Depressing article for me..... Williams (WMB, news, msgs), an owner of gas pipelines, is up 260% this year after an 88% decline last year; PMC-Sierra (PMCS, news, msgs), a semiconductor maker, is up 255% this year after a 74% decline last year; Dynegy (DYN, news, msgs), a wholesale energy supplier, is up 240% this year after plunging 95% last year I was looking at three energy stocks a couple months ago: WMB, DYN, and MIR. I ended up choosing Mirant, it's just my luck that I buy the one that goes bankrupt :(
Sorry to hear that ToastMonger! I was actually looking at the same thing as you and I also thought Mirant was the best pick of the bunch. I decided to just skip the whole thing and buy Chico's.