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 rose much…
The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) has posted its third quarter earnings, and the results show some serious declines in operating income and in margins. Net earnings fell to $273 million from $542…
Jon C. Ogg 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 orders got…
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) and the…
Earnings season is all but over and only the tail end of the quarterly and off-calendar reporting outfits are still reporting earnings. Still, the coming week does have several key earnings reports…
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 Bloomberg News.…
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, but the…
Jon OggThese are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (NYSE: ASX) Cut to Neutral at BofA/ML. Apple Inc.…
The fertilizer sector has been plagued this last year by lower than expected demand and pricing issues from emerging markets, but the long term fundamentals remain strong. The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS)…
Jon C. Ogg Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) announced that it was going to double its dividend payouts to holders of its common stock, some might have expected a large bump higher in the…
Jon C. Ogg Two different reports from analysts in the agriculture and fertilizer segment have the global growth and the “move to two meals a day for the emerging world” arguments a bit under fire…
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 expecting. Like…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Wednesday morning. Acme Packet, Inc. (NASDAQ: APKT) Cut to Neutral at…
Low prices for phosphate fertilizer products have forced The Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) to cut production by up to 250,000 tons in the first quarter of 2012. Fertilizer makers Potash Corp. of…
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings may have given agriculture, potash, and fertilizer investors an early, yet so far unnoticed, Christmas gift. The Singapore fund has taken roughly a 6.5% stake in Mosaic…
