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2009 Will Transform The Coal Industry

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:25:50 GMT

Like many other industries, 2009 was a shock to the coal industry. Demand is on track to fall around 100 million tons, or about 10%, from that of the previous year. Given the role of cheap coal in generating baseload electricity, a drop of this scale would have been unfathomable a few years ago. Several factors converged to make this possible--including a poor economy, very low natural gas prices, and lower export demand.[More...]

More Gaps To Fill

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:45:46 GMT

Back a few weeks ago we posted some names that had "gaps" to fill in their charts (Jun 22: Gaps Filling and To Be Filled?) - James River Coal (JRCC) has filled its gaps, and we also listed Research in Motion (RIMM) and A-Power Energy (APWR) - here are updates on their progress; both of these of course would require a swan dive. [More...]

Market Vectors Coal (KOL) Red Hot

Wed, 20 May 2009 16:48:00 GMT

Coal was one of our best performing sector groups in latter 2007 through summer 2008. While much of the focus of late has been on natural gas, the coal stocks have been ripping in even larger magnitude. I was a bull on coal over natural gas (although the market in its student body left trading simply moves all commodities together) because of the portability of coal over natural gas. We were early on this theme as the market was so focused on oil stocks at the time, and made a lot of money (Dec 6, 2007: Coal Stocks Quietly in Bull Market) I wrote a bevy of pieces about this 1.5 years ago... but again, the market is not very granular nowadays; it likes big sweeping themes that are simple: i.e. commodities good. I have a litany of posts on just about[More...]

Two-Month Rally Rolls On

Tue, 05 May 2009 01:17:31 GMT

The stock market indices started off the week with a bang. There was a big gap up at the beginning, a very strong follow on rally, a mid-day consolidation, and a strong afternoon thrust especially on the S&P 500. Despite the fact that the Nasdaq 100 trailed, by the end of the day it caught on and they closed at the highs for the day going on both indices as well as the Dow. Net on the day the Dow was up 214.33 at 8426.74, and the S&P 500 up more than 3 percent at 907.24, up 29.72. The Nasdaq 100 was up 31.34 at 1427.96. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOXX) was up 14.12 at 272.31. Advance-declines were about 6 to 1 positive on New York and 21 to 6 positive on Nasdaq. Up/down volume was about 17 to 1 positive on New York on total volume of less than 1.7 billion.[More...]

AP: Recession Resistant Coal Feels the Squeeze

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:49:00 GMT

Coal was one of our biggest winners in late 2007 thru mid 2008. Until HAL9000 (the quant fund computer who treats all commodity stocks the same) took over, I used to have a thesis that on a RELATIVE basis fertilizer and coal would outperform commodities as a whole - because after all, heat and food are relatively inelastic demands a human would prefer to have. HAL blew my thesis up. I'm gobsmacked (love those English terms) at the charts in this group - worst of breed, best of breed, metallurgical, thermal - doesn't matter. Weapons of mass capital destruction. We own one that has held up well but only on a RELATIVE basis... i.e. instead of losing all 4 limbs, it's only lost 3. Nine months ago you wanted companies who had unsigned contracts so that you could benefit from[More...]

Playbook For The Week

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:23:00 GMT

Now that the market has lightened up a bit on the "student body left" (or right) trading ("sell everything! buy everything!") we can spend some more time sorting out good charts from bad. Except in times of extremes - this is a market of stocks, not a stock market. Below I'll break out some of the stocks that we made some changes to last week, and others of interest with commentary.... 1) We had been holding off on adding to Emergent BioSolutions (EBS) as noted Thursday waiting to see if it was reading to break up, or down... the answer the next morning was down. The answer was down, but after flushing out to $20 it bounced right back to $22, where we took the[More...]

15 Stocks I’m Looking At Short Selling, Potentially, Only Potentially

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:57:00 GMT

Sent to TIMalert subscribers early this morning: Again a ton of potential shorts today, setups are ripe heading into the holidays, a time known for beginner day traders to try their luck, now people... Visit TimothySykes.com to read full article with comments [More...]

