A recent article on this site detailed how United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG), the exchange traded fund for natural gas, was up for the week. Today United States Natural Gas is off due to a warm weather report. It has been a brutal period for fossil fuels: securities for oil, coal, and natural gas […]

Cold weather in America has United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG) up for the last week of market action. This is a bullish indicator for United States Natural Gas in what has been a bearish market for fossil fuels such as oil, coal, and natural gas. The exchanged traded fund for oil, United States Oil, […]

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 […]

The hostilities in Iraq have driven up the price of oil and natural gas securities.  The exchange traded funds for oil, United States Oil (NYSE: USO), and natural gas, United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG), are both up in recent market action.  So are stocks in the industry such as ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) and Chesapeake […]

Many previous articles on this site have detailed the appeal of Big Oil stocks such as ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX).  The same is true for Big Coal stocks such as Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU), but for different reasons.  For growth, value, and income investors, Peabody Energy, like Chevron and ExxonMobil, is very […]

Stanford University recently decided to ban investments in the coal sector. According to a statement from the President of Stanford University, John Hennessy, “Stanford has a responsibility as a global citizen to promote sustainability for our planet, and we work intensively to do so through our research, our educational programs and our campus operations.  The university’s […]

United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG), the exchange traded fund for natural gas, is up double digits for the last week, month, quarter, six months, and year of market action (chart below).  For 2014, United States Natural Gas has risen by more than 30 percent.  Much of that has to do with the severe cold […]

Record cold weather in America has the exchange traded fund for natural gas, United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG), up more than 36 percent for the quarter.  The exchange traded funds for coal, Market Vector Coal (NYSE: KOL), and oil, United States Oil (NYSE: USO), have not soared like natural gas. As detailed in another […]

For those looking for an easy answer as to what White House support means for an industry, just check out at the performance of the exchange traded funds for coal, Market Vectors Coal (NYSE: KOL), and natural gas, United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG). Over the last year of market action, United States Natural Gas […]