Five Energy Bill Winners

Today I'm going to give you five stock winners from the energy bill that's likely to pass Congress this summer: Peabody Energy(BTU Quote), Deere(DE Quote), Chicago Bridge and Iron(CBI Quote), TransCanada(TRP Quote) and Buckeye Partners(BPL Quote).

You'll notice that there's only one "pure" energy producer on the list. That's because, as an energy bill, the current legislation is a sham. But it's not bad as a farm-subsidy bill, a construction-industry jobs bill or a pipeline-company guarantee bill. So four of my five winners come from those sectors.

Let's start by looking at what the energy bill doesn't do. ...