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Coal tends to follow crude prices. The US market and the rest of the international market are two separate beasts. Coal has already been fully priced in anticipation of reverting to a leading fuel again. The problem is something like the EU emissions trading scheme for CO2. The dark spread...

I think the whole metals complex is in the last final crazy 'every man and his dog' bull phase. It's the bubble of 05/06 and even China and India (the supposed drivers of all this) are bitching... Silver has been hyped up recently by very one-sided reporting from Ted Butler.

Phil Flynn is a devoted oil bull but he does give a pretty good overview of what's driving the market.... http://www.alaron.com/research/energy.htm

We normally see the low in February as we come out of cold winter fears and refineries go into maintenance. The SPR normally wants to be fully stocked at this time before traders start thinking about the summer driving season. If we don't see inventories rise today then crude suddenly becomes...