General Motors Company

AT&T Inc.

Chevron Corporation

Merck & Co., Inc.

Expedia Group, Inc.

Omnicom Group Inc.

Deckers Outdoor Corporation

Barron's <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/quality-stocks-att-gm-expedia-chevron-merck-135b4043">has selected</a> seven high-quality stocks that are trading at an average discount of 40% to the market based on their P/E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio).

Merck, Chevron, AT&amp;T: Barron's names seven high-quality stocks trading at a discount to the market

If OPEC fails to replace Venezuela's embargo-affected oil exports, the impact of the embargo could be $5-8 per barrel, says a former U.S. State Department diplomat 

Oil rises after Trump orders blockade of tankers off Venezuela's shores

Exxon Mobil Corporation

Exxon Mobil Oil Corporation is among the companies that are interested in international assets of Lukoil, which has fallen under U.S. sanctions, Bloomberg sources <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-18/lukoil-s-suitor-list-grows-to-include-exxon-chevron-abu-dhabi?srnd=homepage-europe&amp;sref=Y0jVLcFo">said </a>. The possibility of buying part of the Russian oil giant's foreign business is also being studied by Chevron, Reuters <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/chevron-izucaet-vozmoznost-vykupa-aktivov-popavsego-pod-sankcii-lukojla-reuters">wrote the</a> day before, also citing sources. Exxon and Chevron are considering Lukoil's stake in Iraq's West Qurna-2 field, two Bloomberg sources said.

Exxon joins Chevron as bidders for Russian Lukoil assets

Energy corporation Chevron is considering buying out part of the foreign business of Russian oil giant Lukoil, which has fallen under U.S. sanctions, five sources <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chevron-joins-race-explore-potential-purchase-lukoil-assets-sources-say-2025-11-17/">told </a>Reuters. According to them, the U.S. company is studying options to buy those assets that overlap with its own, rather than the entire foreign portfolio of Lukoil, estimated at a minimum of $20 billion, the agency said.

Chevron explores possibility of buying out assets of sanctioned Lukoil - Reuters

BP p.l.c.

The company has not announced news of the sale of its Castrol lubricants business, an important part of its plan to reduce its multi-billion dollar debt

BP's profits beat expectations. Why are investors selling off the stock?

Both companies reported record production levels

Exxon and Chevron's profits fell due to lower oil prices. How did investors take it?

Shell plc

TotalEnergies SE

Production growth and a focus on refining helped offset the fall in hydrocarbon prices

Shell beats profit expectations, Total hits forecast despite falling prices

Wall Street has been pricing Exxon Mobil's stock price into a slight decline in July-September earnings from a record third quarter of 2024

Exxon Mobil forecasts $500 mln growth in quarterly refining profits

Exxon Mobil plans to cut about 2,000 jobs, a spokesman for the oil giant told Barron's in a <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/exxon-mobil-stock-price-layoffs-jobs-cut-oil-f46e2d8d">commentary</a>. This is 3-4% of the company's total headcount.

Exxon Mobil followed its competitors in announcing layoffs. What is the reason for this?

ExxonMobil appears to be the most resilient of the major Western oil and gas companies so far

Oil giants cut investment and staff at record pace since pandemic - FT

Uber Technologies, Inc.

Tesla, Inc.

ASML Holding N.V.

Broadcom Inc.

Kenvue Inc.

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

FASTENAL CO. R

Guidewire Software, Inc.

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

Morning in New York: focus on possible duty removal and threat to Fed independence

NVIDIA Corporation

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc.

Microsoft Corporation

Alphabet Inc.

Meta Platforms, Inc.

The main driver of growth in the fund's assets were stocks 