Corn Brings the Death of Food Inflation
If you have been paying attention to consumer prices and producer prices of late, the drop in the price of oil and other energy related items has been keeping a ...Read Full Story »
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Shareholder Attack of Smithfield Has Risks, but Merits Too (SFD, HRL, TSN)
Smithfield Foods Inc. (NYSE: SFD) is trading higher on word that a top shareholder called Continental Grain Co. has sent a letter urging the company to consider strategic alternatives. These ...Read Full Story »
Berkshire-Heinz Merger Drives More Value to All Food Giants
The Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) $28 billion buyout of H.J. Heinz Co. (NYSE: HNZ) is already all over the news. What investors need to consider now is how this ...Read Full Story »
Media Digest (11/19/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) will buy a 49% interest in YES. (Reuters) Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) will pay $360 million to end its dispute with Lehman Bros. (Reuters) Cisco Systems ...Read Full Story »
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — August 23, 2012: Markets Lose Ground on Weak Data (XOM, NOC, SWY, CS, WFM, HPQ, KKD, FLWS, BIG, HRL, JKS, ADSK, BEBE, CRM, SCVL, SOL, MSG, NOK, ROSG, JKS)
The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning and spent most of the day heading lower still. Economic data was mixed at best today, with the flash PMI ...Read Full Story »
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — August 22, 2012: Markets Sluggish Before FOMC Minutes (BBY, ZNGA, CZR, CLWR, MOS, DELL, ADI, INTU, KTCC, WTSLA, AEO, CHS, TOL, GES, HPQ, KKD, FLWS, BIG, HRL, JKS, SRZ, EXPR)
The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning after Japan reported an unexpected plunge in its exports in July (our coverage here). In Europe there was not economic ...Read Full Story »
Smithfield to Import Brazilian Corn
The world’s largest producer of pork, Smithfield Foods Inc. (NYSE: SFD) said today that it would begin importing corn from Brazil to use as feed for the company’s livestock. This ...Read Full Story »
Investors Flocking To Defensive Shares With High Dividends (PEP, KO, BUD, TAP, AWK, AEP, XLU, MCD, KFT, CAG, CPB, HRL, MO, VGR, RAI, PG, KMB, CL, MRK, PFE, JNJ, T, VZ)
The 10-year Treasury hit yet another record low under 1.6% today and stocks are in the tank again due to poor economic data. Europe continues to face a meltdown and ...Read Full Story »
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — May 23, 2012 (FB, PCX, BX, AMAT, DELL, AEO, BIG, HRL, STP, TSL, FRED, HNZ, MMYT, TIF, TD, COST, PETM, STX)
The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning after European leaders disagree on a fiscal response to the continent’s debt crisis(our coverage here). New US home sales were ...Read Full Story »
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — May 22, 2012 (GPS, DRYS, DPZ, LYB, TSLA, AZO, BBY, RL, WSM, EXPR, AEO, BIG, HRL, NTAP, P, STP, TSL, PCX, BNHN, FB)
The three major US stock indexes opened slightly higher this morning following their European and Asian counterparts, none of which were the least concerned about a downgrade to Japanese debt ...Read Full Story »
Investors Seeking Defensive Stocks Where 3% to Over 5% Dividends Rule!
A stock market that sells off eight of nine days is not a good market. Even the Facebook IPO is being viewed as a one-off item rather than a systemic ...Read Full Story »
The Market Where Defensive Shares Are Working Again (PEP, KO, BUD, TAP, AWK, MCD, KFT, CAG, CPB, HRL, MO, VGR, RAI, PG, KMB, CL, MRK, PFE, JNJ, T, VZ)
Blame whatever you want. A weaker U.S. economy, a weakening and flailing Europe, a move to socialism in France and Greece, a weaker BRIC and emerging market story, commodity prices ...Read Full Story »
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (MSFT, GILD, NFLX, AMGN, WYNN, CREE, LDK, CPB, HRL, STP, BRCD, FRO, ALU, GRPN, FMCN, ROYL)
Stocks opened a bit lower this morning, but almost immediately turned around without being able to break through the opening numbers. Revised third-quarter US GDP numbers were worse than expected, ...Read Full Story »
The Best Value Stocks in Food & Beverages (CPB, KO, CAG, DPS, GIS, HRL, K, KFT, PEP, TSN, SFD, DF, BRK-A)
When it comes to defensive investing, food and beverages are two of the go-to sectors for getting equity market exposure but protecting your assets. The logic is simple enough: “You ...Read Full Story »
Food, Ethanol Prices Set To Rise Again (ADM, DE, POT, VLO, PEIX, GPRE, KFT, SJM, GIS, K, TSN, HRL, SFD, MOO, DBA)
Hot, dry weather is now expected to reduce the US corn harvest and lift consumer prices for everything from breakfast cereal to pump prices at the local service station. Agricultural ...Read Full Story »
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