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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...]

Earnings Review Of Note Monday-Tuesday

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:59:36 GMT

Some names I am looking at early this week Monday Fund holdings - Baidu.com (BIDU) and First National Financial (FNF). The former broke through the 200 day moving average Thursday but I cut it down to 1 share on super froth. The latter has been stagnat the past 8 days, with each day an intraday low hitting the 50 day moving average. Very strange. I cut back a bit to a 2.5% stake since I have double jeopardy in these guys with FNF and FAF. I expect good things but the stock action has been weak"ish" and this is the more expensive of the two - not that[More...]

S&P 500 Stocks

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 01:35:00 GMT

The S&P 500 comprises of 500 large cap common stocks actively traded in the United States. The largees public companies that are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ are included in the S&P 500 index. The S&P 500 index was lunched in 1957 and is a value weighted index which is based on the 500 American stocks with the largest market capitalizations. The S&P 500 is the most widely followed index After the Dow Jones Industrial Average index and it is considered a barometer for the American economy. The S&P 500 index is included in the Index of Leading Indicators. There are the number of trading vehicle that are designed to follow the S&P 500 index. Hundreds of billions of US dollars have been invested in this index. The SPY (Exchange Traded Fund) is one of the most actively trading stock over the world. The Rydex,[More...]

Coal in good shape, companies say

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:46:00 GMT

Nov. 5--Read more in
-- Despite complaints from industry lobbyists and coalfield politicians about an impending permit crisis, most major Appalachian coal producers are telling their shareholders that increased federal environmental reviews are not likely to disrupt production or cause layoffs anytime soon.
And two major producers -- Massey Energy and CONSOL Energy -- told industry analysts that they have more than adequate permits in place and could benefit if their competitors see new permits held up by the Obama administration.

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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

Earnings Review Of Note Monday-Tuesday

S&P 500 Stocks

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

World climate-change forum may touch on W.Va. mine

Public Supports Byrd's Rebuke of Massey Over Raleigh County School

Pro-Coal Interests Become More Vocal: GROUPS, PUBLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIGNS GET AGGRESSIVE TO COUNTER CRITICS

Coal Industry, Supporters Become More Vocal on Benefits of Mining

Bill Puts Coal, Utilities at Odds: Power Companies Are Favoring Cap-and-Trade Legislation but Trying to Shape Its Provisions

Thousands Converge at Rally, Mostly for the Music: Coal Concert Appeared to Draw Fewer Than Expected Crowd of 100,000

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 MOORE DAN R For: Nov 02 (10K)

Form 4 MASSEY ENERGY CO For: Oct 24 Filed by: MOORE DAN R (10K)

Form 4 MOORE DAN R For: Oct 16 (10K)

Form 4 MOORE DAN R For: Oct 14 (10K)

Form 4 Judge Lady For: Sep 30 (10K)

Form 4 MASSEY ENERGY CO For: Sep 30 Filed by: INMAN BOBBY R (10K)

Form 4 MOORE DAN R For: Sep 29 (10K)

Form 4 MOORE DAN R For: Sep 16 (10K)

Form 4 BLANKENSHIP DON L For: Sep 10 (10K)

Form 4 BLANKENSHIP DON L For: Aug 19 (10K)