"Oil stocks have been hinting at a rebound; as much as I think that crude oil is oversold, natural gas looks even cheaper," says Charles Payne.

The editor of WStreet Strategies explains, "Natural gas has a propensity to become oversold, and this is one of those instances." Here, the advisor reviews a pair of favorites in the sector.

"Natural gas is at April 2005 levels, the economy will drift but it's not going to roll back to levels of three years ago.

"Moreover, demand should surge as the nation's demands on the electric grid increase exponentially over the next few years. Folks, plug-in cars are going to suck up all the coal and natural gas available, and demand even more.

"In the near-term, I think that the risk/reward has shifted substantially and should trade in a range of $6.50 to $9.50, but at some point soon the bias will shift higher.

"Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) is down big time, and made news for one of the most famous executive margin calls in this current meltdown.

"Although the company's CEO, Aubrey McClendon, was forced to sell over 90% of his holdings he was putting his money where his month was.

Continue reading 'Natural' picks: Chesapeake (CHK) and Mainland (MNLU)

'Natural' picks: Chesapeake (CHK) and Mainland (MNLU) originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.