Coal is one of the most plentiful and least expensive sources of energy on Earth. That's the good news.
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September 4 - News
The past year has been brutal for coal, and the nation's coal stocks have taken an absolute beating.
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August 27 - News
The World Bank has made a public shift to stop funding coal fired electric plant construction abroad.
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August 27 - News
If you were to ask many of your peers, hedge funds are viewed as overrated, outdated financial tools of a forgotten age.
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August 25 - News
To many of your peers, hedge funds are perceived as overrated, outdated financial vehicles of a forgotten age.
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August 22 - News
Investors in master limited partnership care about two things: distributions and distribution growth.
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August 16 - News
Is the coal industry slowly making a comeback? Several coal companies such as Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE:BTU) and CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE:CNX) have rallied in recent...
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August 8 - News
In some ways, Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ:ARLP) defies all logic of what is happening in the coal space today.
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August 8 - News
It’s no secret that the coal industry in the United States is under fire.
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August 3 - News
Although coal use increased in the first quarter at utilities, coal sales fell because energy companies dipped into their stockpiles to meet their fuel needs.
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August 1 - News
CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE:CNX) is having a bit of an identity crisis. The company can't decide if it's a coal company or a natural gas company.
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July 29 - News
Coal may be unloved in the United States, but the rest of the world seems to like it well enough.
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July 15 - News
Don't chase dividend stocks to avoid bonds; buy them because you believe in the underlying businesses.
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July 15 - News
There are four ways to reduce emissions from a coal-fired electric plant, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
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July 11 - News
President Obama has announced new efforts to combat climate change, many of which will be directed at limiting the use of coal.
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July 11 - News
“The U.S. Treasuries market could now be described as a Ponzi market” according to Hyman Minsky of asset manager Guggenheim Partners.
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July 11 - News
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ:ARLP) was in 4 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of March.
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July 10 - News
According to most investors, hedge funds are seen as underperforming, old financial tools of years past.
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July 10 - News
Natural gas isn't as cheap as it was a year ago and that's leading to big changes in the energy market. That will be a good thing for Ultra Petroleum Corp.
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July 8 - News
In today’s marketplace, there are a multitude of metrics investors can use to analyze stocks. A couple of the most innovative are hedge fund and insider trading activity.
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July 5 - News
Electric utilities are the primary consumers of thermal coal produced at U.S. mines. Coal's battle with natural gas is about costs, not the environment.
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July 2 - News
Master Limited Partnership Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ:ARLP) is down 12% from its recent high unit price of $78.5.
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June 26 - News
In today’s marketplace, there are a multitude of indicators shareholders can use to watch Mr. Market.
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June 26 - News
This year's market rally, with the S&P up about 15% during 2013, has rendered it more difficult to find above-average dividend yield investments.
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June 19 - News
Electric utilities care about price more than fuel source, so natural gas and coal use will continue to seesaw back and forth for years.
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June 19 - News
Natural Resource Partners LP (NYSE:NRP) a Master Limited Partnership, or "MLP," continues to make strong progress diversifying from the leasing of its owned coal reserves.
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June 19 - News
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (NYSE:KMP) is making a move into owning resource properties with the intent of leasing them to third parties to mine.
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June 18 - News
Investors looking to play a beaten down sector like coal need to understand the difference between Market Cap, "MC" and Enterprise Value, "EV." Most investors recognize MC, the...
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June 18 - News
The coal industry has been hammered by low natural gas prices. However, 2013 is likely to be the year in which the industry starts to turn if early trends continue.
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June 14 - News
Natural Resource Partners LP (NRP) continues to make good progress diversifying away from leasing its owned coal reserves in central Appalachia and the Illinois Basin.
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May 23 - News
In the financial world, there are many indicators investors can use to track publicly traded companies. A duo of the best are hedge fund and insider trading interest.
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May 8 - News
In the 21st century investor’s toolkit, there are many metrics investors can use to monitor publicly traded companies.
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May 8 - News
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ:ARLP) operates in the coal industry, which has been going through a rough phase over the last few years.
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May 6 - News
In today’s marketplace, there are tons of metrics investors can use to track publicly traded companies.
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May 6 - News
Investors who dive into socially controversial and economically troubled industries need to have a thick skin. That’s especially true if the industry in question is coal.
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May 6 - News
The energy industry has always had a precarious relationship with politics.
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May 4 - News
Despite the previous woes of the American energy industry, there is a wave of optimism around the production of domestic energy.
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April 7 - News
Goldman Sachs says buy commodities. Hedge funds are trimming their bets.
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March 22 - News
After a tough 2012 for the coal industry, finding a great company within that troubled sector seems like a daunting task. However, there happens to be a shining diamond in the...
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February 13 - News
After a year of weak stock returns and strong cash flow generation, natural resource mining stocks have joined the high yielding asset class.
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February 12 - News
One thing I've learned in over 20 years of investing is people are stubborn. Certain industries are written off for dead, and many good stocks go unnoticed because of this.
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February 8 - News
