Nearly 2.0 billion shares and $26 billion traded Friday in CNBC's Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge.  Here are the bets being made today...   Read More

Fear-inducing oil prices have heated up the world's demand for coal -- an abundant resource in the U.S.  Jeremy Sussman, domestic coal analyst at Natixis Bleichroeder, tells the best global coal plays.   Read More

Crude oil hit yet another record high today, crossing $130 / bbl for the first time ever.  Yesterday on CNBC, Boone Pickens predicted $150 oil and on Friday, analysts at Goldman Sachs raised their outlook for crude oil prices during the second quarter of 2008 to average ~$140 per barrel.     Read More

The week was chock full of economic angst and M&A intrigue. But one dark constant loomed over all ... rising oil prices.   Read More

Coal is the one energy resource of which the United States has more than enough.  So how do you play it?  Coal analyst Paul Forward of Stifel Nicolaus is the person to ask.   Read More

With oil prices touching $100 a barrel again and the ongoing drive to develop affordable alternative fuels, coal has reemerged as a major opportunity area in the energy sector. Here are some companies that are reaping the benefits.   Read More