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The S&P 500 bounced back after a horrible start to 2016 and has now delivered more than a 2 percent gain on the year. Commodity stocks have led the way in 2016 after horrible returns in recent years. In fact, a number of big-name stocks have already doubled so far this year. Here’s a look...

In at least one segment of global energy demand, fossil fuel demand growth could peak by 2025. Tom Randall reports that Bloomberg New Energy Finance projects fossil fuel demand for electricity will finally hit its peak in another nine years. “You can’t fight the future,” the...

There are lots of clean energy investors out there who have very principled beliefs about the future of the global energy business. However, in the near term, fossil fuel investors and clean energy investors should both be hoping for the same thing: higher prices. According to Citi analyst Anthony...

Shares of Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE: BTU) fell more than 40 percent in the pre-market hours after the coal miner said there exists substantial doubt whether it will be able to continue as a "going concern" and may need file for bankruptcy as it faces the worst industry downturn...

"Don't fight the tape." It is sound advice. So, with that in mind, the point here is not to tell readers to be quick to short the Market Vectors-Coal ETF (NYSE: KOL), but rather to be informed and make decisions accordingly based upon what is right for an individual's portfolio. Calling KOL...

Coal stocks were trading higher on Wednesday morning after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked President Obama's Clean Power Plan intended to cut emissions from power plants. Bloomberg noted that a 5–4 order halts the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan until the final...

The Market Vectors Coal ETF (NYSE: KOL) declined yesterday on heavy volume, but the lone equity-based exchange traded fund dedicated to moribund coal equities did not hit a new low. Still, KOL has lost nearly two-thirds of its value over the past two years and slumping demand for the commodity is...

Fourth-quarter earnings reports confirmed what many traders had been expecting— railroads like Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) and Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC) were hammered by the drop in energy prices, according to the Wall Street Journal. Rail volumes have been under extreme pressure...

After the S&P 500 roared back over the past six years following the Financial Crisis, the market took a break in 2015, finishing the year down 0.73 percent. Some unfortunate stocks, however, were hit harder than others. With oil and other commodity prices hitting new multi-year lows in 2015,...

Evan Kurtz of Morgan Stanley argued in a note that United States coal prices "could remain weak" for a few more years. Kurtz downgraded shares of Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE: BTU) and Cloud Peak Energy Inc. (NYSE: CLD) to Equal-weight from Overweight. Kurtz noted both...

On Tuesday, presidential-hopeful Jeb Bush is expected to present the details of his plan to rework the energy sector in order to create jobs and spur on the economy. Bush has been very vocal about his opposition to President Obama's Clean Power Plan and is expected to fight the plan if he makes it...

The bad news continued for the coal industry on Wednesday as the California Assembly passed a bill that would require the states pension funds CalPers and CalSTRS to liquidate their investments in coal companies. The two public employee pension funds manage a combined $476 billion in assets....