Archive of entries posted by David Hunkar

The Largest Oil and Natural Gas Companies in the World by Reserves

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State-owned companies control most of the world’s oil and natural gas reserves. It is a common misconception that the publicly listed western oil giants like Exxon Mobil(XOM), Chevron(CVX), Shell(SHEL), BP(BP), Total SA (TOT), etc. are the oil and gas giants. Together these companies have even earned the moniker “Big Oil”. However that is not true. …

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Historical Stock Market Reactions to Geopolitical Crises Involving Israel

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The Israel-Hamas war of 2023 started with the attack on Israel by Hamas on Saturday, October 7, 2023. The impact of the current crisis on equity markets in the US have been muted. Oil prices have not moved much as well. This is understandable since Israel is not a major producer. Oil producing countries in …

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Checking on 3 Top Office REITs

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Office REITs are one of the worst affected areas within the REITs space. Residential and Warehouse REITs have soared since the Covid-19 era. But office REITs plunged dramatically as most offices shut down and then when normality started to return, work from home options killed the office REITs. Unlike in the past companies are not …

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