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  • Natural Resource Partners' Safe, Strong 9.5% Yield

    By Peter Epstein - May 23, 2013 | Tickers: ARLP, ANR, CLF, NRP

    Natural Resource Partners, LP (NYSE: 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 the Company's coal business has been under significant pressure. The reason for my update on this company is that Natural Resource Partners recently presented at an industry conference. Please see the corporate slide show and listen more »

  • Will The Short Squeeze Continue?

    By Zain Zafar - May 20, 2013 | Tickers: BBRY, CLF, TSLA

    There are some stocks that are everyone’s favorites; I believe Apple and Coca-Cola fall into this category. Then there are others that a lot of investors are skeptical about; such stocks carry a high short interest as investors bet that their price will go down. However, you often make the biggest gains in stocks that most investors are betting against if you are able to correctly determine that the more »

  • Cliffs Still Has a Long Way to Climb

    By Marshall Hargrave - May 17, 2013 | Tickers: BHP, CLF, VALE

    Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF) is up nearly 20% over the last week on hopes that various cost cutting plans and hopes that China's importing more iron ore will help the company finally turnaround. Last quarter (1Q), the company managed to beat EPS by over 75%, this after having missed EPS by at least 5% for the prior three quarters.

    Also, helping push the company higher was the upgrade more »

  • Three Stocks that Offer Protection from Market Tantrums

    By Rupert Hargreaves - May 14, 2013 | Tickers: ABT, CLF, GIS, CB, KR

    The economy is only just starting to chug along again.  The situation in Europe is relatively unchanged, China is slowing down and banks are still de-leveraging. Yet stock markets are hitting all-time highs. With these mixed market messages, many investors and market commentators are confused about whether the market is overstretched or just warming up.

    Wherever we go from here, it is always handy to have stocks in your portfolio more »

  • 3 Resource Stocks With At Least 15% Upside

    By Chris Lau - May 14, 2013 | Tickers: CLF, NEM, VLO

    The basic materials sector is under-performing the overall market. As the S&P 500 rises 4.2% for the month and 15% in 2013, a number of companies in the resource sector are in the red. Unsurprisingly, analysts as a whole are bearish on some of the weak players. The target prices of companies in this sector were lowered, with the most notable changes listed in the table below:

    Company more »

  • Stock Pundits Are Drug Dealers: It's Time for Portfolio Rehab!

    By Adem Tahiri - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: CLF, VIG, VWO, VB

    Drug Dealers, of all shapes and sizes, prey on the weak and the needy. But before they can sink their claws into their cash cows, they need a drug and an addict. They need that addictive thrill and thrill seeker to exploit.

    I believe the financial media in this country has turned into a Drug Dealer, they’re giving you a short-term thrill and ruining your (financial) health in the more »

  • Steel and Iron Ore: Part 1

    By Rupert Hargreaves - May 9, 2013 | Tickers: MT, CLF, VALE

    Many investors believe that the price of Iron ore is set to slide lower and lower as steel demand from both China and Europe disappears, driving all iron ore producers onto the rocks as they grapple with falling profits.

    While some of this is true, I believe it only applies to high cost producers, as while the price of iron ore has seen some weakness during the past year, it more »

  • Poor Decisions Are Sending This Company Downhill

    By Mike Thiessen - May 8, 2013 | Tickers: BHP, CLF, RIO

    Once a darling of fund managers and retail investors alike, Cleveland-based Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF) has suffered an epic share-price collapse as well as a number of strategic setbacks. Buffeted by low market prices for its core iron ore and coal products and slackening demand from emerging-market customers in China and elsewhere, the company has had to implement several painful cost-control measures to shore up its finances. 

    Even worse more »

  • Yield Tied To One Mine

    By Mike Thiessen - May 7, 2013 | Tickers: CLF, GNI, MSB

    Mesabi Trust (NYSE: MSB) is an iron ore trust whose income is solely tied to one asset, a mine in eastern Minnesota. The company distributes the income in quarterly dividends, with the value of the shares being tied to the profitability of iron ore mines in North America. Trusts such as this one have a limited life span; Mesabi Trust expires 21 years following the last death of the 25 more »

  • Dead-Cat Bounce or Genuine Value Opportunity?

    By Jacob Wolinsky - May 6, 2013 | Tickers: ANR, CLF, MCP

    Even though the US stock market is creating new highs, some sectors are languishing. The Dow Jones industrial average has returned nearly 15% so far this year, but coal is one sector that has remained completely oblivious to the broader market rally. 

