2013 might rightfully be called the year of the “Clash of the Gurus” to anyone watching the news.  The biggest is the very public slugfest between activist investors Bill Ackman and Carl Icahn over nutritional supplements company Herbalife (NYSE:$HLF).  Ackman is short 20 million shares of Herbalife at last count, and Icahn is long at...Read More

As the fracking boom has generated massive new interest in domestic oil and gas production, coal has become the red-headed stepchild of the energy industry.  Soaring new supplies of natural gas have led to a glut that has kept prices depressed for the past several years, but they’ve also pushed down the prices of energy...Read More