Today’s commodities news leads off with a quick look at how fertilizer stocks are doing. There’s also some bad news out of Europe on malting barley, which could be equally bad news…
S&P 500 WEEK TOP 10 (20 MAY – 26 MAY) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 26May11 Close Price 20May11 Market Cap ($Mil) Tiffany & Co. TIF 9.8 76.04 69.24 9694.0…
Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) was brutalized going into its huge secondary offering where Cargill and affiliated parties were selling 100 million shares. Right before the offering, we had noted that Mosaic shares…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Advance Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP) Cut to Neutral at Credit…
The Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) is finally about to be free from its shackles. We are just about to get past the long-awaited spin-off of this whopping 100 million shares that have…
Time now for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Today’s news is dominated by two reports from the US Department of Agriculture. One provides the USDA’s latest figures on grain…
Negative press about Chevron (NYSE: CVX) has reached a boiling point after news that the oil company had been hit with a $9.5 billion ruling by an Ecuador count. The penalty comes…
When BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP) made its $38.6 billion offer for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT), the size of the deal put a spotlight on the fertilizer makers, especially those…
When BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP) made its $38.6 billion offer to buy Canada’s Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, China’s Sinochem Group considered making a rival offer for the Canadian fertilizer maker. That…
Agriculture, fertilizer, and potash companies are not exactly known for the highest dividend yields in the world. Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (NYSE: POT) announced today that it has declared a quarterly…
The all-cash $130.00 share, $38.6 billion offer from BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP) for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) has brought the agriculture sector to the forefront in a big way.…
Agriculture and potash investors had one small deal to consider yesterday, but today investors have the mother load to consider. Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) has rejected an unsolicited $130 per…
Canadian agribusiness giant Agrium Inc. (NYSE:AGU) lost out on its bid for CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) earlier this year, and CF went on to acquire Terra Industries for $4.6 billion. That…
The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) is having a rough day. Some will call this environmental bashing, and some will call this environmental policing. Based upon what we have seen out of the…
How many quarters have we had to hear from fertilizer and potash companies that the earnings results will be disappointing but good news is closer rather than farther away? This has been…