Strange Action in James River Coal

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:49:00 GMT

Around noon today this stock has taken off like a rocket in a horrible tape... one could speculate either some news is on the way (buyout?) or a hedge fund is being taken out to be shot and had a short James River Coal (JRCC) position outstanding... hmmm.... Or just another random moment of nonsense in this casino. Other coal stocks are down 10%+, James River is up 13%. Volume is average - I only noticed because this is one of the 3 remaining global growth stocks we still own (for trading purposes only). In the option pit someone bought 240 November 7.5s (open interest around 350), and 500 November 10s (open interest 640) - bid ask is 0.05/0.15 on the latter so it could be just a random (cheap) bet on this price action. Sounds about right - this is the casino after all. Long James River Coal in fund; no[More...]

Coal Producers Are Trading At Fire Sale Prices

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:00:00 GMT

Coal Producers Are Trading At Fire Sale Prices[More...]

The Four Next Undervalued Superstar Stocks

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:24:00 GMT

Andrew Snyder says this credit crisis could eventually go down as one of the most profitable periods in US history. The country’s biggest and oldest companies are selling at an unprecedented discount. Andrew selects four blue chip stocks set to make huge[More...]

Several Of Region's Office Holders Own Diverse Array Of Investments

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:45:00 GMT

Aug. 5--Regular election cycles can mean little long-term financial security for political officeholders, and many part-time city council and board positions don't offer significant compensation.
However, a review of the statements of economic interests filed by local public officials across the Mountain Empire reveals that many have done a nice job tending to their nest eggs.
The Bristol Herald Courier and News Channel 11 Connects spent the past four months reviewing the financial interest disclosure forms required of all public officials in Virginia and Tennessee.

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2009 Will Transform The Coal Industry

More Gaps To Fill

Market Vectors Coal (KOL) Red Hot

Two-Month Rally Rolls On

AP: Recession Resistant Coal Feels the Squeeze

Playbook For The Week

15 Stocks I’m Looking At Short Selling, Potentially, Only Potentially

Strange Action in James River Coal

Coal Producers Are Trading At Fire Sale Prices

The Four Next Undervalued Superstar Stocks

Several Of Region's Office Holders Own Diverse Array Of Investments

Richmond Stock Index Fell in First Quarter

Earnings: James River Coal

Taking Stock: Nobody Wins for 2008

Investors Can Consider No-Risk, Low-Risk Options

Richmond Stock Index Drops 40.45% in 2008

Valuation of the Mining Industry

Coalnot in a Slump

Richmond Index Falls in Quarter

Regulations Reducing Coal Output, Firms Say

Kayne Anderson Energy Total Return Fund, Inc. Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Announces Its Net Asset Value and Asset Coverage Ratio at November 30, 2009

James River Coal Company Reports Second Quarter 2009 Operating Results

James River Coal Company Announces Date of Second Quarter Results

James River Coal Company Reports First Quarter 2009 Operating Results - May 1 2009 1:51PM

James River Coal Company Reports First Quarter 2009 Operating Results - May 1 2009 7:54AM

James River Coal Company Reports First Quarter 2009 Operating Results

James River Coal Company Announces Date of First Quarter Results - Apr 13 2009 9:55AM

James River Coal Company Announces Date of First Quarter Results

James River Coal Company Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Operating Results

Form 4 Weber Michael E For: Nov 01 (10K)

Form 4 Lane Coy K Jr For: Nov 01 (10K)

Form 4 James River Coal CO For: Oct 19 Filed by: STEELHEAD NAVIGATOR MASTER, L.P. (10K)

Form 4 James River Coal CO For: Oct 19 Filed by: KLEIN BRIAN KATZ (10K)

Form 4 James River Coal CO For: Oct 12 Filed by: STEELHEAD NAVIGATOR MASTER, L.P. (10K)

Form 4 JOHNSTON JAMES MICHAEL For: Oct 12 (10K)

Form 4 James River Coal CO For: Oct 07 Filed by: STEELHEAD NAVIGATOR MASTER, L.P. (10K)

Form 4 JOHNSTON JAMES MICHAEL For: Oct 07 (10K)

Form 4 James River Coal CO For: Sep 22 Filed by: STEELHEAD NAVIGATOR MASTER, L.P. (10K)

Form 4 JOHNSTON JAMES MICHAEL For: Sep 22 (10K)