Royal Dutch Shell (RDS-B)

The price of oil will continue to rise as the USD continues to get weaker and foreign investors continue to purchase oil. As the economy recovers, consumers and businesses will also start to demand more oil, further forcing the price to increase.
Since Royal Dutch is a European company denominated in EUR, the company will also benefit from a strengthening EUR and a weakening USD.
Finally, as a fully integrated oil company, Royal Dutch Shell won't be a slave to the fluctuating price of oil. In fact, if the price of oil continues to increase, it should benefit from increased revenues and profit margin.

The economic recovery will be anemic and probably W-shaped, forcing the oil and gas inventories to continue stock piling. Any short term strength in oil prices will be supported by a flight from a weakening dollar, not from fundamental supply/demand economics. The oil price will again fall (albeit how much is up for debate) hurting yet another quarter of company profits. I predict this will be a trend for Q4 2009 until Q2 or Q3 of 2010. After this unstable period of time, I would bet that supply/ demand economics will function correctly and oil prices will be reflective of thier true price and not due to the inherent instability of investor speculation.

We are still deoendent on Oil

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Like it or not, we're still going to use oil for a long time. Oil barrel prices are going up again.

In an uncertain investing climate, RDS makes money and pays a dividend. Two things that are becoming increasingly uncommon. Their recent raise of 5% to the dividend is reassuring, I hope it's based on strength and not bravado.

strong value, like all stocks beat down in the contraction, but we'll always need oil and has a hi dividend

oil is at $33 a share. I'm bullish for the long haul for oil.

Getting killed along with oil, but that 7% dividend is very nice, and with a P/E of 3 whether that be real or not real earnings is still cheap. It's trading near book, and no matter what Oil will always be a huge part of our world, if it becomes a lesser they are protected by alternative investments

Severely undervalued.

Good entry point.

We still need oil for the foreseeable future.

It is cheap. Pays a 4.5% divident and earns money by the boat loads.

The best of the big energy companies. I'd hold Shell over any other blue-chip oil company for the long term due to their management, culture, and track record.

Royal Dutch Shell has placed a $200 million bet that it can unlock Colorado's Green River Formation, which could produce 4 million barrels per day - 20 percent of current US consumption... Until we find alternative energy options that are cost efficient the need for shale deposits that hold millions if not billions amount of reserves will be in need.

Oil shale

with the oil prices going up, the dollar getting weaker and the situation in the middle east remains unstable, i think that the big oil companies will outerperform in this time frame.

My favorite place to buy gas. I actually think their gas is good for my car. If it would only come down in price a few dollars per gallon!

always the watch dog that knows its bark