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For value investing, JA Solar could shine with huge returns
The advent of fracking has so lowered the price of natural gas (UNG, quote) that many alternative energy firms have been driven into bankruptcy. China’s JA Solar Holdings (JASO, quote) is down more than 70% for the last year of market action, suffering like so many others in the sector who overbuilt in better times.
Up from record heat, UNG and CORN will cool off
Although there would not seem to be an obvious correlation between natural gas (UNG, quote) and corn (CORN, quote), the record heat in the United States has resulted in one. Both the exchange traded funds for natural gas and corn are up as a result of the heat; both will likely fall once the weather cools.
Natural gas catching a bid
Natural gas prices got a boost upward after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported inventory supply climbed by 6 billion cubic feet less than expected last week. Actual results came in at 28 billion cubic feet against expectations of 34 billion cubic feet.
Investors in commodities ETFs keep the faith despite falling prices
Investors in commodities ETFs largely kept their money in place even as values fell sharply during the second quarter of the year.
Coal reigns in emerging market countries
While the declining price of natural gas (UNG, quote) has driven coal (KOL, quote) down to record low levels of usage in the United States, consumption in emerging market countries such as China is increasing.
Is OPEC falling victim to fundamental economics?
The Organization of Oil Exporting Countries (OPEC) may be collapsing. If so, it is due to fundamental economic demands and the force of the market.
Natural gas has destroyed the global alternative energy sector
While the global oil and natural gas industry is in a recession, the alternative energy sector around the world is in a depression.
Will Ben Bernanke revitalize energy prices in August?
The allure of the American West has long drawn tourists and adventurers from around the globe to explore the rolling expanses of the Great Plains, and challenge the towering heights of the Rocky and Sierra Mountain ranges.
