Occidental's most recent trend suggests a bearish bias. One trading opportunity on Occidental is a Bear Call Spread using a strike $59.50 short call and a strike $64.50 long call offers a potential 19.9% return on risk over the next 9 calendar days. Maximum profit would be generated if the Bear Call Spread were to expire worthless, which would occur if the stock were below $59.50 by expiration. The full premium credit of $0.83 would be kept by the premium seller. The risk of $4.17 would be incurred if the stock rose above the $64.50 long call strike price.
The 5-day moving average is moving down which suggests that the short-term momentum for Occidental is bearish and the probability of a decline in share price is higher if the stock starts trending.
The 20-day moving average is moving down which suggests that the medium-term momentum for Occidental is bearish.
The RSI indicator is at 28.16 level which suggests that the stock is neither overbought nor oversold at this time.
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LATEST NEWS for Occidental
Anadarko Board Backs ‘Superior' Occidental Deal, Says Chevron Can Make New Bid
Tue, 07 May 2019 08:12:00 +0000
Anadarko said Occidental's move to secure financing for the cash portion of its revised bid, which includes a $59 per share consideration and 0.2934 in Occidental common stock, makes it a “superior proposal” to Chevron's 75% stock and 25% cash deal that values the Houston-based oil group at around $50 billion, including debt, the company said. agreed a $10 billion investment in Occidental last week that gives the Warren Buffett-backed investment group preferred shares paying an 8% dividend.
Edited Transcript of OXY earnings conference call or presentation 6-May-19 12:00pm GMT
Tue, 07 May 2019 06:54:25 +0000
Q1 2019 Occidental Petroleum Corp Earnings and Delivers Revised Proposal to Acquire Anadarko Petroleum Corp Call
PRESS DIGEST-New York Times business news – May 7
Tue, 07 May 2019 04:41:44 +0000
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Tue, 07 May 2019 04:00:32 +0000
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Anadarko Accepts Occidental Bid; Chevron Has 4 Days to Respond
Tue, 07 May 2019 04:00:00 +0000
The announcement by Anadarko, which had rebuffed several prior bids from Occidental, comes almost a month after it agreed to be purchased by Chevron for $33 billion. Chevron has so far refused to increase its offer, saying its proposal is a better long-term option for Anadarko shareholders.
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