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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — July 17, 2012: Markets Higher After Bernanke Speaks

Posted: July 17, 2012 at 4:03 pm

The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning in advance of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s semi-annual report to Congress and following some data on inflation (more coverage here), ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — July 16, 2012: Market Takes Small Loss, Waits on Bernanke

Posted: July 16, 2012 at 4:05 pm

The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning following some lackluster data on the US economy. The Empire State manufacturing data improved, but retail sales posted an unexpected ...
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Hot Weather Threatening US Corn Crop (CF, POT, MOS, AGU, SYT, CORN)

Posted: June 26, 2012 at 1:15 pm

The projected US corn crop is currently in worse condition than it’s been in since 2002, which were then the worst since 1990. Only 56% of this year’s crop was ...
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Corn is All the Rage Again (CF, POT, MOS, AGU, MON, SYT, IPI, CORN)

Posted: June 19, 2012 at 1:44 pm

Warmer and drier weather in the US Midwest is raising concerns about the corn and soybean crops. If such weather continues, it could reduce the harvest and drive crop prices ...
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Monsanto Rises on Improved Outlook (MON, MOS, SYT, POT)

Posted: May 30, 2012 at 10:04 am

Fertilizer and seed giant Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) today revised its third quarter and full year guidance above current consensus estimates and the shares are getting a nice boost on ...
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Fertilizer Maker Makes Hay on Nitrogen (AGU, CF, POT, MOS, MON)

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 8:33 am

Getting any respect in the fertilizer business has been pretty tough so far this year. We’ll have to wait about an hour or so this morning to see if Agrium ...
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Monsanto Posts Big Numbers (MON, MOS, POT, CF, AGU)

Posted: April 4, 2012 at 9:09 am

Seed and fertilizer maker Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) reported second fiscal quarter earnings this morning that set a record for the quarter. The company also boosted its EPS outlook for ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AMZN, APOL, HFC, LVS, VZ, MOS, RHT, SN, SHAW, BBY, MY, RIMM, FINL, PHM, CHTP, MM)

Posted: March 29, 2012 at 4:05 pm

Markets opened lower this morning but fought back on the day.  This morning’s report new unemployment benefits claims tamped down enthusiasm among investors (our coverage here). US natural gas inventories ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (DTV, KMI, VZ, WTW, NVDA, CBK, SNX, FDO, JOSB, MOS, RHT, SN, BBY, SHAW, CMC, AMLN, VRML)

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 4:04 pm

Markets opened nearly flat this morning but took a dive early and have muddled along the rest of the day in negative territory. This morning’s report on falling durable goods ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (MU, ATVI, BAC, SCCO, APOL, GOL, WAG, LEN, CBK, SNX, FDO, MOS, ISTA, OPXT, OCLR, HOGS)

Posted: March 27, 2012 at 4:05 pm

Markets opened slightly higher this morning but have been wobbling around the neutral line for the whole day. This morning’s report on the decline of housing prices (our coverage here) ...
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Potash Fertilizer Makers Get Bump on US Planting Estimates (POT, MOS, CF)

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 1:03 pm

US plantings of wheat and corn this year will be higher than the most recent US Department of Agriculture survey according to new survey results from Allendale Inc. cited by ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AAPL, DELL, MOS, GILD, DNDN, BAS, CYH, LOPE, RRC, CETV, CHS, DLTR, GRMN, NG, RRD, TOL, HSTM, FIRE, THLD, NFX, CELL)

Posted: February 22, 2012 at 4:07 pm

US equities markets opened lower this morning following surprisingly weak manufacturing reports from Europe and China. Fitch Ratings’ downgrade of Greek debt to ‘CCC’ could not have been a surprise, ...
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