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U.S. demand for coal has fallen in recent years and export has become ever more important to domestic coal producers.  Asia is the obvious export target, but challenges abound.

To compare Japanese and European bond yields in order to justify an argument for US bond yields staying historically low once the Federal Reserve is completely out of bond buying is a failed comparison. 

St. Louis Fed James Bullard said on Friday that he expects the Fed to start raising rates sometime near the end of the first quarter of 2015.

The labor market is really starting to tighten and Thursday`s initial jobless claims coming in at 297,000 for the May 10 week is the lowest reading since May 2007.

A bunch of folks in Hedge Fund Land have this idea that they can force a bit of a squeeze in the bond markets....

There is just too damn much oil stuck in the United States with no real market for it to go to as the rising PADD 3 inventories pointed out in the latest EIA reports.  

The major disconnect between the rising of Brent Oil prices with global production outpacing demand on a weekly, monthly and annual basis is just an interesting feat in and of itself.

Yes, financial markets are built and intended to fail at times, once they are no longer allowed to fail, they become state tools for policy outcome. 

Do I hold my nose and just buy, or do I get out now and protect myself from the Fed inspired asset bubble that inevitably gets pricked? 

Do I hold my nose and just buy, or do I get out now and protect myself from the Fed inspired asset bubble that inevitably gets pricked? 

These names can fall farther than investors ever think once the downside momentum kicks in......

Fed's action or inaction remains an under-appreciated risk to the global economy.

If past history is any indication, consumers usually get taxed with higher prices in the end.

Momentum stocks are the absolute best stocks to invest in from a risk and return standpoint, and there are 5 drivers for GM being a momentum stock 2014.

Many Ponzi schemes work for a while, but it is only a matter of time before the tide goes rolling out to Sea.