    It thus comes as a surprise that shares of Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF) jumped 4% recently. The company is a producer of iron ore and metallurgical coal more »

  • Is Freeport-McMoRan a Buy?

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - April 29, 2013 | Tickers: CLF, VALE, FCX, NEM, SCCO

    The recent market dip has not been good news for Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYSE: FCX), a leading miner of copper (demand for which is often taken as an indicator of the global economy’s health), as well as gold. The stock is now down 20% year-to-date, and even at the beginning of 2013, its price was on the decline after the company announced an acquisition of two oil and gas more »

  • These Resource Stocks Could Return As Much As 70%

    By Chris Lau - April 19, 2013 | Tickers: AA, CLF, NEM

    The devastating sell-off in the stock market on April 15 is, so far, net-neutral on returns on equity for the year. The S&P 500 index is up 11% in 2013, as measured by the SPDR S&P 500 ETF, while the Dow Jones is up 13.5%. A recovery in the index a day after the sell-off does not imply gains will hold. If investors look more closely at more »

  • Beware! This Stock Is Falling Off a Cliff

    By Marshall Hargrave - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: BHP, CLF, VALE, RIO

    Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF) has been literally falling off a cliff over the past twelve months, and there appears to be no bottom in sight. Of the major iron ore companies, Cliffs has declined the most, down almost 70% over the last twelve months. 

    Cliffs still holds a 45% market share for iron pellets in North America, and is a major supplier of metallurgical coal in the continent with more »

  • Is Now the Time to Buy This Iron Ore Miner That’s 75% Off Its High?

    By Ray Urci - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: BHP, CLF, VALE, RIO

    Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF) recently closed around its 52-week low of about $18, its 12-month high is $71. So what’s the deal, why has Cliffs … fallen off the cliff?

    The company, formerly known as Cleveland-Cliffs, was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Cliffs is a mining and natural resources company engaged in the production of iron ore pellets, and metallurgical coal. Their business is geographically more »

  • Is Now the Time to Buy This Iron Ore Miner That’s 75% Off Its High?

    By Ray Urci - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: BHP, CLF, VALE, RIO

    Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF) recently closed around its 52-week low of about $18, its 12-month high is $71. So what’s the deal, why has Cliffs … fallen off the cliff?

    The company, formerly known as Cleveland-Cliffs, was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Cliffs is a mining and natural resources company engaged in the production of iron ore pellets, and metallurgical coal. Their business is geographically more »

  • These Resource Stocks Could Return as Much as 70%

    By Chris Lau - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: AA, CLF, NEM

    The devastating sell off on the stock market on Monday, April 15 is so far net neutral on returns on equity for the year. The S&P 500 index is up 11% in 2013, as measured by the SPDR S&P 500 ETF, while the Dow Jones is up 13.5%. A recovery in the index a day after the selloff does not imply gains will hold. If investors look more »

  • So, You Lost Most of Your Investment. Now What?

    By Jon Quast - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: CEL, CMG, CLF

    You feel sick to your stomach.  Months of research, hours of financial planning, piles of articles and financial and advice, and finally you felt like you had found a real good buy-and-hold opportunity for the next 3 years at least.  But now?  Now you are trying to pick up the pieces of a once hopeful investment gone bad.  You look yourself in the mirror and try telling yourself it's more »

  • So, You Lost Most of Your Investment. Now What?

    By Jon Quast - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: CEL, CMG, CLF

    You feel sick to your stomach.  Months of research, hours of financial planning, piles of articles and financial and advice, and finally you felt like you had found a real good buy-and-hold opportunity for the next 3 years at least.  But now?  Now you are trying to pick up the pieces of a once hopeful investment gone bad.  You look yourself in the mirror and try telling yourself it's more »

  • Dead Cat Bounce or Genuine Value Opportunity?

    By Jacob Wolinsky - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: ANR, CLF, MCP

    Even though the US stock markets are creating new highs, some sectors are languishing the wider markets. Dow Jones Industrial Average has returned nearly 15% so far this year but coal remains one sector which has remained completely oblivious to this rally. 

    It thus comes as a surprise that the stock of Cliffs Natural (NYSE: CLF) jumped 4 percent last week. The company is an iron ore producer and a more »

  • This Stock Is Off The Cliff

    By Marshall Hargrave - April 15, 2013 | Tickers: BHP, CLF, VALE, RIO

    Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE: CLF) has literally falling off of a cliff over the past twelve months and there appears to be no bottom in sight. Of the major iron ore companies, Cliffs is by far down the most, down almost 70% over the last twelve months. 

    Cliffs still holds a 45% market share for iron pellets in North America and is a major supplier of metallurgical coal in North more »

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