Cramer’s Investing Club: We’re adding to our Chevron holding on weakness – CNBC
Gas prices nearing $5.00 per gallon are displayed at Valero and Chevron stations on October 12, 2021 in Mill Valley, California.
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After you receive this email, we will be buying 150 shares of Chevron (CVX) at roughly $111.79. Following the trade, the Charitable Trust will own 700 shares of Chevron. This buy will increase CVX’s weight in the portfolio from about 1.53% to 1.94%.
Markets are expected to open lower Monday primarily due to concerns related to the rapid spread of the omicron variant and the potential impact it will have on the economic recovery.
In addition to COVID-19 related uncertainties, Goldman Sachs cut its GDP forecast for 2022 after learning Sunday that Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin will not support the Biden administration’s “Build Back Better” plan.
As a result of these negative developments from the weekend, investors are taking a very cautious approach this morning. Stocks are down, the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury is slightly lower, and the price of WTI oil is back below $70.
There may be a lot of negativity in the market today with prices lower across the board, but we will do a little buying because we have plenty of cash sitting on the sidelines and we never like to shy away from a good discount. That being said, we want to be picky and selective with our buys right now as we still see the need to protect cash because the market is not yet oversold based on the most recent S&P Short-Range Oscillator reading. We plan to put more cash to work as prices move lower and the market becomes oversold.
Chevron is an idea we wrote about last Friday, and with our trading restrictions cleared Monday, we are free to pick some shares up and scale deeper into our position.
Starting with the dividend, we find the now ~4.80% yield (based on the price at the time this was written) very attractive in the current environment and is plenty safe due to Chevron’s cash flow generation prowess. Even at $60 a barrel, Chevron thinks it can generate $25 billion of excess cash over the next five years, excess meaning what is left over after they fund their capital spending program and pay the dividend. Chevron can pull this off because its operating costs are down, production is up, and they have become much more capital efficient. Chevron is a better company today than they were just a few years ago.
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