Over the last three years, the energy market has experienced intense price volatility.

Gulfport Energy Corporation, today announced that it proposes to offer $450 million aggregate principal amount of its senior notes due 2026.

It’s no secret that the U.S. stocks are mostly overvalued, which raises concerns of a possible downturn. Given this uncertainty, it will be wise to invest in value stocks.

Given current volatility in petroleum stocks, MLPs are probably the best method of investing in the sector. They also offer liquidity and tax benefits, which add to their appeal. This is why these stocks would make good additions to your portfolio.

In a market hurt by external shocks, equity investments need to be properly hedged.

I’ve been quite obsessed with oil for months now, although it’s challenging, because black gold itself has been absolutely range-bound for no fewer than three solid months now.

Is Gulfport Energy Corporation undervalued? Prominent investors are in a pessimistic mood. The number of bullish hedge fund bets fell by 6 lately.

We go to the charts for an historical look at the Dow and some interesting individual names.

We talk about the latest market overview by reviewing different charts.

Hot stocks of the day: VXX, GPOR, PBR, SPY

The companies below will benefit in a rising crude oil environment, as the recent slump in energy stock prices is overdone. Investors in these stocks will benefit from higher oil prices, which will help them perform fundamentally better.

There are roughly 80 U.S. companies that had $100mm in LTM revenue and that had negative FCF or EBITDA less CapEx. The combined debt of these 80 companies is $325 billion.

The crash in oil prices and the continued depression in gas prices have exploration and production companies and their services providers hunkered down, cutting capital expenditures and trying to bring spending into line with income.

March E-mini S&Ps (ESH15 -0.56%) this morning are down -0.30% and European stocks are down -0.04% after the World Bank cut its global growth outlook for this year.

Gulfport continues to estimate full year 2014 production to be in the range of 50,000 BOEPD to 60,000 BOEPD. Capital expenditures for exploration and production activities in 2014 are estimated to be in the range of $675 million to $725 million.