Natural Resource Partners LP (NRP) continues to make good progress diversifying away from leasing its owned coal reserves in central Appalachia and the Illinois Basin. And that's a good thing because...... (read more)

In today’s marketplace, there are tons of metrics investors can use to track publicly traded companies. A pair of the most under-the-radar are hedge fund and insider trading interest. At Insider Monkey...... (read more)

PVR Partners LP (NYSE:PVR) is making a change from coal to natural gas pipelines. This shift coupled with the still weak coal market has left the market concerned about the limited partnership's distribution...... (read more)

Bloomberg.com ran an interesting article about the confusion in the commodity market. The article's first sentence sums it up pretty well: “Hedge funds cut bets on a commodity rally to a four-year low...... (read more)

Major coal mining companies haven't performed well in recent years. Perhaps the recent increase in the price of natural gas will help rally the coal industry: Since the price of natural gas didn't reach...... (read more)

Dividend investing is popular again. Investors have taken to heart Jeremy Siegel's studies showing that higher-yielding stocks tend to offer greater returns over time than stocks that offer low or no...... (read more)

What are your main objectives in this crazy investing game? Mine are growth and income. I want to hold stocks for the long term and take advantage of low dividend and long term capital gains tax rates...... (read more)