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The government continues to open its piggy bank to help curb greenhouse-gas emissions, laying out grants for lower-emission coal plants and biofuels in recent days, along with a fresh proposal to increase tax credits for green power.

The market was able to shake off a bit of a tough start to rally in the afternoon and close higher across all the averages. Volume was a bit on the lights side, with 4.12 Billion shares traded on the NYSE and 1.86 Billion share trading hands over on the NASDAQ. Some early bullish calls on [...]

Plans by Exxon Mobil and its partners to spend $15 billion to build a liquefied natural gas project in Papua New Guinea, and fresh signs of oil off the coast of Ghana did little to help falling energy stocks on Tuesday.

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For the Week of December 7th – 14th. The week’s most read stories on The Disciplined Investor.com – in order of popularity. Want it faster? You can get instant updates via Twitter. Follow @andrewhorowitz. 1. TDI Podcast 138: Leo Laporte on Hot Tech Ideas 2. Buying Silver (SLV) – Charts and Dollar Explain Pullback 3. DHUnplugged #43 – 4 [...] Related posts:

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We have liked Consol Energy (CNX) as a trading position for some time. Sure there are problems related to Cap-n-Trade as well as the relationship of energy to the dollar. But, the company has standout fundamentals as well as the potential to sell a great deal of product to China. We had recently highlighted the news [...] Related posts:

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For the Week of December 7th – 14th. The week’s most read stories on The Disciplined Investor.com – in order of popularity. Want it faster? You can get instant updates via Twitter. Follow @andrewhorowitz. 1. TDI Podcast 138: Leo Laporte on Hot Tech Ideas 2. Buying Silver (SLV) – Charts and Dollar Explain Pullback 3. DHUnplugged #43 – 4 [...] Related posts:

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We have liked Consol Energy (CNX) as a trading position for some time. Sure there are problems related to Cap-n-Trade as well as the relationship of energy to the dollar. But, the company has standout fundamentals as well as the potential to sell a great deal of product to China. We had recently highlighted the news [...] Related posts:

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Discovery Networks has been on our radar screen for some time. We have missed several opportunities to grab the stock and it kept on moving higher. This time we are looking at the news of Oprah’s move as providing significant upside for the network. It is really a big confirmation for the cable operators (We [...] Related posts:

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There has been a few items that we have seen lately regarding China’s desire to build their commodity stockpiles and now they are reportedly looking to create strategic coal reserve. Our position in Consol Energy (CNX) could do well as they have been discussing their China relationship for some time. Realize that this position is vulnerable [...] Related posts:

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Companies featured in this segment: The Olin Corporation (NYSE:OLN), Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO), Consol Energy Incorporated (NYSE:CNX), Cardero Resources Corporation (TSX:CDU), Alliance Resource Partners LP (NASDAQ:ARLP)