pay for equipment or fund that work; it simply makes money from the drillers.

☆ Factbox: Bumper profits fuel surge in dividends, buybacks at oil firms
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Feb 3 (Reuters) - Energy firms are using a chunk of their bumper quarterly profits from surging natural gas and fuel prices to reward shareholders with higher dividends and share buybacks. The top 25 North American oil and gas companies by market capital posted a combined profit of $70.04 billion for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 186.3% higher than a year earlier, according to Refinitiv data. However, the record profits have renewed calls for a windfall tax, especially as sky-rocketing prices have fueled inflation around the globe. Below are some of the companies that have announced higher dividends and repurchases in recent weeks:Valero Energy Corp (VLO.N)Dividend: Increased quarterly dividend by 4.1% to $1.02 per shareNet Income in latest quarter: More than tripled to $3.11 billionExxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N)Dividend: Q4 per-share dividend of 91 cents, up 3 centsNet Income in latest quarter: Jumped 43.7% to $12.75 billionChevron Corp (CVX.N)Dividend: Raised quarterly dividend by 9 cents to $1.51 per shareShare buyback: Approves a $75 billion buyback programNet Income in latest quarter: Jumped 25.6% to $6.35 billionConocoPhillips (COP.N)Dividend: Declares variable dividend of 60 cents per shareShare buyback: Raised existing share repurchase authorization by $20 billionNet Income in latest quarter: Rose 23% to $3.2 billionCHESAPEAKE ENERGY CORP (CHK.O)Dividend: Increased total quarterly dividend to $3.16/shr from $2.32/shrNet Income in latest quarter: Stood at $883 mln, compared with $345 mln year-ago lossBAKER HUGHES CO (BKR.O)Dividend: Increased quarterly dividend by 5.5% to 19 cents per shareShare buyback: Authorized an additional $2 blnNet Income in latest quarter: Fell 38.1% to $182 millionSLB (formerly Schlumberger) (SLB.N)Dividend: Increased quarterly cash dividend 43% to $0.25 per shareShare buyback: Resumed share repurchase programNet Income in latest quarter: Rose 77.2% to $1.07 billionMarathon Petroleum Corp (MPC.N)Share buyback: Approved an additional $5 billion in stock repurchasesNet Income in latest quarter: Rose 329.1% to $3.32 billionPhillips 66 (PSX.N)Share buyback: Plans to return up to $12 bln more to shareholders by end-2024 through dividends and buybacksNet Income in latest quarter: Jumped 1241% to $5.4 billionMarathon Oil Corp (MRO.N)Dividend: Expects to raise base dividend by an additional 11% after closing the purchase of EnsignNet Income in latest quarter: Climbed 344% to $817 millionEOG Resources Inc (EOG.N)Dividend: Raised regular dividend by 10%, $1.50/shr special dividendNet Income in latest quarter: Rose 160.6% to $2.85 billionAPA Corp (APA.O)Dividend: Doubled quarterly dividend to an annualized rate of $1.00/shrNet Income in latest quarter: Stood at $422 million, compared with a loss of $113 millionCOTERRA ENERGY INC (CTRA.N)Dividend: Increased dividend by 3 cents to 68 cents/shrNet Income in latest quarter: Surged 1768.75% to $1.2 billionPATTERSON-UTI (PTEN.O)Dividend: Doubled quarterly cash dividend to 8 cents/shrShare buyback: Increased share repurchase authorization to $300 millionNet Income in latest quarter: Rose 181% to $61.5 millionTEXAS PACIFIC LAND CORP (TPL.N)Share buyback: Approved purchase of up to $250 mln worth of sharesNet Income in latest quarter: Rose 55% to $129.8 mlnCANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD (CNQ.TO)Dividend: Raised quarterly dividend by 13% to 85 Canadian cents/shrNet Income in latest quarter: Rose 27.7% to C$2.81 blnCenovus Energy Inc (CVE.TO)Dividend: Announced a variable dividend of C$0.114Share buyback: Plans to renew repurchase programNet Income in latest quarter: Climbed 192% to C$1.61 blnIMPERIAL OIL (IMO.TO)Dividend: Raised quarterly dividend by 29% to 44 Canadian cents/shrShare buyback: Announced a C$1.5 bln substantial issuer bid to buy back sharesNet Income in latest quarter: Rose 123.6% to C$2.03 blnTOURMALINE OIL CORP (TOU.TO)Dividend: Announced a special dividend of C$2.25/shr; raised quarterly dividend by 11% to 25 Canadian cents/shrNet Income in latest quarter: Rose 481% to C$2.09 blnReporting by Sourasis Bose, Ankit Kumar and Arunima Kumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila and Maju SamuelOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ The top-performing stock-picker of 2022 shares 6 of his favorite companies to buy now to protect against high inflation, low profits, and an energy shortage that will last for years to come
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-22 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Here are six energy companies that Davolos believes are strong long-term investments. Expect high inflation to hurt earnings in 2023 and beyondOf all the trends Davolos spotted, one stands out most: inflation will be higher for longer. Most investors assumed that the high inflation of the 1970s and '80s was gone forever after the internet and other technology kept prices down during the previous two decades. Stocks broadly will likely suffer if inflation stays stubbornly high, Davolos said, given that higher prices weigh on firms' profit margins. Energy royalty companies' efficient, asset-light business model gives them lofty operating margins that are the envy of their peers.

