These are some of this Monday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer. ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT) Cut…
Few companies have a true monopoly in any market. More common are “virtual monopolies” or “near-monopolies” that exist due to geography or brand recognition. When consumers hear the term monopoly, the first…
Higher ethanol, potash demand, ag-super-mergers, surging food prices… and now an ETF crossing the $2 billion in assets mark. You have to ask if a bubble is being formed in agriculture. Today…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this morning. We are tracking moves in The Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE), Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB), BioFuel Energy…
The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) has just reported strong earnings growth and frankly it helps to highlight just why BHP Billiton plc (NYSE: BHP) is willing to pay so much to acquire…
This weekend’s edition of The Unusual Suspects is different. While some earnings focus is made, there are several key events coming up that investors and traders alike will want to watch. Don’t…
Next week will mark the unofficial start of earnings season. While it will take another week or two for earnings to get into full swing, there are many key companies with earnings…
Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) is down and out as a stock. At $48.50, its 52-week trading range is $44.61 to $87.06. This was also a $120 stock as recently as 2008. There…
Active traders have many stocks to choose from this morning, but there are fewer stocks than normal which are trading way up or way down. The top stocks for active traders and…
Secrecy is critical to more businesses than most people might imagine. Entire industries are based to some extent on the process of creating goods and services and then putting them behind walls…
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…
News related to the reduced wheat crop in Russia, followed by a ban on Russian wheat exports, have sent wheat prices along a steeply rising trajectory. Rising prices for wheat have also…
The hits just keep on coming for Monsanto Corp. (NYSE:MON). The company today reported third fiscal quarter EPS of $0.81 on revenue of $2.96 billion. EPS estimates had been $0.80 and revenues…
Despite earnings warnings and lower guidance throughout 2009, analysts and investors chased up the potash and agriculture names due to the various potash and agriculture companies talking up forward shipments and an…
