The short term pains for oil, natural gas, and coal highlight the long term appeal of the exchange traded funds for oil United States Oil (NYSE: USO), natural gas (NYSE: UNG), and coal Market Vectors Coal (NYSE: KOL). There are many reasons for the short term decline as there are factors that make the long […]

The last five years have been terrible for the coal industry; with the exchange traded fund for coal, Market Vectors Coal (NYSE: KOL) plummeting in value. An exchange traded fund like Market Vector Coal owns a variety of securities from the asset class it represents. In the coal industry, those have been crushed, too.  Peabody […]

A recent article on this site reviewed the bullish outlook recently issued by BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), the world’s largest natural resources company. BHP Billiton depends a great deal on China.  From its positive forecast, BHP Billiton obviously is bullish on the future for China.  That makes sense as there are many reasons to feel […]

United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG), the exchange traded fund for natural gas, is up more than 3 percent for the week (chart below). That is a turnaround from its being off for the last month, quarter, and six months of market action.  For 2014, United States Natural gas is up 4.30 percent.  Over the […]

There are concerns that stocks such as BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) that serve as proxies for the Chinese economy could dip next month with Beijing allows for foreign trading on the Shanghai Exchange.  This results from concern that investors will prefer to buy shares of Chinese companies directly rather than companies such as BHP Billiton. […]

BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP), the world’s largest natural resources company is down for the last week, month, and quarter of market action (chart below). As the business of BHP Billiton is natural resources, that means China is its biggest customer.  China is reporting problems in its housing sector as reported by the Financial Times, so […]

Many previous articles on this site have touted Caterpillar Inc (NYSE: CAT) due to its appeal to growth, value, and income investors.  The same is true for Joy Global (NYSE: JOY).  Like Caterpillar, Joy Global is in the heavy equipment industry. Like Caterpillar, it has done very well in recent market action (chart below). Due […]

Even though the stock market fell due to growth concerns from China, the prices for commodities such as oil (NYSE: USO), coal (NYSE:), and natural gas (NYSE: UNG) should improve for buyers for that country.  As China is the largest consumer in the world of many commodities, that will naturally help the economy.  In addition, […]