☆ This fund crushed it last year in part by heavily betting on one unique oil stock
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Samantha Subin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The fund isn't tied to any index, nor does Schwartz try to mimic a specific sector weighting. About 40% of the fund's investments today are in energy, Schwartz said, with no bets on the consumer defensive and utilities sectors, according to Morningstar data. Then a trust, many people steered clear of the large Texas land owner, which owns land often used for oil and gas drilling, and traded at around $150 a share. Schwartz's bet on energy extends to a more traditional stake in Chevron , (4.3% of the fund) which he calls a premiere integrated oil and gas company. But Schwartz started accumulating energy stocks well before the latest rally, when crude oil plummeted during the pandemic.

☆ Energy stocks had a blowout performance this year. In 2023, the outlook is more uncertain
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-25 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

After enjoying a monster rally in 2022, energy stocks are heading into an uncertain new year. Energy stocks surged this year after the war in Ukraine interrupted the global oil supply, and drove up the price of a barrel of oil. Ongoing geopolitical risks To be sure, not everyone believes that the outlook is positive for energy stocks, especially without the resolution of some ongoing geopolitical disruptions. That would be bad even for energy stocks. If they do add to their energy allocation, he stressed a preference for U.S. energy over global energy for a "more stable" investment environment.

☆ This top-performing manager boasts mutual funds that are up 40% this year. Here's how he crushes the market
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Horizon Kinetics stood out in a brutal year for stocks — boasting several mutual funds that have returned more than 40%. On the list of best-performing equity mutual funds of 2022, four out of five are from this under-the-radar, New York City-based shop, according to Morningstar. Royalty companies Kinetics focuses on hard assets, but that doesn't mean each candidate appears in a Kinetics' portfolio. The Paradigm fund's biggest position is in Texas Pacific Land , one of the largest owners of land in Texas. The company, which Kinetics has owned since 1995, has exposure to two types of hard assets — land as well as oil and gas royalties.

☆ This spin-off focused fund is crushing the market in 2022 with an unconventional portfolio
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Jesse Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The Horizon Kinetics Spin-off and Corporate Restructuring Fund , which buys stocks shortly before or after a corporate event, has created a narrow portfolio of smaller stocks that is crushing the market in 2022. The fund has gained more than 17% in 2022 even as the S & P 500 fell into a bear market. James Davolos, a portfolio manager at Horizon Kinetics, said that spin-offs can create mispricing of stocks due to market structure. So they are probably going to sell the stock," Davolos said. Worker hospitality stock Civeo Corp ., which was spun out from Oil States International in 2014 , has also been a big winner for the Kinetics fund in 2022, gaining more than 40%.

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