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Insider Buys And Sells: Weekly Update

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:33:46 GMT

There is no better judge of a company's health and future prospects than the actions of owners and executives of publicly traded companies. That's why insider buying and selling is a critical piece of data for investors, both institutional and individual.[More...]

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...]

Credit Market Overview : Oct 30, 2009

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:27:16 GMT

After yesterday’s about face erasing all of Wednesday’s rout and adding a few additional points to the SPX does it mean that Ken Chenault, CEO of American Express (AXP) was right all along when he said; “Today, while there is still reason to be cautious about high unemployment levels, we are seeing broad-based improvements in credit quality, the trends in card member spending are encouraging, and there are signs that the recession may be approaching an end.”, while discussing 3Q09 earnings?[More...]

Indexes Do Not Tell The Tale Of Damage

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:27:15 GMT

First, pardon all the trading today - some days just require it. I'm already exhausted and its only 2 PM. Second, we've been saying the indexes are not reflecting the carnage seen "underneath" - my watch lists are full of names in the $500M to $5B market cap space which is my sweet spot, and it looks like September 2008 . Here is a sampling of what is really happening when you move away from McDonalds, IBM, Walmart, and Microsoft.[More...]

Hot Stocks Of The Day: F, XLNX, GDP, AIR, MEE

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:42:41 GMT

US stocks rose on Wednesday afternoon ahead of the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates.[More...]

Fired Up Over Coal ETF

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:15:50 GMT

"Coal accounts for more than 70% of China's electricity," says Tony Sagami. In Uncommon Wisdom, he looks to an ETF poised to benefit from long-term rising coal demand. "China's coal consumption is growing, and it is building coal-powered power plants at a breakneck pace. "Why? Because they are much cheaper to build and operate than any other power-producing option. China is power starved, and coal is the main resource used for generating electricity in the[More...]

The Best Way To Play Upcoming Senate Brawl Over Cap & Trade May be Loading Up On Coal

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:32:00 GMT

Posted: For the Week of August 16-22, 2009 At the rate things are going, the best way for investors to play the upcoming brawl in the U.S. Senate over cap-and-trade may be to buy shares of the very companies this carbon-busting legislation is intended to squeeze out of business. We’re talking the ...[More...]

Boone Pickens' Hedge Fund BP Capital: Licking Wounds (13F Filing Q1 2009)

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:18:00 GMT

This is the 1st Quarter 2009 edition of our ongoing hedge fund portfolio tracking series. Before reading this update, make sure you check out the Hedge Fund 13F filings series preface. Next up, we have BP Capital. With all the commotion surrounding energy these days, it never hurts to track[More...]

One Stop Shopping For 'Energy' Exposure: Blackrock Energy And Resources

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:34:18 GMT

Let me preface this piece by saying I stole this specific instrument from Jeffrey Saut, who mentioned it in his weekly missive. Long time readers will know I've mentioned this market has become all about asset allocation, and sectors - I noticed this late in 2007 when we were hiding out in commodities while many other sectors were imploding but other than a few periods when "everything" is going down (or up) it appears a lot of individual stock selection is going out the window and "sectors" are more important. Some themes are broad like "China" or "commodities" (which in many ways are now the same theme), where others are narrower such as "casual dining restaurants". I don't know if its the dominance of program trading or the growing popularity of ETFs but this seems to be a secular change in the[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...]

EDITORIAL: Climate: Debate is warming

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:47:00 GMT

Dec. 1--President Obama, heading to next week's world climate summit in Copenhagen, pledged that America will reduce its carbon pollution -- a promise contingent upon Senate passage of the controversial cap-and-trade bill previously approved by the House of Representatives, a cleanup proposal resisted fervently by this state's congressional delegation.
Coal-dominated West Virginia has much at stake in the ongoing struggle over global warming.
On Monday -- the same day the Copenhagen summit begins -- the Gazette and Daily Mail will sponsor a match between Patrick Michaels of the conservative Cato Institute and David Hawkins of the environmentalist National Resources Defense Council.

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Insider Buys And Sells: Weekly Update

2009 Will Transform The Coal Industry

Credit Market Overview : Oct 30, 2009

Indexes Do Not Tell The Tale Of Damage

Hot Stocks Of The Day: F, XLNX, GDP, AIR, MEE

Fired Up Over Coal ETF

The Best Way To Play Upcoming Senate Brawl Over Cap & Trade May be Loading Up On Coal

Boone Pickens' Hedge Fund BP Capital: Licking Wounds (13F Filing Q1 2009)

One Stop Shopping For 'Energy' Exposure: Blackrock Energy And Resources

Market Vectors Coal (KOL) Red Hot

EDITORIAL: Climate: Debate is warming

UC hosts faceoff between global warming skeptic, climate change expert

EPA investigating Massey's Coal River Mountain mine site

Blankenship, Kennedy Jr. to debate at UC

W.Va. Supreme Court opts for e-mail privacy

Massey cited for Coal River Mountain blasting

Coal in good shape, companies say

Groups plan e-mail campaign to protest W.Va. mine

Massey Energy Reports $16.5 Million Income

Massey blasting under way on Coal River Mountain

Market Watch for Tuesday: China Direct Industries - October 6, 2009

No Injuries in Fire at Massey Energy Preparation Plant

Investors Achieve Major Company Commitments on Climate Change

Lady Barbara Judge 'Extraordinary Human Being' Profiled By Spectator Magazine

Massey Energy Adding Miners to Keep Pace With Asian Demand, According to AP

Massey Energy Acquires Coal Reserves and Mining Infrastructure in Exchange

Massey Energy to Announce Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

Massey Energy Cited in Charleston Daily Mail's 'Grandstanding on the Mountains' Editorial

Massey Chairman Don Blankenship Addresses Arrests of Surface Mining Protesters

Marfork Coal Company Wins Prestigious Green Miner Award

Form 4 MASSEY ENERGY CO For: Nov 30 Filed by: Clemens Mark Allen (10K)

Form 4 MASSEY ENERGY CO For: Nov 24 Filed by: Tolbert Eric Brian (10K)

Form 4/A MASSEY ENERGY CO For: Nov 17 Filed by: Clemens Mark Allen (10K)

Form 4 MASSEY ENERGY CO For: Nov 17 Filed by: Owings David Williams (10K)

Form 4 MASSEY ENERGY CO For: Nov 17 Filed by: Tolbert Eric Brian (10K)

Form 4 MASSEY ENERGY CO For: Nov 17 Filed by: Sears Steve Edgar (10K)

Form 4 MASSEY ENERGY CO For: Nov 17 Filed by: POMA JOHN M (10K)

Form 4 MASSEY ENERGY CO For: Nov 17 Filed by: PHILLIPS BAXTER F JR (10K)

Form 4 MASSEY ENERGY CO For: Nov 17 Filed by: Clemens Mark Allen (10K)

Form 4 MASSEY ENERGY CO For: Nov 17 Filed by: ADKINS JOHN CHRISTOPHER (10K)