Who’s brave enough to make the ultimate contrarian bet: coal stocks By: MarketWatch July 26, 2017 at 05:16 AM EDT U.S. coal companies have come back from the dead, and their prospects appear surprisingly good, says Michael Brush. Read More >> Related Stocks: Alliance Resource Pt Arch Resources Inc CONSOL Energy Cloud Peak Energy Inc Foresight Energy LP Peabody Energy Corp Standard & Poors 500