For Investors Only -- SeekingAlpha on COP -- As Good An Article As Any -- And An Easter Egg

Link here.

A real-fun read especially if COP is a core holding in your portfolio.

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Bet on big oil

“It is possible that this energy component is acting as a leading indicator within the commodity complex (bullish for a recovery effort); it is also possible that fundamental / geopolitical factors are triggering the strength, or an overall ‘stickiness’ in prices throughout the year. Whatever the underlying cause, from a technical standpoint this continues to be one of the stronger areas of the market on a relative basis, and we would continue to overweight this area as we enter the New Year.”

XOM: breaking out in 2012?

Now let's look at Georesources and see how it compares with Exxon Mobil, as it relates to performance, valuation and safety.

Georesources is a $745 million market cap company (small-cap), headquartered in Houston, Texas. It is engaged in oil and natural gas exploration and production in the Southwest, Gulf Coast and the all-important Williston Basin areas of the United States.

Yup. There it is. You saw it first here (unless you saw it first at the link): a direct comparison of GeoResources with XOM. 

Seven Energy Stocks to Buy on Dips for 2012 (have I posted this before?), in no particular order

• MRO
• BP
• WLL
• CHK
• BP
• Total SA (TOT)
• RIG