Quantcast

Posts related to ‘MOO’

iShares Launching Commodity Production ETFs To Take Share (BLK, VEGI, MOO, FILL, DIG, PICK, XME, RING, GDX, SVLP, SIL)

Posted: February 3, 2012 at 10:33 am

They say there is an ETF for just about any investing strategy and just about any sector.  Today, there are five new ETFs hitting the market from BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) ...
Read Full Story »

Is Corn This Serious For Potash & Fertilizer? Yes, Maybe (MOS, POT, CF, IPI, MOO)

Posted: January 12, 2012 at 11:26 am

Fertilizer stocks are on skid row after the U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed that the unsold corn supplies from December were down about 1% less than what analysts were ...
Read Full Story »

Ag, Fertilizer Stocks Could Be Headed for a Stall (POT, BG, ADM, MON, MOS, MOO)

Posted: October 27, 2011 at 9:31 am

Fertilizer maker Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. (NYSE: POT) reported third-quarter earnings this morning that were more than double earnings for the same period a year ago. But in ...
Read Full Story »

Caterpillar Crushes Estimates With Strong Guidance (CAT, DE, JOYG, CNH, AGCO, MOO)

Posted: October 24, 2011 at 9:35 am

Excluding the impacts of absorbing its recent acquisition of Bucyrus International, Inc., Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) posted an all-time high in sales, revenue, and profits in the third quarter. Even ...
Read Full Story »

Drop in Copper and Corn Prices May Be Overrated (FCX, SCCO, BHP, RIO, MON, ADM, BG, POT, MOS, VLO, PEIX, JJC, CU, CORN, MOO, DBA)

Posted: October 5, 2011 at 10:45 am

Since the beginning of September, copper and corn prices have fallen dramatically, with copper off nearly -35% from its 12 month high and corn off about -25%. Because both are ...
Read Full Story »

Demand for Grain to Lift Fertilizer Prices (MOS, POT, AGU, MON, CF, SYT, MOO)

Posted: September 29, 2011 at 10:29 am

Fertilizer maker The Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) reported earnings for its first fiscal quarter of 2012 after markets closed yesterday, and the company posted earnings and revenues that were in-line ...
Read Full Story »

New Uncertainty in Farm Equipment Sales (DE, CNH, AGCO, CAT, CF, POT, DBA, MOO)

Posted: August 17, 2011 at 12:35 pm

Farm equipment maker Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) reported fiscal third quarter EPS of $1.69 this morning, just $0.02 better than analysts' consensus estimate. Revenue totaled $8.37 billion, significantly better ...
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)

Posted: August 12, 2011 at 9:12 am

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 »

Planting a Seed in the Weak Equities Markets (CF, POT, MOS, MON, SYT, AGU, DBA, MOO)

Posted: August 3, 2011 at 1:25 pm

While the debate over raising the US debt ceiling grabbed all the headlines for the past week or so, US equity markets have been facing other headwinds that haven't lightened ...
Read Full Story »

Commodity Watch: Corn Planting Solid, Prices Not So Much (DBA, MOO)

Posted: June 30, 2011 at 10:16 am

All the worries about cold, wet weather and flooding in the Great Plains and the Ohio River Valley have pretty much been laid to rest. The US corn crop is ...
Read Full Story »

Commodities Watch: Corn-Wheat Imbalance Continues (DBA, MOO)

Posted: June 28, 2011 at 2:07 pm

For the past couple of weeks the price of corn has risen above the price of wheat, a market condition that has occurred just twice before in the last 27 ...
Read Full Story »

Commodities Watch: Comex Lowers Gold Margins, Raises Some Ags (CME, GLD, IAU, MOO, DBA)

Posted: June 17, 2011 at 12:52 pm

The CME Group Inc. (NYSE: CME) has announced changes to its margin requirements for a number of commodities. The changes, some increases and some decreases, cover a variety of ...
Read Full Story »

Commodities Watch: Corn Prices Fall as Goldman Raises Outlook (ADM, VLO, GPRE, PEIXD, MOO, DBA)

Posted: June 14, 2011 at 12:56 pm

Corn prices have fallen by its limit of $0.30/bushel today, at about $7.52/bushel, and other ag commodities are also trading down. Wheat is off more than $0.25/bushel, to around $7.17. ...
Read Full Story »

China, Agriculture and Corn (ADM, DE, POT, MOS, CORN, MOO, DBA)

Posted: June 7, 2011 at 1:19 pm

About 94% of the US corn crop is now in the ground, and that fact, along with other news, has put some recent pressure on corn prices and on stock ...
Read Full Story »

Commodities Watch: Peru Halts Silver Mining Concessions; Corn, Wheat Continue to Flounder (BCEKF, RIOAF, ABX, NEM, SLV, SIL, CORN, DBA, MOO)

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 2:14 pm

Today's commodities watch looks at a government-ordered suspension of mining concessions in Peru and the continuing worries over grain prices as US corn planting remains behind schedule and Russia gets ...
Read Full Story »