{"id":4618,"date":"2021-06-01T18:31:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T18:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keystonefinancial.com\/?post_type=oi_article&p=4618"},"modified":"2021-06-01T18:31:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T18:31:14","slug":"weekly-commentary-june-1-2021","status":"publish","type":"oi_article","link":"https:\/\/www.keystonefinancial.com\/articles\/weekly-commentary-june-1-2021","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Commentary | June 1, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Are we at a tipping point?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One side effect of the pandemic was a collapse in demand for oil, which led to \u201cthe largest revision to the value of the oil industry\u2019s assets in at least a decade,\u201d reported Collin Eaton and Sarah McFarlane of The Wall Street Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last week brought another reckoning for big oil as a court ruling and shareholder influence made it clear companies need to revisit their strategies for emissions reductions and clean energy. Here\u2019s what happened:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Major stock indices in the United States finished last week higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (The one-year numbers in the scorecard below remain noteworthy. They reflect the strong recovery of U.S. stocks from last year\u2019s coronavirus downturn to the present day.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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To that end, the investment group nominated four outside board-of-director candidates stating, \u201cA Board that has underperformed this dramatically and defied shareholder sentiment for this long has not earned the right to choose its own new members or pack itself in the face of calls for change\u2026shareholders deserve a Board that works proactively to create long-term value, not defensively in the face of deteriorating returns and the threat of losing their seats.\u201d Other shareholders agreed and, in a highly unusual outcome, two of the four candidates were elected to the board, reported Ben Geman of Axios<\/em>.
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