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U.S. stocks were last seen battling back to breakeven , though the major indexes are still on pace to end in the red for the first month in eight.

The firm set a "neutral" rating on the stock. ACI has been the subject of a number of other recent research reports.

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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel , on 5/30/12, Arch Coal, Inc.

This past Wednesday I got curious and decided to analyze several stocks in the coal sector in terms of their insolvency risk.

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ACI has been the subject of a number of other recent research reports. Analysts at Goldman Sachs upgraded shares of Arch Coal from a "sell" rating to a "neutral" rating in a research note to investors on Thursday.

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Arch Coal was upgraded today by Goldman Sachs from sell, as the stock has sold off during the last few months, and is now below the $8 price target set by the firm.

The latest EU meeting in Brussels was described by one market maven as a "taxpayer funded dinner for eurocrats," in which case the continent was clearly enjoying its last supper at Good Times Restaurants , which surged 22.53%. Patriot Coal was right behind it, up 22.02%, with its products about be employed at multiple Memorial Day backyard barbies.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade Thursday are: Hewlett-Packard Company, Activision Blizzard Inc, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, Arch Coal Inc, Aviva Plc, Siemens AG and Hewlett-Packard Company stock climbed 8.63 percent to $22.90 in pre-market session.

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Given the ongoing panic in coal shares, I decided to do a series which will look at several coal stocks using the Altman Z-score. The purpose will be to get a feel of the relative risk with each coal stock.

By the closing bell, ACI had seen roughly 44,000 puts cross the tape -- about 14 times the stock's average daily put volume, and almost three times the number of calls exchanged.

In "My Rookie Season Writing Options: Top of the First - Cash-Secured Puts", the companion article to this one, I explained that as part of managing my own portfolio and trying to squeeze the most out of my positions and the market, I've begun the journey of writing cash-secured puts in order to go long on stocks that I want to own anyway.

Coal stocks fell hard on Tuesday as the sector was rocked by concerns about Patriot Coal's balance sheet.

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Arch Coal, Inc. today closed on a new $1.4 billion term loan that was upsized from the previously announced $1 billion due to strong investor interest.A Separately, Arch finalized its amended senior secured revolving credit facility, as previously planned, which modifies certain financial covenants to provide incremental flexibility over the next ... (more)