Coal companies enjoy post-election bounce

• Coal stocks (NYSEARCA:KOL) are rallying in the hope that the new balance of power in D.C. can at least halt what the companies view as an attack on their livelihood.
• Strategas' Daniel Clifton thinks there’s a good chance the new Congress will “slow down EPA rules on coal” which have limited its use by utilities, and any approval for the Keystone XL pipeline would mean more rail transport for coal, a problem Peabody Energy (BTU +4.4%) has said was limiting its coal sales.
• ANR +5.8%, CNX +3%, WLT +6.3%, CLD +4.5%, ACI -0.2%.