Some of the very volatile coal stocks like Alpha Natural Resources ( ANR) and Arch Coal ( ACI) have had some very dramatic, but brief rallies for nimble short-term traders.

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Alpha has trailed indexes of coal and other energy stocks by 30 to 70 percentage points over the past year.

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Of the bottom five stocks, I recommend only one: coal-mining company Alpha Natural Resources (ANR).

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Greece's four biggest lenders were the biggest decliners on the Dow Jones European banking stocks index on Wednesday: National Bank, EFG Eurobank, Alpha Bank and Piraeus Bank.

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Global Alpha's troubles seem to be in currency and market-neutral bets on stocks and bonds.

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Alpha is what they call the above-market gains you can get by selecting the right stocks.

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Roth IRA conversions made in 2011 that hold mainly international stocks may be good candidates for reversal, says Ann Reilley Gugle, a planner at Alpha Financial Advisors in Charlotte, N.

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Same with stocks apps, calculator apps, dictionary apps, and even broad-knowledge ones like those for Wolfram Alpha or Wikipedia.

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